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As earthmovers groaned and power saws whined, one of those giant turtles, the pride of Wellfleet, showed up at the site. It might be fairer to say that the turtle showed up not just at the site but at his site,
It’s as simple as sand, sea, and sky. By focusing on the three elements that have drawn people to Nantucket for generations, designer Lynn Morgan
This is where I want our family to have a summer home,” declared the father. Knocking on a nearby door, he told the occupants that if they ever decided to
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The whiff of seawater in the constant breezes, the play of light on dunes and scrub, the quick-change artistry of the weather on any given day—these are a few of the things that make Cape Cod,
The kitchen isn’t a room that can be easily remodeled on a whim. Instead, your kitchen design is an investment that you’re going to live with for the
The need for an al fresco site to conveniently sluice off salt, sand, and sweat is a surefire indicator that you are lucky enough to be spending time seaside . . . or in some other, equally
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Shaun Tyler Burgess isn’t necessarily what you’d expect from the owner of a custom window treatment shop, especially in a small suburban Boston town. For one, he’s relatively young. That’s not to say that an interest in window treatments is limited to those of a certain age, but like a lot of handicraft and trade-work, his career path isn’t an overly popular one with younger generations. “I’m definitely one of the youngest people doing window treatments,” says Burgess, who has owned Tyler & Sash in Winchester for just under a year. “The industry is going the way of upholstery and woodworking in that true custom workrooms are a dying breed.” Burgess also possesses a worldly air and keen eye for design that seem to stretch beyond his shop’s locale, and for good reason. Prior to opening Tyler & Sash, he spent three years abroad working for Ralph Lauren in Madrid in a creative role that helped him hone his styling skills. It’s precisely these unexpected qualities about Burgess that seem to have made his nascent business an instant success: he’s reinvigorating the window treatment market with a welcome passion, energy, and style. In the ten months that he’s owned Tyler & Sash, he’s cultivated a loyal client base of designers and homeowners both young and old, including decades-long proprietors of his shop in its former life as A & R Home Decorating (Burgess purchased the store from its former owners who retired), along with some of the area’s most notable up-and-coming designers (including 2017 New England Home 5 Under 40 Winner Nina Farmer). Besides Burgess himself, what draws his clients in is the shop’s approach to window treatments, which puts style at the forefront. “The way we go about offering our services is through taking a design centric approach to…
When Paula Shalan was working on her master’s degree at the Art Institute of Chicago, she found herself preferring to spend time not in the museum of art, but in the museum of natural history. She filled her notebooks with sketches of
Rosemary Hallgarten always wanted to earn her living making beautiful things. “I knew that as long as I could keep doing that, I’d be happy,” she says. The British-born textile artist, who lives in Westport and has a showroom in Fairfield, is well known in the design world and among lovers of contemporary crafts for her deliciously textured rugs, fabrics, and accessories. They’re all quite beautiful—and she, quite happy. The story of Hallgarten’s success is as organic as the fleece that’s shorn, sorted, spun, and carded into fibers that are woven into her unique, functional works of art. Since starting her cottage industry in 2001, Hallgarten has relied on an acute tactile sensibility and her intuition to grow her company apace with her life—slowly and deliberately. Although she was first drawn to jewelry design, it’s no surprise she found herself on a path laid by her mother, the renowned fiber artist Gloria Finn. In time, Hallgarten found she couldn’t resist the feel of alpaca, Tibetan wool, and natural plant fibers, including hemp, jute, and sisal. She loved that they were all sustainable. And once she discovered that she could help support artisans in under-developed parts of the world, there was no turning back. Most of her products are handmade in Peru, Nepal, and Brazil, where craftspeople do the intricate work of dyeing, knotting, and weaving in their own homes. “For the first couple of years, we made just one kind of rug,” the artist says, but as she sourced new materials, new products emerged. “While I was in Peru doing rugs, I fell in love with alpaca fabric, but didn’t know what to make with it,” she remembers, until she experimented with luxurious throws. And once she fell for bouclé, she added pillows to the line. While rugs still make…
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Talk about turnkey! This luxury condo in the North Tower of Boston’s Ritz Carlton is pristine, modern, beautifully appointed, professionally decorated—and fully furnished
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Garden tours and events for garden-lovers have kicked into full gear. Here are some of our favorite June events for the design-minded.
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These stylish bunkrooms are perfect for hosting guests young and old. One of the pleasures of having a coastal home is that there are always family and friends happily ready to accept an invitation for a weekend stay.
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