Villa Kerylos

"This one is a museum book. It is about the Villa Kerylos in the South of France and the foreward is written by Karl Lagerfeld. The house belonged to a professor from Nice University who had incredible taste and must have had a lot of money too. It has amazing Greek mosaic work and marble and the shower in the bathroom is wonderful. It has a very modern twist, simple lines, a pure aesthetic. It was built in 1910 but it feels more modern. The taps in the bathroom are dolphins. Not like those vomiting swans from some dreadful bathroom shop, but they are hand-chased – like pieces of jewellery. Outside it stands alone by the Mediterranean and looks like a modernist villa, but inside it’s tranquil and wonderful with amazing detail. I go there so often that the curator just laughs and waves me in now."