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Meet Marla.

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Marla Fowler is the founder and principal designer of Filling the Nest Luxury Travel & Lifestyle and a Virtuoso Certified Travel Advisor who firmly believes life is too short for bad hotels, missed opportunities—or checking only one suitcase.

When she’s not designing or experiencing extraordinary adventures, she’s probably hosting something that got slightly out of hand, redesigning a perfectly good room, curating a new Spotify playlist, or convincing “Poor Kent” that whatever she’s dreaming up next is completely reasonable.

The Journal is where all of it lands: extraordinary travel, beautiful living, entertaining, design, style—and the things simply too good to keep to herself.

Marla Fowler is the founder and principal designer of Filling the Nest Luxury Travel & Lifestyle and a Virtuoso Certified Travel Advisor who firmly believes life is too short for bad hotels, missed opportunities—or checking only one suitcase.

When she’s not designing or experiencing extraordinary adventures, she’s probably hosting something that got slightly out of hand, redesigning a perfectly good room, curating a new Spotify playlist, or convincing “Poor Kent” that whatever she’s dreaming up next is completely reasonable.

The Journal is where all of it lands: extraordinary travel, beautiful living, entertaining, design, style—and the things simply too good to keep to herself.

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Icons in the Lobby:
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Because every house deserves a room that feels like Sunday morning.

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Passalacqua without peak summer, Gleneagles with the fires lit, a last train through the Canadian Rockies, and the Saints in Paris. If you thought you’d missed your chance to plan something fabulous this fall, think again.

Eiffel Tower framed by autumn foliage in Paris

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Fourteen women. Fourteen destinations. One collective Flight of Fancy. For our latest Krewe des Cloches lunch, we became the heroines of our own fictional adventures around the world—with plenty of glamour, intrigue, and questionable judgment along the way.

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

Fourteen women. Fourteen destinations. One collective Flight of Fancy. For our latest Krewe des Cloches lunch, we became the heroines of our own fictional adventures around the world—with plenty of glamour, intrigue, and questionable judgment along the way.

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Inspired by The Colony Hotel’s Villa Lantana, I transformed my backyard into a chic oasis with Amazon finds — stylish, dog-approved, and my favorite resort destination.

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

Inspired by The Colony Hotel’s Villa Lantana, I transformed my backyard into a chic oasis with Amazon finds — stylish, dog-approved, and my favorite resort destination.

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Who doesn’t love a good swag bag? We’re sharing elevated branded keepsakes which tie people and places together long after the story is over.

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

Who doesn’t love a good swag bag? We’re sharing elevated branded keepsakes which tie people and places together long after the story is over.

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A polished mood board for Palm Beach—what to wear from takeoff to nightcaps—and a printable packing list to keep it effortless.

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

A polished mood board for Palm Beach—what to wear from takeoff to nightcaps—and a printable packing list to keep it effortless.

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There are rooms we design.

And then there are rooms that quietly define who we are.

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

There are rooms we design.

And then there are rooms that quietly define who we are.

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A new tradition (aka excuse to throw a theme party) inspired by the places we love most—beginning, of course, in Paris. (aka Arnaud’s).

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What to wear, where to shop and how to master Palm Beach chic.

A new tradition (aka excuse to throw a theme party) inspired by the places we love most—beginning, of course, in Paris. (aka Arnaud’s).

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A little travel. A little lifestyle. And plenty worth sharing.

From destinations on our radar to things we're loving closer to home, catch up on every issue of Swan's Compass—and anything you may have missed.

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