Inside the September-October 2010 Issue

Featured Homes

In the beginning was the tree. And the tree was very good. In this case, the tree was a majestic oak that towered over a stately home for sale on a glorious two-acre lot...
A meadow surrounds the copper roofed, Arts and Crafts–influenced Shingle-style house on the brow of a Vermont hill; woods, fields and a pond fall away below toward a grand...
Less skillful architects might have balked at the clients’ idea: a house that’s both intimate and open? Is it even possible? Can cozy gathering spots really coexist with...

Design Ideas, Homes and Gardens, Great Outdoors

Picturesque northern Vermont boasts a vast, undulating landscape bedecked in vibrant shades of green, orange and red that wax and wane with the changing seasons. It has...

Trade Secrets

Remember way back in June: the loose knots of beautiful design people gathering at South Boston’s Artists for Humanity Epicenter, the snap-to-it parking valet rushing to...

Artistry, Art and Style, Artists and Artisans

Hank Gilpin, who looks like a tall, white-ponytailed version of Larry David, is picking through a stack of boards in his shop. All of them were sliced from one white-oak log...

Design Discoveries, Art and Style, Resource Discoveries

With dinner finished, the kids put to sleep, phone calls returned and tomorrow’s plans in place, it’s usually time to head for the bedroom. No longer just a room for...

Designers’ Picks, Industry Insider, Designer Picks

Three New England-based designers imagine a cozy reading nook by choosing their favorite chairs, upholstery fabrics, side tables and reading lamps. PATTI WATSON The world...
Michael Ferzoco took a roundabout route to the profession that lets him live his passion. “I wanted to go to architecture school,” he recalls. “My father said, ‘No, you’...

Homes and Gardens, Special Spaces

For a designer, the kitchen and the bath may be the most challenging rooms in any project. They have to be efficient, organized and functional, of course, but we also want...