Photographed by François Halard1/15Horse Sense
Poppy, dressed as Alice in Wonderland for a tea party complete with visiting pony. The white oak floors are in the typical Parisian style, parquet à point de Hongrie.
Photographed by François Halard2/15Family Tree
Custom de Gournay wallpaper pairs with a bed designed and built by Halard.
Photographed by Tom Munro3/15True Romance
Halard and Brooks, who married in 2010, in their master bedroom.
Photographed by François Halard4/15Shine On
Poppy and Caliban relax on the banquette covered in Mallorcan fabric, and wattle hurdles support blackberries and rambling roses.
Photographed by François Halard5/15Simple Pleasures
The master bedroom with a sofa by Halard.
Photographed by François Halard6/15Green Thumbs
The rooftop bulkhead doubles as a greenhouse.
Photographed by François Halard7/15High Beam
Halard exposed the house’s original joists to add ceiling height to the living room.
Photographed by François Halard8/15Furry Friends
Poppy and Violette Grey pay a visit to Peter and Bun Bun in the rooftop rabbit hutch.
Photographed by François Halard9/15Sweetness and Light
Violette Grey’s bedroom is covered in hand-printed horse-chestnut wallpaper.
Photographed by François Halard10/15Creature Comforts
In the playroom, Moroccan concrete tiles display the girls’ paintings and drawings.
Photographed by François Halard11/15Bathe In
A vintage tub anchors the master bathroom.
Photographed by François Halard12/15Work Around
Brooks and Halard both keep their offices in the carriage house.
Photographed by François Halard13/15A Room of One's Own
Poppy’s Marthe Armitage wallpaper is hand-printed with butterflies, birds,
and spiderwebs. The rug, like all in the house, was found by Brooks while she worked on a project in Morocco.
Photographed by François Halard14/15Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Both daughters bounding through Brooks’s abundant plantings. “I have so little garden, and I have to try everything,” she says.
Photographed by François Halard15/15By the Book
“It’s like a library/sitting room with a bathtub in it,” says Brooks. The hanging light is by Gerrit Rietveld. The bench is 18th-century Swedish and the curtains are made of indigo-dyed Japanese mosquito netting.
