November – December 2013
In Her Nature
Joan Backes’s art draws viewers in with its beauty, then holds them there with its subtle but compelling reflections about...
Storybook Ending
A gentle revamping holds on to the best of the past while forging a fresh look and feel for a...
The Art of Compromise
He has one vision, she has another. Thanks to their designer’s fresh perspective, they both get the house of their...
Mountain Magic: A Modern Take on The Ski House
A Vermont vacation home has all the familiar ski-house design elements, from its stone facade to its fir-paneled interior walls....
Hip to Be Square: A vacation home that’s sleek, spare and unabashedly modern
It’s sleek, spare, and unabashedly modern, but this cleverly conceived vacation home fits right in with its more traditional neighbors.
Playing to Type
We’re not sure when our fascination with typography as a decorative device surfaced. Was it triggered by a renewed interest…
Shopping Worth the Trip: Bowerbird, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Katherine Forrest was watching a PBS special on the bowerbird when she decided to name her shop after the species….
Perfect Harmony: Inventive Landscape Design in Vermont
An inventive landscape designer surrounds a house with a composition of color and texture that’s beautifully in tune with the...
Decor With a Bit of Bling
Three New England designers share their favorite resources for decor with a bit of bling. 1. Holly Hickey Moore, who recently…