Welcome to TGP Tidbits where we round up the happenings and our musings of the design industry each week. This week we present the TGP’s Book Gift Guide and Nick Mele’s latest photography collection. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
TGP’s Book Gift Guide
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to check off those last-minute to-dos and finalize your gift list. One timeless option that never goes out of style is beautifully curated book. Whether for friends, family, or anyone in between, a thoughtfully chosen book makes a meaningful and elegant gift. To make your holiday shopping a breeze, we’ve rounded up our favorite selections, both new and old, that are perfect for spreading festive cheer this season.
- An English Vision: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today by Ben Pentreath
2. The Art of Gracie by Jennifer Gracie, Mike Gracie, Zach Shea, Brian Gracie, and Judith Nasatir
3. Veere Grenney: Seeking Beauty
4. Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill
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6. Forever Beautiful: All-American Style All Year Long by Mark D. Sikes
7. Country House Living: Celebrating the Beauty of Life at Home by Nora Murphy
8. Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden by Bunny Wiliams
9. A House in Maine by Nina Campbell
10. Interiors Styled by Mieke ten Have
Horsing Around with Nick Mele
Having immortalized the glitz and glamour of America’s coastal elite in Palm Beach and Newport, Nick Mele has now turnsed his lens to an entirely different brand of luxury. Trading in stilettos for wellies, and gleaming Range Rovers that share driveways with mud-splattered pickups, he now turns his focus to the rarefied charm of country estate life.
In this whimsical 10-piece series, Mele has crafted surreal images of this beautiful world. think a horse popping in for afternoon tea in a formal parlor, geese plunging into a swimming pool under the watchful eye of their swimsuit-clad herder, and an equestrian crashing an elegant garden party mid-jump. Each photograph delights in the playful tension between grandeur and grit. These photographs are truly a beautiful and spirited reimagining of high society, where whimsy takes center stage and tradition gets turned delightfully on its head.
“This may be the series I am most proud of to date,” shares Mele. “These ideas have been percolating in my head for quite some time – this fascinating intersection where luxury meets the land, where formality meets freedom.”—Nick Mele
You can learn more about Nick Mele via The Glam Pad’s Q&A interview here!
Read our favorite articles of the week!
Tour Designer Paloma Contreras’s Garden-Hued Houston Home written by Alexandra Sapp and Emily Fendig for Frederic Magazine.
Stylist Mieke ten Have Knows Her Way around a Holiday Table written by Colleen Egan for Introspective Magazine.
Shop this week’s inspired finds!
x Natalie
