The Power of Flowers (and Peach Fuzz) to Uplift Spaces and Spirits
Fresh, fragrant blooms have the ability to transform spaces and one’s state of mind.
Best of Boston Home 2024
Drumroll, please! Here is the best of the best, the most discerning architects, builders, designers, craftspeople, and retailers around the city and beyond.
A Hollywood Regency-Styled Kitchen Takes Shape in Medford
The inventor of the soda fountain, A.D. Puffer, used to live here.
Tour the Moody Nantucket Home of JDouglas Showroom Owner Doug Self
A refined four-season home keeps the island’s oceanic conditions top of mind.
A Wellesley Home by Blue Hour Design Embraces Pastoral Beauty
A suburban home embraces its pastoral setting while a sophisticated contemporary sensibility surprises inside.
Designer Holly Gagne Creates a Boutique Newburyport Retreat from a Craftsman Home
Friends and family are always welcome in this empty nest, where the moody New England aesthetic has a global, bohemian flavor.
Sam Kachmar Architects and Mandarina Studio Give a Family Home a Color Infusion
A Cambridge Victorian last updated in the 1970s gets a vibrant 21st-century revamp.
Inside Designer Desiree Burns’ Serene Newport Oasis
A seaside Rhode Island home becomes airy, open, and all about the view.
The Next Phase
A home with great bones is reimagined to suit the laid-back lifestyle of its new residents.
Personal Space
Inimitable art, bold furnishings, and meaningful custom details transform a couple’s Concord home into a one-of-a-kind sanctuary.
Inside a Local Gem Designer’s Jewel Box Home
Interior designer Elizabeth Georgantas turned a blank slate outside of Boston into a sparkling showcase, using finely honed elements of drama and surprise.
Glorious Revival
A long-neglected grand residence in Chestnut Hill regains its luster for a family’s homecoming.
Best Kept Secret
Reserved and compact from the front, the renovated form of a 19th-century Bay Village row house is gradually revealed as one travels through the home.
The Long View
It took a decade for a dream house to come together, but it was worth the wait.
Always in Fashion
Through exceptional customer service, U.S. manufacturing, and philanthropy, Sara Campbell has found success while building an enviable community around her clothes.
Re-Formed for the Future
When a new sculptural stairwell replaces a space-consuming relic, an 1892 row house in the South End is readied for its next century.
The White Elephant Nantucket Gets a Lovely Centennial Redesign
The 100-year-old institution unveils a deeply considered refresh inspired by the island’s singular splendor.
Spring Arts Events in Boston: Design, Museums & Moby Dick
Where to go and what to see for your spring arts fix.
The Organization Protecting Nantucket’s Cultural and Architectural Legacy
Thanks to the 130-year-old Nantucket Historical Association, stories about the island’s multilayered cultural heritage live on.
Extra-Ordinary
Helena Wurzel celebrates female friendships, raising children, and the changing seasons of New England in paintings that present self-assured subjects going about their days.
Green With Envy
This enchanting emerald and other spectacular gems will soon be on view at the MFA Boston.
Floral Persuasion
In Yo Ahn Han’s mixed media artworks, lacy cuttings fashioned as flowers symbolize the fragility of life as his vibrant colors celebrate it.
Three Art and Design Books for Your Spring 2024 Reading List
Inside award-winning landscape architecture, covetable clothing collections, and energetic homes with heart.
Extra-Ordinary
Helena Wurzel celebrates female friendships, raising children, and the changing seasons of New England in paintings that present self-assured subjects going about their days.
Three Art and Design Books for Your Winter Reading List
Designing diplomatic reception rooms, Hunt Slonem’s homes, and Yves Saint Laurent goes gold.
The Mystical Brilliance of Maine Photographer Cig Harvey
“I make pictures of things that make me gasp,” the New England artist says.
Three Art and Design Books for Your Fall 2023 Reading List
Transforming the common kitchen, celebrating a century of Avedon, and Nina Farmer’s enduring interiors.
Digs Design Company Brings Color to a Wellesley Cape Cod Home
The colors of spring (and fall) inform the scheme in the pattern-filled interiors of this 1920s house.
A Room of Her Own
Designer Whitney Talsma goes all-in with feminine flair in a bath built for one.
The Organization Protecting Nantucket’s Cultural and Architectural Legacy
Thanks to the 130-year-old Nantucket Historical Association, stories about the island’s multilayered cultural heritage live on.
Designer Maura O’Malley Transforms a Beacon Hill Home Into an Art Oasis
A former Boston carriage house is revived to reflect its new owners’ eclectic art collection and international travels.
The Norumbega Inn’s Aesthetic Revival
In coastal Maine, a historic guest house’s original character shines with just the right amount of contemporary detail.
The Next Phase
A home with great bones is reimagined to suit the laid-back lifestyle of its new residents.
What’s in Store
Lee Jofa’s legacy collection and Cosentino, a gleaming new showroom specializing in surfaces.
Breaking With Tradition
O & G Studio modernizes New England historical craft to elevate the art form.
Green With Envy
This enchanting emerald and other spectacular gems will soon be on view at the MFA Boston.
Artfully Floored
A creative partnership between Landry & Arcari and Vani Sayeed results in an inspiring rug collection.
Kids Incorporated
A new Brookline home includes an airy, all-purpose study and play space that also disappears.
Moving Up
Shake Architecture + Construction rehabs a chopped-up Charlestown townhouse, creating an interconnected oasis.
Personal Space
Inimitable art, bold furnishings, and meaningful custom details transform a couple’s Concord home into a one-of-a-kind sanctuary.
Inside Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Former Brookline Residence
This renovated home stays true to its origins while accommodating its present-day inhabitants.
Roweam, a Luxury Furniture Brand, Launches in Rhode Island
Rhode Island designer Blair Moore introduces a line of heirloom-quality pieces with a little East Coast grit.
Inside a Local Gem Designer’s Jewel Box Home
Interior designer Elizabeth Georgantas turned a blank slate outside of Boston into a sparkling showcase, using finely honed elements of drama and surprise.
Best of Boston Home 2024
Drumroll, please! Here is the best of the best, the most discerning architects, builders, designers, craftspeople, and retailers around the city and beyond.
Habitat: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
How do you make a new-construction home in the Boston suburbs stand out from the crowd? Bring the drama.
In Focus
Designer Annie Hall fearlessly blends form and function in a living room where local artwork is the star.
Natural Selection
Using raw materials, Merida weaves time-honored skills with modern techniques to create its art-inspired, sustainable rugs out of a Fall River factory.
What’s in Store
A modern original is celebrated and a Beacon Hill boutique with one-of-a-kind wares.
Two-Part Harmony
Designer Justine Sterling improves flow, adds aesthetic interest, and creates cohesion in the dining room and adjacent foyer of a family’s spacious Victorian.
Joint Effort
Two savvy design firms strive to transform an 1840s Greek Revival into a 21st-century abode.
Best Kept Secret
Reserved and compact from the front, the renovated form of a 19th-century Bay Village row house is gradually revealed as one travels through the home.
See the Art-Driven Redesign of a Business Exec’s South End Triplex
Daher Interior Design complements a client’s art collection with furnishings that stand strong.
Inside the Layered Luxury of Raffles Boston
Creative elegance abounds at the international hotelier’s first North American outpost, where there’s also an emphasis on the Hub’s history.
Exploring Asymmetry and Geometry With Marla Mullen Sanford
Designer Marla Mullen Sanford looks at the relationship between the runway and room décor.
Inside a Local Gem Designer’s Jewel Box Home
Interior designer Elizabeth Georgantas turned a blank slate outside of Boston into a sparkling showcase, using finely honed elements of drama and surprise.
Design Master Ken Fulk Grandly Reimagines a New Restaurant for the Four Seasons Hotel
For Coterie, the former Boston resident pays posh tribute to the Public Garden.