In the world of interior design, writes the editor of House of Joy (Gestalten, 2022), “the word joy is increasingly floating around. Tidiness guru Marie Kondo built her empire on the simple question: does it spark joy? The answer, . … Continue reading →

During a time when neutral colors rule the roost in interior design, it’s a pleasant shock to the system to see a space that leans into a color motif without beating you over the head. In this bedroom of a … Continue reading →

As we head into the holiday season, visions of large dinners and the rooms where we hold them are at the forefront of our minds. This formal dining room of a family home in Toronto evokes drama by mixing styles, … Continue reading →

There’s something indescribably appealing about Maine residences: an earthy, good natured, no-nonsense sensibility that makes one feel grounded. “The Maine spirit is about rolling up your sleeves, using what you have, and reveling in nature,” writes Annie P. Quigley, a … Continue reading →

Dating back to the mid-eighteenth century, the practice of escaping to seaside retreats to focus on one’s health and physical well-being is alive and well today—albeit somewhat modified—in the modern take on the beach house. “A house by the sea … Continue reading →

Bunk beds and enclosed sleeping nooks satiate some of our most universal longings: our love for secret places, the feeling of being aloft, and the comfort of enclosure,” reveals author Laura Fenton in The Bunk Bed Book, recently published by … Continue reading →

According to Sotheby’s Institute of Art, cabinets of curiosities were the aristocrat’s answer to the question of how to entertain guests at lavish parties thrown during the Italian Renaissance. Today, many collectors no longer tuck their curiosities in a built … Continue reading →

When the lauded French designer and refined aesthete Thierry Lemaire first set up his Parisian atelier in 1986, he took purely architectural assignments. But when business dried up due to the economic downturn of the early ’90s, Lemaire decided to … Continue reading →

When veteran interior designer Andrea Monath Schumacher was growing up, her father’s career in virology took her family around the globe, from Nigeria to Boston and many places in between. From that uniquely diverse upbringing came a love of amalgamation—of … Continue reading →

You may have heard of Windsor, the high-profile gated community of some 350 luxury homes located on a lush, oceanfront barrier island in Vero Beach, Florida. But unless you count among your crowd royalty and billionaires, you’ve probably never seen … Continue reading →