Brett Johnson and his Maine Street Design Co. team have a mantra they follow on every project they work on: “There are many ways to live.” A simple message, obvious even, and yet no less powerful as an ethos. The challenge of an interior designer, of course, is to figure out which one of those ways your client wants to live, and then to help make it happen through a carefully conducted orchestra of color palettes, material choices, furnishings, fixtures, and fabrics. This issue, devoted to the art of interior design, is one of our favorites because it highlights the notion that, just as there are many ways to live, there are many ways to design. On these pages, we share with you some of our favorites.