Family-friendly interior design, picture-perfect private islands, and gardens blossoming with native flowers.

How the Hatch Shell helped bring music to the masses.

This dreamy house lets you live on a lake without sacrificing access to the city. Plus, it has its own dance studio.

What better way to spend a weekend than traipsing through the North End?

Navigate the market with our trusty neighborhood guide, and spend your weekends catching films at the Brattle.

Maine-based Old Town Canoe builds handcrafted vessels along the Penobscot.

Globe-trotter Mally Skok, of the eponymous Lincoln-based design firm, finds inspiration in her travels.

Platemark Design principal Craig Tevolitz maximizes his space for extra storage and a few surprises.

Lush greenery sets the tone at Nahita, a buzzy new restaurant in the Back Bay.

Maureen and Sue Walsh ruminate on the opening of their new South End boutique, the art of curation, and the power of doing (and selling) what you love.

It’s amazing what a few miles will do to the market.

Master sculptors hand-crafted a one ton soaking tub, on display in Watertown.

Pre-dating the Revolutionary War, this home is rich with historical charm.

From a Brighton three-bed for $2500 to a South End studio for $2,700.

A solarium, music hall, and seven fireplaces grace this Pill Hill mansion.