Throughout her long, peripatetic career, this quaint, homey cottage has always served as a tonic and an escape, a far cry from the haute couture world she’s immersed in professionally. In addition to her ongoing relationship with Vogue, she has two new book projects and a talk show in the works and recently collaborated on a handbag collection for Louis Vuitton. Outside in the blowsy garden stand a trim little guest cabin and a screened-in “eating house” built with reclaimed wood.Īt an age when most people are thinking of slowing down, Coddington is as busy as ever. Over the years, they have pulled in their friends the architects Jeffrey Cayle and Brad Floyd, as well as Floyd’s contracting partner Lafayette Compton, to introduce numerous small customizations and poetic touches: figurative Paysanne tiles from Le Fanion in the otherwise clean-lined kitchen a mammoth custom-built “French dresser” with bookshelves held up by a raw tree trunk columns on the front porch made from railroad ties. She and Malige originally purchased the house she describes as “plain and not pretty” as a jumping-off point that would allow them to search for their dream home, but now, decades later, it seems as if settling has turned to settling in just fine. A George Sherlock sofa slipcovered in white linen.
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