Home Design
Double Take
AMY AND ETHAN D’ABLEMONT BURNES HAVE a giant peace sign drawn on their dining room wall. It carries signatures, doodles, and well wishes from everyone […]
Spout Off
Alien Encounters: Pipe Dreams by Magis, $63, Emmo Home. It may look otherworldly, but this vessel was actually designed for human hands. Old-World Charm: $60, Nest. The weathered elegance […]
Echoes of Another Time
IT’S TOUGH DRIVING THE WINDING COASTAL ROADS of the North Shore, and not just because they occasionally dead-end at the ocean, or fork into unpaved, […]
Life on Display
BETWEEN TWEETING, E-MAILING, and reality TV, privacy can be hard to come by these days. Yet Diane McManus Jensen, an accomplished art dealer, gallery owner, […]
More than a Game
IN THE WORST ECONOMY IN DECADES, you’d be crazy to launch a company offering $35,000 handmade game tables. But Mars Made founders Andy Marsella and […]
Singular Sensations
“WEIRD THINGS FIND THEIR WAY TO ME,” says Lisa Foster, an interior architect and owner of the design firm Reconstructure. Foster has always had a […]
Backyard Bounty
Salad Days: Wooden utensils from the Jonathan’s Wild Cherry Spoons “Cat Tail” collection are fanciful and functional. $26–$30, KitchenWares by […]
Bright Ideas
Clear Objectives: Made of fiery acrylic, Seat for T’s Quan Chair shows off contemporary Chinese styling. $3,755, Jia Moderne. Green Piece: This movable from Bungalow 5 can serve […]
Animal Urges
Deerly Beloved: The bambi occasional table by French design house Ibride is made of laminated birch crafted to resemble a fawn’s lower half. $1,260, Delise […]
Living Large
Weston’s $15.6 million home sale, way too many orchids, and more musings on hub dwellings.
Shop Talk: Mass Art Made
A couple of months ago we fell in love with Etsy’s Shop Local option. Now we’ve discovered something even cooler: Mass Art Made, a brick-and-mortar […]
Karmic Transformations
The ultrahip couple behind Karmaloop, that stunningly successful local streetwear company, has settled into the perfect new nest. Surprisingly, it’s far more classic than cutting-edge.
Geometry Lesson
Extravagant: $68,231 1 Cassina Pilotta lounge chairs, $5,924 for two, Montage. 2 Altai blanket, $700, Hermès. 3 Fornasetti Scaletta screen, $15,810, the Morson Collection. 4 Cowhide […]
Urban Oasis
1 To extend the panoramic views into the adjoining study, Kanda angled the fireplace inward. 2 Removing unnecessary partitions and doors turned a two-bedroom unit […]
All That Glitters
1 Curves Ahead This gilded resin table is a re-creation of Tony Duquette’s biomorphic console, made for a ’60s Bel Air estate. $24,480, Baker Knapp […]