Tuesday
Mar092010
Lutyens bench
March 9, 2010 at 12:14 AM 
Lutyens bench, Restoration HardwareI just so love this piece. It's the Lutyens bench, named for its designer Sir Edwin Lutyens. Sir Edwin, or Ned as he was known, was a totally bril architect and landscape designer who lived and worked in England in the late 19th and early 20th century. To be honest, I don't know enough about him, but what I know, I like -- stunning country houses, beautiful gardens designed with the legendary Gertrude Jekyll, and this lovely garden classic. Ned created the kinds of spaces where novels unfold. Fantasy worlds of allées and knot gardens and grand terraces. Like living sets for costume dramas. Dreamy!
Hestercombe gardens, Taunton, Somerset, UK
super fun red lacquer version!
Reader Comments (3)
I like the above design and its color. Is that a wood made bench?
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Ann Innis
Ooh, I love this too, Margot... So much so that I'm taking it with me (albeit in its lookalike HomeSense version that costs about $1,500 less than the Restoration Hardware model!) on my next CityLine gig.