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New England Home 5 Under 40 winner Alison Hammatt

Alison Hammet is a New England Home 5 Under 40 Winner

“I always used to say that in another lifetime I’d want to be an interior designer,” says former teacher Alison…

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An opulently set table with pampas grasses, rose petals, and bold color.

Set to Celebrate!

A trip to Paris, global table accents, and handfuls of rose petals make a dining room feel less formal and more fun.

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Landscape designer Jen Stephens

Jen Stephens is a New England Home 5 Under 40 Winner

A passion for preservation and a wealth of horticultural knowledge define Jen Stephens—the person and the accomplished landscape designer. Stephens,…

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Architect Julien Jalbert of Knickerbocker Group blends sustainability, innovation, and versatile design—ranging from classic Maine vernacular to sleek modern homes—earning him recognition as a 5 Under 40 honoree.

Julien Jalbert is Named to the New England Home 5 Under 40 Class of 2025

Growing up in rural New Hampshire with a self-taught architect and builder for a dad and a teacher for a…

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Designer Thomas J. Fraley poses confidently in front of his botanical-inspired rug design, where vivid green leaves and deep blue shadows create a dynamic and artistic backdrop.

Congratulations to Thomas J. Fraley a New England Home 5 Under 40 Winner

Thomas J. Fraley’s passion for landscape design was awakened the summer before high school, which he spent in northern France….

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Portrait of interior designer Becky Garrity and another photo of her design work

Meet Becky Garrity a 2025 New England Home 5 Under 40 Winner

  “I had a unique upbringing,” says Becky Garrity, recalling the five years she lived in Vienna, Austria, as a…

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Designer Leslie-jon Vickory stands behind a white counter with floral arrangements and Little Greene paint cans, set against a backdrop of framed botanical prints and soft lighting.

Shop at Jarves & Main in Sandwich, Massachusetts

Jarves & Main is part lifestyle store, part design studio, part art gallery, all beauty.

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Transitional kitchen with navy island, pendant lighting, and creamy cabinetry with mixed metals

Tour Timeless Connecticut Kitchens

Baked Goods The size of the kitchen in this Westport home was never an issue. The problem was how it…

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Bright enclosed porch with woven lounge chairs, white shingled walls, and coastal-inspired decor in a soft neutral palette.

Nantucket Looms: A Legacy of Style

After fifty-seven years, Nantucket Looms releases its first book.

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Things They Love: Patti Watson of Taste Design

Patti Watson is fluent in southern Rhode Island’s distinctive aesthetic vernacular. When she founded Taste Design more than twenty years…

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Bold green and black dining room featuring tropical fern wallpaper, a glass-top table with mixed-patterned seating, and a whimsical giraffe portrait.

New England Designers at the 2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Palm Beach

Three designers with ties to Boston dazzled during the 2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Palm Beach this past winter.

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David Hacin at his Boston home with his dog

Things They Love: David Hacin

David Hacin is committed to his neighborhood. Since founding his eponymous Boston-based interdisciplinary architecture and design firm in 1993, Hacin…

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Three Living Rooms Designed for Gathering

Beautiful, yet decidedly different living rooms.

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Two vignettes featured in the 2024 Southport Rooms with a View

Three Stand-Out Vignettes from Southport’s Rooms with a View

Southport’s twenty-ninth annual Rooms with a View show house fundraiser proves that six-by-eight feet can still pack a punch.

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Seating area in a recreation room with two leather chairs and a collection of golf clubs on the wall.

Three Rooms Designed for Elegant Entertaining

  A Swanky Home Bar and Billiards Room Some might call it a rec room, but the term hardly seems…

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