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...I love the mix of materials and the vibrant colours. lorareynolds.com The place that means a lot to me is west Texas – specifically, our family’s ranch, where the Davis Mountains meet the Chinati Mountains...
...“It is not necessary to carve up half a mountain in Italy for marble,” Machado smiles, “in order to create a beautiful bathroom.”...
...Hovering on the horizon behind a revived 1928 Spanish colonial house are the San Gabriel Mountains....
...Free from walls and equipment, Play Mountain would encourage children to run and slide along modulations that the Japanese-American sculptor intended to carve into the ground....
...Final fabrication in marble and glass is done by skilled craftspeople....
...When a friend of a friend suggested an open-minded ranch owner, a lease was signed and Bluebird took flight....
...Is this open-mouthed guffawing the result of collective marble-loss triggered by receiving a solid gold carriage clock?...
...The marble bathrooms, in particular, are a dream. And I grew to love it. Each casa is different, and some are more conservative than others....
...Soda was mixed by black-tied “soda jerks” behind marble counters — the baristas of their day. From soda fountains Coke came, and to coffee houses it has returned....
...A neat ranch house on a small grassy lot and a commute down the highway to work in some faceless, sun-washed office park....
...In west Aspen, Douglas Elliman is selling a 16-bedroom ranch on 52 acres for $60m....
...Westwood Metes & Bounds is selling a three-bedroom lakeside ranch near the town of Kingston for $359,900....
...Many of the battle scenes were filmed on nearby Glamaig mountain....
...Back in Argentina, and just under 200km north of Bariloche, a 74-hectare ranch with a 240 sq metre house built of cypress wood and local stone is on sale for $4m....
...Like most first-time visitors to Aspen, high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Elizabeth Paepcke originally came to ski....
...Nestled between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest, it has immaculate greens and a well-heeled clientele....
...In the south, where Algeria rubs up against sub-Saharan Africa, lies Tamanrasset, a well-known entry point for the phantasmagorical Hoggar Mountains....
...Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors. It is the story of the Taj Mahal and the love story of the reigning emperor. My mum and I read it at the same time....
...Each marble bathroom has a spa tub and you have shared use of a 25m pool, gym, 24-hour security and concierge. Who: Savills, www.savills.com/international, tel: +44 (0)20 7016 3740 ………………………………………….....
...The boutique, with views of the Piton mountains, opens on February 28....
...The Philippe Starck interiors – lots of ironwood, leather, red brick, yellow onyx and white marble – are holding up well but Fasano isn’t resting on its laurels....
...Actor Harrison Ford has a 700-acre ranch on Snake River, golfer Tiger Woods bought a property at Three Creek Ranch and outgoing US vice-president Dick Cheney and former World Bank president James Wolfensohn...
...The moon, big, white, strange, hangs low over the mountains – the Sangre de Cristo, the Jemez – at the edge of town....
...The proposal – a blobby, champagne-coloured mound spotted with round openings that reveal a purple interior – has been likened to a jellyfish and a mountain of slime....
...In Wyoming, home to the mountain resort of Jackson Hole, existing home sales plummeted 42 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the National Association of Realtors....
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