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Before & After: Continental Shift
Make no mistake: Bill Rubenstein is not an East Coaster. Sure, he may have attended Yale and Harvard Law School, then spent a decade litigating […]
At Home With: English Accents
Diplomacy and outreach may be Phil Budden’s specialties, but try telling that to Sophie and Lizzy, his young daughters. The girls are racing through the […]
One Stitch at a Time
In the corner of a no-frills workshop north of Boston, a carpenter is hand-tying metal springs to a bed frame, his fingers weaving a spider […]
Icon: The South End Rail Way
When designing the South End’s signature brick bowfront homes, 19th-century developers added an old-school version of house bling: intricate cast-iron railings, balustrades, and fences. In […]
All Friends on Deck
The slab of lamb being shuttled from grill to cutting board is ready for its close-up—it’s a handsomely crusted, still-sizzling vision from a carnivore’s dream. […]
Change of Space
Four years ago, architect Judy Gleysteen came across an online listing for a tired Brady Bunch-era home in Lincoln. “I told my husband it was […]
A Fine Composition
What does it take to convince a veteran architect to knock down a piece of his personal design history? Turns out, not much. Just ask […]
Row House Revival
Thirtysomethings Peter and Elizabeth Georgantas are serious—and serial—renovators. A developer and a designer, respectively, at PEG Properties & Design of Boston, the pair has rehabbed […]
Goods: Editor's Picks
TURNING POINT Designer Philippe Starck hits home again with this glossy white Moor(e) swivel chair. $7,700, The Morson Collection. VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW OF SEVEN […]
Top of Mind: D'Amato, Extended Version
Boston editor James Burnett: Let’s start with your agency’s new headquarters—how did the big move go? Catherine D’Amato: We have 600 agencies, we feed 83,000 […]