The Considered Life
Places, moments, and what they reveal about the people who choose them.
10 storiesThe house writes about the year the way it writes about everything else, with a point of view and without apology. These are the places and moments worth paying attention to. Not because they are fashionable. Because they are revealing.
Living with artEuro summer wall art for the home.
How to bring a euro summer into the house: the palette of terracotta, Riviera blue and stripes, and which photographs suit the living room, kitchen, hallway and bedroom.The Considered LifeThe Autumn Issue, 2026
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Places & cultureWhat is a euro summer?
What a euro summer means: a long, slow summer on the Riviera, the Adriatic, the Greek coast and the Italian lakes, and the photographs that keep it.
PhotographyPhotographers like Slim Aarons.
Slim Aarons photographed the rich at leisure for Holiday, Town & Country and Life. These are the photographers who share his light and his subjects.
Living with artWhat size art goes above a bed?
How wide art above a bed should be, how high to hang it over the headboard, and which house sizes suit a double, a king and a super king.
Living with artWhat size art goes above a sofa?
How big art above a sofa should be, how high to hang it and when to choose a pair, with every house size in centimetres and two sofas worked through.
Living with artCoastal Wall Art, Chosen Properly
A buying guide to coastal photography that holds a room: scale, horizon lines, framing, and where the sea belongs in a house. Written by people who print the thing they’re recommending.
Living with artThe Hallway Gallery: Prints for the Walk-Through Rooms
Halls, landings and stairs are where a house shows its hand. A guide to nature photography for the rooms you move through: rhythm, scale, sequence, light.
Living with artA Studied Silence: How Minimalism Became a Performance of Taste
Minimalism is no longer a style but a signal. This is how restraint became a language of taste, and how to distinguish substance from performance.
Living with artWhy High-End Photography Is the Final Layer of a Founder’s Professional Environment
A fully furnished office can still feel unresolved. High-end photography is what completes a space by introducing authorship, permanence, and authority.
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