Photos by Taylor Hall O’Brien 
Words, Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner
Interior Design by Alecia Stevens

Built around 1700, Villa Marchetti is an 18th century estate in the hills of Pistoia, Tuscany, surrounded by olive groves, grape vines and a quality of light that feels otherworldly. Liz Gardner meets its newest custodian, 71-year-old Alecia Stevens, an Iowa-born interior designer who has been "chasing beauty" her whole life. Read the full story here.

Photos by Taylor Hall O’Brien 
Words by Lucrezia Lucas

The village of Burneside, on the edge of England’s Lake District, has been a water mill village for centuries. Its centerpiece, the James Cropper Mill—the oldest family-owned paper mill in the UK—traces its roots to 1746, when the village’s wool mill was converted for paper-making and later sold to James Cropper in 1845. Today, James’ great-great-great-grandson, Mark Cropper, carries the family legacy with renewed fervour and a clear sense of purpose: to revive and safeguard the endangered art of handmade paper-making. Read the full story here. 

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Hudson Moore
Words by Jennifer Fernandez

Centered by Design incorporates well-curated antiques to give this recently renovated Chicago home an old soul. The perfect example of New York cool meets California calm. Read the full story here.

Inside the ancestral home of the Earls of Bradford, Weston Park

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling & Creative Direction by Liz Gardner
Words by Emma Becque

Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Alexander and Eliza, are planting the seeds for generations in more ways than one. The young couple is restoring their Bradford Estates, creating communities and tracking their lost ancestral heirlooms. Today, their countryside retreat is blossoming in more ways than one too - step inside for an exclusive peek. See full story here.

Happy Campers for The World of Interiors

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Words by Donna Salek

Replete with historical and cultural significance, forged through passing generations, Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, still oozes a nostalgic all-American charm thanks to its current custodians. Read the full story here.

Images & Words by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner
Interior Design by Jacqueline Fortier
Florals by Kelly Dorow

In a quiet corner of Minnesota lies an extraordinarily well preserved piece of French history: a remarkable, entirely intact Parisian interior, dating from the 18th-century. How did it get there? Taylor Hall O'Brien investigates. Read the full story here.

A Living House for Cabana Magazine

Images & Words by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design, Creative Direction, Styling by: Liz Gardner

Maison Bodega, a 1920s mansion in Minneapolis with a storied history, is the culmination of all things nearest and dearest to multi-hyphenate creative, Liz Gardner. Taylor Hall O’Brien meets Liz for a tour of the unique space, discovering a house alive with creativity. Read more here.

Words & Images: Taylor Hall O’Brien

Interior Design: Justice Quinn Interiors

The 1927 Adah Robinson House in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is one of the earliest works of 20th-century American architect Bruce Goff (1904-1982). A child prodigy who had his first architecture apprenticeship at the age of 12 and designed his first home by age 15, Goff quickly grabbed the attention of Frank Lloyd Wright as an adolescent. He penned a letter to the great master, who was nearing 50, and asked if he thought it a good idea to attend architecture school. In his response, Wright encouraged Goff not to pursue a formal education for fear that he might ‘lose Bruce Goff ’ in the process. Neither of them received a formal architecture degree.

Later, as their relationship grew, Wright invited Goff to join him at Taliesin – the former’s home, studio and school in Wisconsin – as his ‘right-hand man,’ but Goff declined then, and subsequently twice more. Architect Robert Morris recorded a series of interviews with Goff, his mentor, between 1979-1981, which were published after Goff ’s death in the journal Cite in Spring 1983. In them, Goff recounted declining Wright’s offer: ‘Mr. Wright, I regard you highly and know people who have worked with you [...]. You are too big a man for me to be close to, and I need to be away from you in order to keep the right perspective. I hope we can continue to be friends.’ He went on to explain, ‘Wright was silent for a long time, then put his arms around me and gave me a big hug and said, Bruce, I wish others knew me like you do.’

Read the full story in the August 2025 issue of Wallpaper*

79 Summers in Rural Wisconsin for Cabana Magazine

Images & Words by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Art Direction + Styling by Liz Gardner
Florals by Kelly Dorow
Editor: Camilla Frances

Eighty-year-old Bill Carter has spent 79 memory-filled summers at Kelley's Kabin, a collection of atmospheric log cabins overlooking the Flambeau River in rural Wisconsin. Bill gives Taylor Hall O'Brien a tour, sharing the cabins' history and stories of summers past. Read the full story here.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design by Ryan Lawson
Styling by Liz Gardner

Camp Nebagamon - A Place of Welcome, For All

Photos & Words by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner
Special thanks to Kelly Dorow

A 100-year-old summer camp on Lake Nebagamon in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Read the full story in Cabana Magazine, Issue 23, on stands worldwide.

A 1920s Minneapolis Craftsman, Moody Makeover

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design by Anne McDonald Design
Styling by Liz Gardner

Anne McDonald recently worked her magic on a 1920s Craftsman bungalow that was lackluster and cluttered, using its original dark-stained red oak trim and millwork as the inspiration for a moody palette of rich browns and ambers. Then she balanced the warmth with dusty blues and deep greens that highlight the leafy views through the windows. Read the full story here.

A Living History for Cabana Magazine

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner
Special thanks to Kelly Dorow
Editor: Camilla Frances

Written above the entrance of the historic Batcher Block Opera House are the words, “A place where dreams come true.” For Colleen Frost, who purchased the building in 2003 after a terminal cancer diagnosis, it has become her living legacy. Now, 21 years later, when asked about the moment she purchased the property, she references the poet, William James, who pledged to ‘spend my life working on something that will outlast my life.’

Read the full story in issue 22 of @cabanamagazine with covers by @chanel x @lesage on newsstands worldwide.

Angels in Hunters Point for Cabana Magazine

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Words by Parissa Mostaedi
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner

Lorna Kollmeyer did not start out with a master plan; nevertheless, her ornamental plaster and her studio are a masterclass in creativity and innovation. Her workshop, the last of its kind in San Francisco, is a place that honors craftsmanship and artistry.

Read the full story in The Atlas of Craftsmanship section of Cabana Magazine, Issue 23.

The Rand Tower Hotel for Marriott Bonvoy 

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien

Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner

A House of Surprises - An Antique Dealer's Modernist Home

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner
Florals by Kelly Dorow

In a quiet wooded grove in Minnesota, Belgian-born antique dealer, Claire Steyaert, has filled her Bauhaus-inspired Modernist home with a lifetime's worth of art and antiques. Taylor Hall O'Brien meets Claire for champagne, croissants and a conversation about the joy of collecting. Read the full story here.

Cabana Magazine - Poor Farm with a Bright Future

Photos & Words by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Creative Direction & Styling by Liz Gardner

Taylor Hall O'Brien shares a highly personal coming of age story, in which a central character is a once-derelict, reputedly haunted 'farm' in Wisconsin. The property has an intriguing, storied history and, it turns out, a bright future thanks to a pair of visionary artists. Taylor revisits the Poor Farm and discovers that, despite sitting deep in a "relatively poor county in middle-of-nowhere America", it is challenging the assumed politics of the contemporary art world. Read the full story here.

A Designer's Greek Revival Home In The Hudson Valley for Cabana Magazine

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Words & Styling by Liz Gardner
Editor: Camilla Frances

In the 25 years that milliner and fashion designer, James Coviello, has owned his one-acre property in the Hudson Valley, he’s attended to every nook and cranny, reaching into his expertise of 19th-century domestic structures. Liz Gardner and Taylor Hall O'Brien take a tour, discovering how the house has become Coviello's calling card. Read the full story here.

Photography by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Tessa Watson
Words by David Nash
Interior Design by Prospect Refuge Studio

A new 42-storey building alongside the Mississippi River isn’t necessarily the place you’d expect to find a home designed in homage to the Celtic goddess Brigid. But for Minneapolis, Minnesota-based interior designer Victoria Sass, the mythological figure was the perfect encapsulation her client. Read the full story here.

Photos by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Words by Yeong Sassall
Interior Design by Henri Interiors

Weaving in elements drawn from past and present, Henri Interiors crafted a timeless home on the shores of Gull Lake, built for forging family connections and beautiful summer memories. Read the full story here. 

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design by Ryan Lawson
Styling by Liz Gardner

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design & Styling by Studio Day Design

This St. Paul, Minnesota home’s 1890 Exterior inspired the wood cabinets in the kitchen. Read the full story here.

Seize the Clay

Ceramicist Ginny Sims’s joyful Minnesota home is a well-loved space, stuffed to the rafters with colour and craft. She first set her heart on it as a lodger before later coming back to make it her home and studio.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Words by Ariadne Fletcher

Tchotchkes Design Studio places family heirlooms at the center of their design concept in this fully in-tact Mid-Century rambler. Brimming with personality and nostalgia, the project oozes charm and familiarity.  

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien

Centered by Design updates this Raleigh, North Carolina home with color, pattern, and bespoke pieces to give the space richness and depth. As seen in Rue Magazine, Fall 2025.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Andrew Carter Thomas

We take a tour of the home of Hello Norden owner/designer, Kassina Folstad, for White Bear Lake Magazine. Read the full story here.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design & Styling by Hello Norden

Sometimes designers have a handful of smaller projects that aren’t full home projects for publication, but they still want to document them for their website and social media. Here is an example of a portfolio update for interior designer, Anne McDonald.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Liz Gardner

This Mission Victorian in San Francisco was reimagined by Yond Interiors to suit a young family. Every detail was thoughtfully redesigned to balance the home’s historic charm with modern needs. This complete Victorian home renovation in San Francisco now offers the perfect blend of old-world charm and functional modern spaces. Read the full story here.

Images by Taylor Hall O'Brien
Styling by Rachel Forslund
Architect: O'Sullivan Architecture
Builder: Larkspur Builders
Cabinetry: Workhorse Cabinetry

Mary Jo & Steve Hoffman perfectly aligned the release dates of their respective books. Both books, STILL: The Art of Noticing by Mary Jo Hoffman and A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern Franceby by Steve Hoffman, were the products of decades of work. They hit stores within months of each other and since, the couple has been on a whirlwind book tour throughout the US and abroad. Both books have landed atop best seller lists nationwide and are receiving critical acclaim throughout the publishing world. They called me as they were finishing up their books to shoot lifestyle images and portraits to be included within their books, and also for use for press and social media promotion. We spent the day capturing their home, their craft, and taking a handful of portraits which included two wild Sandhill Cranes who have claimed their backyard in Minnesota as their lifelong nesting place.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien

Before my client, turned dear friend, sold her beloved summer cabin, we took one last trip north to document the place so she can keep the memories forever.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design & Styling by Deidre Webster of Studio Day Design

Henri Interiors Gives a Minnesota Home a Psychedelic Refresh

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design by Henri Interiors
Styling by Hannah Tilou

For a family home in Wayzata, Henri Interiors went a little wild. The starting point was a stately 11,000-square-foot structure where every inch was regal and refined. The only issue was that the family was entirely not. Read the full story.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Interior Design & Styling by Prospect Refuge Studio

There’s Hidden Meaning to the Custom Tiles in This Family’s Minneapolis Renovation by Prospect Refuge Studio. Read the full story here.

Kitchen by Oho Interiors as seen in Real Simple.

Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Liz Gardner
Builder: JN Built

Taylor Hall O'Brien visits a 3000 square-foot warehouse bursting with creativity and atmosphere, filled with thousands of books and endless collections of objects: the Minneapolis studio of writer and artist, David Coggins Senior. Read the full story here.

Words & Images by Taylor Hall O’Brien
Styling by Amy Quinlivan