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THE BIG FREEZE
Grab your blender and prepare for a seriously delicious summer cooldown. We've got four slushies in exciting, craveable flavor combos you'll want to make all season
MINOR ISSUES, MAJOR OPINIONS BATHS OR SHOWERS?
Everybody has their two cents! We collected yours, then called on the experts to settle the debate once and for all.
MEET the Descendants
Three scions of legacy furniture makers preserve historic tradition and technique while blazing exciting new paths for modern craft.
SCENTS of PLACE
IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, WRITER CELIA BARBOUR FOLLOWS HER NOSE THROUGH A WONDERLAND OF FLOWERS AND HERBS TO EXPLORE THE POWERFUL ORIGINS OF NATURAL PERFUME.
Folk HEROES
From Mexico to the Moghul Empire, cultural art triumphs from around the globe come alive in seven kindred arrangements.
FLOWERS & GARDENS
CRIS BRIGER GROWS A VERDANT FAMILY ARBORETUM IN MEXICO, ONE TREE AT A TIME. GLOBAL FOLK ART TRADITIONS COME ALIVE IN SEVEN VIVID FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. A SENSORY JOURNEY TO GRASSE, THE FRAGRANT EPICENTER OF PERFUME
POSTCARD from PROVENCE
Golden yellows, dusty blues, and soft purples evoke the ease and elegant joie de vivre of summers in the south of France.
SHINING MOMENTS
A new generation of timepieces dazzles as jewelry, with vivid gemstones, feminine silhouettes, and nostalgic nods to the past.
Eternal Sunshine
Summer days in the Hamptons, school days in Palm Beach: Linens designer and shopowner JULIA AMORY fashions a pair of cottages as fresh-air idylls for her family, with no shortage of blooming florals, vivid checks, and nostalgic ease.
DRESSED UP DOWN EAST
EMERALD LACQUER, HADLEY-ESQUE PATTERN, AND UNABASHED GLAMOUR: DESIGNER MATTHEW CARTER DELIVERS BIG DECORATING SWAGGER TO A CLASSIC SUMMER RETREAT IN MAINE.
Welcome Addition
Reflections of the sea reign in this Newport Beach home artfully refreshed by Gil Schafer and the late Suzanne Rheinstein for convivial, crowd-friendly guesting.
home design - HOUSES HAVE A PAST - AND A FUTURE, TOO
THE BEST RENOVATIONS TOE THE LINE BETWEEN NECESSARY UPDATES AND ENOUGH SENSITIVITY TO ASSURE DESIGN INTEGRITY.
lighting + hardware
ANTIQUE, REPRODUCTION, or contemporary, lighting fixtures and lamps are among the most cost-effective ways to add drama or period style to a room.
a farmhouse RESCUE
Using a cache of salvaged finds, the homeowner, architect, and contractor together rescued a tumbledown farmhouse in Vermont.
THE Villa RENEWED
This house in Greene County, New York, has been faithfully restored, from its foundation and structure to exterior elements and trim inside.
CRAFTSMAN DETAILS IN A KITCHEN
An excellent layout and period motifs distinguish this midsize kitchen in a bungalow-era house.
walls & ceilings
BY THE 1870s, the tripartite treatment was fashionable: walls divided into dado (or wainscot) below the chair rail, fill or field section, and frieze at the top of the wall.
furniture & decorative accessories
PERIOD ROOMS are the goal of a very small niche of old-house owners.
A TRANSCENDENT BATHROOM IN OJAI
A seamless addition allowed for this timeless primary bath, which has been re-imagined as an upgrade dating to ca. 1930.
wall & floor tiles
TODAY WE FIND TILE from small studios . . . carved relief tiles, subway tile and mosaics, glazes matte and iridescent . . . plus encaustics and California revivals.
CRAFTSMAN PATINA
A smitten owner brings the Arts & Crafts aesthetic to a 1921 bungalow in Seattle.
the case for SHUTTERS
Shutters may look relatively fragile but older wood shutters were built to withstand decades of weather, bearing up through hurricanes and hail, intense heat and piercing cold.
Solving the Roof
After much research by the owners, a century-old Storybook home gets a 21st-century roof treatment.
window PROBLEM SOLVERS FOR OLD-HOUSE RETROFITS & ADD-ONS
Good windows, well designed, can solve problems with function, proportion, letting in the light, and ventilation. Manufacturers are stepping up.
A Nautical Cottage Bath
A tranquil new bathroom uses color and texture for seaside appeal.
period living with an artistic eye
Owner Deb Richards, who is quite at home in the past, continues to steward the 1740 New England house and its traditional garden.
A Pocket Door from a Transom
Installed vertically, a transom window glazes a door that slides into the wall.
WHEN ALL IS (GARDEN) FOLLY
A ROMANTIC STONE RUIN PROVIDES INTEREST IN THE SMALL YARD
INHABITING a fantasy
A bland old house, once home to musicians who were month-to-month, slowly morphs into a Victorian showcase born of its owners' imaginations.
OUR DYNAMIC MID-CENTURY RANCH
The 1952 house was cookie-cutter and tired. Now it showcases the best of MCM design.