Frank Sinatra

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In 1967, Frank Sinatra purchased the Palm Desert estate and completed transforming the property into his home by 1970. Named after his character in From Here to Eternity, Sinatra’s mountain retreat became a generous space for relaxation and entertainment. The quintessential American singer spent 14 years in the home with his fourth wife, Barbara, before it was donated to Loyola Marymount University, then sold to a private buyer. In the years following, the opulent property has been on and off the market but was recently relisted for $4.25 million as listing agent Markus Canter of Berkshire Hathaway claims, “the property and the market are now in alignment.” Traveling from Washington, Texas, New Jersey, England, and Italy, prospective buyers are elated to view the renowned estate. The luxurious property offers scenic views, plentiful outdoor space, and a home that evokes the feel of a summer vacation.

Sinatra’s Villa Maggio spans 7.5 acres of picturesque land and includes nine bedrooms and 12.5 bathrooms. The property consists of a five-bedroom main house, three-bedroom guesthouse, and one-bedroom pool house. Many of the bedrooms are luxurious guest suites featuring their own bathrooms, fireplaces, balconies, or adjacent decks. The home’s restaurant quality kitchen is equipped with an island and three stainless-steel refrigerators. Decorative elements of the home consist of locally sourced wood, stone, and other natural materials. The property can be accessed via car as there is ample capacity to park over 20 automobiles, but the exterior space also offers a helipad. Perched above the Coachella Valley, its sunny location is perfect for enjoying the outdoors with hiking access to the National Forest trails, a resort-style pool for lounging, and a professional-grade tennis court. Other perks of the lavish estate include an art studio, office, library, media room, home theater, gym, and lounge with custom bar.

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Ocean

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This bedroom in a tropical setting takes full advantage of the beach and ocean beyond. The bed and accompanying ottomans are positioned to not obstruct each other's view; and, the plants bring nature indoors. The sunsets in the Malibu beachfront houses are pacific and can be enjoyed from every room in them. Keep reading below for how to engage water views from the other areas in your house.

Lake

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Head out to the patio and place lounge chairs to enjoy the countryside. The redwood floor in this house gives the space a more rustic feel, but the hanging greenery softens it.

River

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The River Thames in England serves as the scenery for the small dining table in this modern house. Notice the custom-built windows that open with barely any effort to get out of either chair next to it. The perfectly-selected mirror has the waves of the river in its design.

From Up High

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An apartment is a bit farther from the water than a house, but that should not prevent the infusing of water themes. The beachy feel of this kitchen and living room comes from the colorful stool chairs and the oceanic tones found on the sofa and kitchen items.

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Whether you’re planning a wedding abroad and want to combine hotel costs for family with the price of renting a venue, are planning the next boutique music festival, or just want to have a vacation for the whole family that doesn’t involve shaking hands with a man in a mascot costume, these castles will have anyone feeling like royalty.

Kilmartin Castle, Scotland

Held originally by the rector of Kilmartin Glen and the Bishop of The Isles, this castle, built in 1550, is a cozy retreat for anyone fond of nature and the beautiful scenery of the Scottish countryside.

Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick

This castle is built on a 2,000-acre property covering glens, forests, gardens, lochs, and waterfalls. The nine beds, 5.5 bath estate also features an expansive library and grand dining room. Contrary to what you might think was intended of a space built to explore nature in, it also has internet access.

Dairsie Castle, Scotland

Located 15 minutes outside St Andrews University, this castle sleeps 13 and is great for everything from the company golf outing at the historic course in St Andrews to a family holiday. The castle is also an hour drive away from Edinburgh, the heart of Scottish culture.

Devon Castle, Devon

A beautiful old mansion in Devon, featuring 5 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, and broad views reaching out to the ocean, this three story mansion is beautiful in its traditional English design and has several large gardens enclosed in the property to wander through.

Beaulieu Sur Loire Castle, France

Located in central France, and a short drive from Paris, this 10 bedroom, 8 bathroom estate is built across multiple buildings in the commune. The property also features multiple gardens, ponds, pools, and greenery to roam during your stay. Forget having to deal with the neighbors in the room next door when next door are birds chirping round the clock.

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For just £15,000 (about $25,000) a month, that fantasy can become a reality.

Transformed for an undisclosed client by architectural firm DA Studios in partnership with Ab Rogers—head of interior design at the Royal College of Art—this one-of-a-kind, four-story "Rainbow House" in London's Notting Hill features a rather odd amenity: a sinewing slide leading from its master suite (which features a bed that can rotate 360 degrees), to its bright, lemon-flavored living room.

Additionally, the über-artistic rental showcases floors adorned with painted illustrations that seem to have been scraped off the pages of a colorful comic book, conceptualized by flooring specialist Richard Woods.

As if all that color wasn't enough, there's also a glassy, rainbow spiral staircase that cuts through the center of the playful residence:

Rogers describes the fantastical home as "a magical and liberating space that defies the norms of a domestic interior environment and allows the occupants to leave the outside world far behind." 

Positively brilliant, or downright tacky? Either way, the four-bedroom pad packs a pretty piquant (and pricey) punch with its unique, eye-popping aesthetic. 

Photos and details courtesy of Ab Rogers and BuzzFeed.com

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One Tower Bridge has recently announced its partnership with Alegna, a Swiss design firm that specializes in crafting dream bathrooms... out of wood. The luxury development has charged the innovative company with outfitting 36 luxe apartments and three penthouse duplex apartments located in the Tower's Cambridge House with their posh vessels, which come with complementary fitted wall and ceiling elements and cost about €14,000 (roughly $19,000) a pop.

Alegna smoked oak tub with a silky gloss finish in One Tower Bridge's "Casa Forma Apartment"

Now before you scoff at the idea of combining water with a notoriously permeable and erodible material, chew on this: Alegna uses an intricate technique to render them utterly water resistant. Real wood veneers are compressed together under high pressure, then soaked in a synthetic resin, a special varnish meant to prevent the wood from absorbing any liquid and deteriorating due to water damage.

Alegna nut tree wood tub in One Tower Bridge's "Honky Apartment"

The treatment—which Alegna claims has been tested under the harshest conditions—makes the bathtubs super durable and easy to maintain. According to the company, small scratches that may appear after years of use can easily be polished away by hand.

Alegna's Laguna Basic Tub

Alegna's Laguna Pearl Tub

The stylish tubs can be made from every kind of wood imaginable, including Walnut, Mahogany, Pear, Iroko, Oak, and Wenge. To boot, its manufacturer asserts that only certified wood derived from forests with controlled felling and reforestation is used, arguably making the product "eco-friendly."

Photos and details courtesy of Pursuitist and Alegna

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Battersea Power Station Flat – Model Living Room

Battersea Power Station – Model Bath

The homes—whose luxurious details include exposed brickwork, oak chevron flooring, a freestanding copper bath, bespoke concrete kitchen countertops, and floor-to-ceiling glass panels.

Battersea Power Station Flat – Model Kitchen

Residents and their guests will also have exclusive access to the building's sprawling rooftop terrace.

Batteresea Power Station

Interested parties must act swiftly; despite the recency of the apartments' debut, only a handful of the 254 sparkling residences are still up for grabs, with a starting price of £980,000 (approximately $1.7 million).

For more information, visit Battersea Power Station's official website.

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Located within the central region of the nation's capital, the Grammy Award-winning rocker's Georgian-style home—which has over 8,500 square feet of living space—is comprised of seven bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Built over three hundred years ago, the musician-actress duo's spacious townhouse underwent an incredible facelift helmed by the Manhattan-based architectural and design firm, Shelton, Mindel and Associates, in close collaboration with Anthony Close-Smith—the director of Donald Insall Associates, one of Britain’s top architectural restoration companies.

A handful of the rich residence's notable features include a corkscrew spindled staircase, a wood-burning fireplace, a media room, marble flooring, and an outer garden.

Photos and details courtesy of Pursuitist and Architectural Digest.

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A new £370 million "village" in the center of Islington yards in London will soon house hundreds of luxury apartments. The 500,000-square-foot "Islington Square" will take the place of the former North London Royal Mail Center building on Upper Street, and will offer studios starting from £550,000, and penthouses priced at around £3.5 million.

Aside from 356 private flats, the 4.5-acre Sagers Group development will include shops, restaurants, offices, a health club and a cinema.

According to Giris Rabinovitch, the chief executive of the Group, "This transaction marks a major milestone in the development of Islington Square which will become a landmark retail and leisure destination and a welcome addition to this thriving area of London."

The colossal edifice, which will stand at the site of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's famous "Granita Pact"—a 1994 agreement made over the future leadership of the Labour party—is one of the largest luxury developments in the area.

Photos and details courtesy of The Standard.

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