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Home & Property

This Once-Dark Union Wharf Condo Now Feels Sunny and Modern

What do you do after you wrap up an exciting renovation project? Start another one, of course. So it was for a pair of empty […]

Home & Property

This Chic Natick Hangout Space Was Once a Horse Barn

It was the candy-apple-red horse barn that first drew Kate Kelley and her husband to their forever home, set on a pastoral property in Natick. […]

Home & Property

How Cute Is This Toddler’s Bedroom in Brookline?

Throughout 2020, Beyond the Common principal Lianne Leventhal found herself flooded with projects for children’s bedrooms. At the same time, the Brookline-based pro was watching […]

Home & Property

This South End Brownstone Was Completely Transformed

Think of a brownstone like a valuable, vintage bottle of wine. Maybe a Bordeaux Saint-Estèphe. Up front, it’s classic, powerful, and dignified. But give it […]

Home & Property

Best of Boston Home 2022

Architects + Designers + Builders Indoor Living Outdoor Living Architects + Designers + Builders Coastal Architect Hutker Architects The difference between a beach house and […]

City Life

Hey Boston, Shut UUUUUUUP Already!!!!!!!

There was no escaping the sound. Rapid-fire, bass-heavy Caribbean beats radiated a half-mile past the Franklin Park Playstead, galloped through the cool April air over […]

City Life

Avi Loeb Is Not Afraid of Little Green Men

I was sitting on the porch of Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb’s stately home in Lexington this summer, as cardinals flitted among his roses and hydrangeas, […]

Style

Find Perfectly Put-together Pieces at Zadig & Voltaire’s First Boston Store

When you hear the term “French style,” what comes to mind? If you think of striped shirts and berets, you surely haven’t paid a visit […]

City Life

The Interview: Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Kimberly Budd

Growing up in Peabody, Kimberly Budd never thought she’d be a judge—she just wanted to make sure her dad, former Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Wayne Budd, […]

Life & Style

Kick Back for a Stylish Staycation at One of These Five Boston Hotels

FOR A SEE-AND-BE-SEEN SCENE The Newbury Boston Everyone’s talking about Contessa, the sky-high restaurant at this recently opened boutique hotel in the former Taj space, […]