Month: July 2016
Plates and Platters for Setting a Summer Table
What could be better than a summer evening dining under the stars? These colorful plates and platters
make every meal a party.
August 2016 Events for the Design Minded
The popular Nantucket Antiques & Design show has been reimagined as Nantucket by Design. This expanded five-day event will feature lectures, social events, and much more. August 2
Weekends in the Country
It’s only an hour’s drive from Marisa Bistany Perkins’s house in lower Fairfield County to her weekend home in a rural town in Litchfield County,
Forever Young
Every owner brings fresh ideas to a house. Walls are demolished, stairs are rerouted, and grand rooms appear where before there were none.
A Modern Shingle Style Home on the Rhode Island Coast
In iconic Shingle style, this relaxed family home is clad in weathered cedar with deep leaf-green trim, giving it the look and feel of a vintage beauty.
Farmhouse Chic
Three years ago, the parents of two little girls (with a baby on the way) were living peaceably in a historic Brooklyn neighborhood, in a charming
Style Scheme: A Family Room to Welcome Summer Guests
Interior designer Leslie Fine knows what it takes to create an elegantly casual family room that warmly welcomes an endless parade of summer guests.
Five Questions: Ted Landsmark
1. You have said that design is failing us. What do you mean by that? There are failures at both the macro and the micro scale. For example, we are not using design to address and mitigate
Good Nights
We spend a third of our lives there, refreshing and recharging our minds and bodies. So why don’t our beds…
A Higher Calling: Artist Alex MacLean
Stunning. Breathtaking. Mesmerizing. These are just a few of the words that have been used by art critics and…
Repeat Performance: Textile Designer Ellisha Alexina
The eye moves up the curtain in search of where its pattern repeats. Finding repeats becomes a kind of game. Where to find the next line of flowers, leaves, or inky down-strokes? It becomes a visual game that
Convention Confidential: Elephant Accessories and Fabric for your Home
We tend to shy away from politics in the magazine, and on the blog, but the kickoff of the Republican National Convention has us
Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show
Depending on when you read this, there still might be time to catch the Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show, which runs from July 12 to
The Gathering Place
When the couple pulled up to a rambling Cape-style home a few minutes from the beach and right on the bike path in Falmouth,
Vacation Package
With its gambrel roof and small-paned windows, this picturesque, Shingle-style home nods to New England’s grandest summer cottages. And just as in those