Author Archives: Andrezza Nascimento

Bimpy’s Escarole & Beans

This dish is a pretty simple mix of ingredients—you probably already have everything at home, besides the escarole. All together, they turn into a warm and comforting mix of delicious flavors that feel like home, family, and troubles melting away. … Continue reading

Danish Architect Arne Jacobsen’s Radical Flatware is a Contemporary Icon

Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen is known for softening the ascetic modernist style with his industrial and furniture designs. In the late 1950s, he designed the SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Jacobsen conceived the hotel as … Continue reading

Buffalo Check is the Plaid of the Moment

Buffalo plaid or lumberjack check: whatever you call it, an oversized red and black gingham calls to mind cozy flannel shirts and warm wool blankets. But there’s so much more to this large-scale gingham than that one rustic note. Rendered … Continue reading

Upscale Lighting Enhances the Ambiance at the New Boothbay Country Club Spa

“The client wanted the spa experience to have a luxurious feel, so they requested that we visit Four Seasons spas around the world. Luckily, I had already worked on lighting design in some of them, so I didn’t have to … Continue reading

This Kittery Point Home Features a Curved Facade and Panoramic Views

“We weren’t just building it for ourselves,” says Jerry (who prefers to use his first name) of this capacious modern house in Kittery Point that he owns with his wife, Connie. “This could go on for another hundred years.” Jerry … Continue reading

Built to Last—2023 Architecture Listing

RESIDENTIAL Loon Lane Cottage This project aimed to make the experience of this cottage feel as deeply rooted in the site as possible. Visitors approach the home from a winding dirt road edged with deciduous and coniferous trees to see … Continue reading

MH+D’s Holiday Wishbook

Thomas Michaels Designers, Inc. $21,000  One 18KT yellow gold and platinum three-stone ring set with one 4.06ct. rubellite tourmaline and 2.30cts. of blue sapphires.  www2.thomasmichaels.com FIORE Artisan Olive Oils + Vinegars Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena, Affinato | $90 After … Continue reading

Inside a Groovy 1970s-Inspired Party Den Made for Entertaining

Clients and projects that push me to see differently are also the ones that teach me the most,” explains Sara Story in The Art of Home (Rizzoli, 2023), referring to this Austin Hills ranch house whose owner requested “a super … Continue reading

Ask the Experts: Kaplan Thompson Architects

This month’s experts are PHIL KAPLAN & KAI FAST, Principal Partner and Sustainability Specialist at Kaplan Thompson Architects Q. Most architectural renovations and remodels start with aesthetic updates or adding new living space. What other changes to a house should homeowners … Continue reading

Woodworker Yuri Kobayashi Bends Ash and Oak Into Spectacular Forms

Yuri Kobayashi needs to see the seasons. It’s part of why the artist lives in midcoast Maine. Here, she can witness the “up and down” of the temperatures as well as the rising and falling of a mountainous landscape. After … Continue reading