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Month: March 2017
Style Scheme: A Masculine Bathroom Retreat
Danit Ben-Ari creates a luxurious bathroom retreat for a gentleman of discerning taste. On the flip side, Dane Austin created a chic feminine bathing space for her here. Arteriors Maxim Pendant “The antique brass fringe just
Style Scheme: A Luxurious Bathroom Retreat for Her
We tasked interior designers Dane Austin and Danit Ben-Ari with creating luxurious bathroom retreats for a sophisticated, power couple. And, just to shake things up, Austin created the elegant bath
Glass Artist Robin Mix
Robin Mix suffers for his art. After giving me a tour of his studio, which occupies half of his nineteenth-century…
Bring Spring into your Home with Cheerful Daffodil Arrangements
Spring seems to come slowly to New England, cool windy days often feel more wintery than spring-like this time of year. Feeling a bit desperate for spring?
On the Market: A Pastoral Retreat in Pomfret, Connecticut
Pompret, Connecticut is known as the Quiet Corner. Known for its old homesteads, back roads, and breathing room, the northeastern-most quadrant of
New England Home’s Guide to Boston Design Week
Boston Design Week is back for its third year, and there are more programs than ever. Here are our editor’s picks from the very busy eleven day (yes, longer than a week!) design extravaganza. How to Avoid the Building or
Special Focus: Landscape Design 2017
These New England gardens, in dramatically dissimilar settings and with wildly diverse styles, share one thing: uncommon beauty.
Vanish: The Art of Jim Westphalen
For many years I have had a wonderful working relationship with Photographer Jim Westphalen. Jim and I have worked together on many of the stunning homes you see featured in New England Home as well as a host of other creative projects.
Tour a Colorful Family-Friendly Condo
The luxury condo development, built in 2004, certainly had a lot going for it: all the modern amenities one could desire, a convenient Back Bay address
Traditional Redefined in Newton
Its the challenges, they say, that drive architectural design to the next level. And there were at least two challenges facing architect Paul MacNeely when
March Events for the Design Minded
Camellia Blooming Season at the Lyman Estate Through March 15 Take a mini tropical vacation without leaving New England: visit the 19th–century camellia house, part of the Lyman Estate greenhouses, where the century-old trees will be in full blossom.
A Tudor Style Home Gets a Fresh Look
Three in the afternoon in a house with five kids under age twelve can best be described as controlled chaos. It’s a swirl of activity as children are hustled in from school, snack-sized bowls of cereal are poured and consumed, and pint-sized
A Nantucket Home Designed for Family Gatherings
Nancy and Joe Serafini’s Nantucket home is not always perfect. On sunny days when there’s not a New England Home photo shoot going on, the pillows on the sofas are smooshed into cozy submission by the couple’s grown children and
A Designer’s Vacation Home on the Maine Coast
Those who fall in love with Maine’s craggy beauty give over their hearts forever. Interior designer Leslie Rylee came to know the state’s southern coast (a draw for many notable
