MODERN FUNCTIONAL SOPHISTICATED ÉLEVER AND VISAGE SYSTEM

from New England Home May-June 2023

The Good Life DESIGN DISPATCHES

to enhance your lifestyle.

The Frame Collection is characterized by timeless beauty, the result of creativity, experience and hand-crafted processes that are harmoniously combined, creating a classic and modern architectural atmosphere.

192 Features

154 Views

168 Worth the Wait

After years of designing homes for others, Dee Elms turns her attention to her family’s Cambridge residence.

180 Timeless Beauty

Carpenter & MacNeille embraces historic inspiration and classic style.

192 Remote Possibilities

A Boston-area couple finds sanctuary in their off-the-beaten-path home on the Outer Cape.

Here & There

45 Metropolitan Life

Shades of pink and purple alongside traditional architectural details ground a Boston high-rise and give it a touch of glam.

56 Smith on Style

Fresh off a plane from France, two New England designers and our editor at large discuss favorite finds from Paris Déco Off.

64 Special Spaces

The only thing better than having your own pool? A pool house that doubles as a guest retreat.

76 Things We Love

Glass in a range of hues is this year’s spring standout.

80 Designers at Home

Trevor Fulmer’s Provincetown pied-à-terre proves good things do indeed come in petite packages.

90 Good B ones

In Vermont, one couple’s forever home takes its cue from an unlikely source.

102 Things We Love

Revel in the beauty of the great outdoors with these flora- and fauna-inspired furnishings and accessories.

110 Inspired Interiors

Leslie Banker’s new tome teaches us how to think like a designer—with a little help from her own Rhode Island home.

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P.S. SPRING RELEASES

Iam of two minds when I imagine my warm-weather happy place. At times, I crave peace and quiet and a good book in the sun. This is especially the case during the often-agonizing final weeks of spring. But once summer arrives in earnest, I’m eager for adventure and to be surrounded by family and friends.

A home in Truro, Massachusetts, designed by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz, delivers peace and quiet in spades, at the request of their nature-loving clients. On a site this remote, you have no choice but to submit to the whims of the weather, and that’s precisely the point. Embrace the thick fog, as I did on the day I visited, and you will be rewarded by soothing stillness. Inside, plentiful windows frame a view of mainly sky, and well-edited and comfy sitting areas promise a distraction-free afternoon spent reading or simply reflecting.

Further south, on the Rhode Island coast, lies a getaway for a more active repose. While the sizable home offers ample space for solitude, it can also accommodate numerous guests and family members. The design team expertly took full advantage of the location—a peninsula extending into Narragansett Bay—and, as a result, the owners enjoy water views on all three sides. In the well-appointed living room, they can take in an evening regatta, then retire to the dining room for a lingering meal enveloped by a handpainted mural depicting historic schooners—as well as a likeness of their own yacht—on Nantucket Harbor.

Be it 400 square feet (check out designer Trevor Fulmer’s own P-town getaway on page 80), or 4,000-plus, your home is inherently you. Still searching? In the pages ahead you’ll encounter every shape, size, and flavor— perfect fodder for your own warm-weather daydream. Bring on the sunshine!

JENNA TALBOTT @jennatalbott

Think Like a Decorator

Interior designer Leslie Banker’s third book is chock-full of insider-y design tips garnered from her own professional life and that of her mother, interior designer Pamela Banker. Other design luminaries, including Corey Damen Jenkins and Katie Ridder, chime in. Catch a glimpse of Banker’s own Rhode Island getaway on page 110. Rizzoli, rizzoliusa.com

Lodge: An Indoorsy Tour of America’s National Parks

Coauthors Max Humphrey and NEH contributor Kathryn O’Shea-Evans highlight the historic lodges of ten national parks in a new title described as the perfect armchair travel book for both interior design enthusiasts and “parkitecture” fans. Gibbs Smith, gibbs-smith.com

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