Timothy Corrigan, Paris
migrate twice a year—Christmas and spring break—with
their seven children from their West Village townhouse
in New York City, to Trancoso, Brazil. Michael La Rocca
and Jack Kelly's house in Galle, Sri Lanka, is a 24-hour
plane ride from New York City…" Such journeys, even
if brief, cannot be considered vacations. Anybody who
has created even one interior knows the hard work and
grounded commitment it entails, not to mention the
subtle, fine-tuned relationships, over time, one must
build up with sources and artisans.
Keith also notes the extreme popularity of France as
architecte-decorateur destination: "I…could do an
entire book on the French vacation homes of American
designers!"—not least because of the proximity of
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