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FEATURES 46 THE HUNT AND THE GATHERING

One centuries-old tradition inspires another, complete with a hearty picnic to warm guests on chilly fall days

56 MODERN SPEAKEASY

Prohibition may be long gone, but secret watering holes continue to pop up around the region

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All eyes are on these trends from this year’s designer show houses

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Industrial meets rustic in a contractor’s Yarmouth Port home

94 KITCHEN CONFIDENCE

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From cellars to coolers, wine storage is critical to quality

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A collection of local artisans AT HOME 42 Queen of Beach Reads Inside Elin

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When was the last time you were bored—truly stir-crazy with no encroaching deadlines or obligations on the horizon? Many of us adults associate this state of ennui with children: a little one shuffles over, shoulders hunched, arms hanging heavy by his sides, looks up and declares, “I’m bored.”

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Kelly Chase CREATIVE DIRECTOR, NEW ENGLAND LIVING

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According to Jon Staff, founder of Getaway, a startup that rents high–design cabins in the woods that are simply outfitted, adults and kids should embrace tedium. In fact, he hopes his guests encounter boredom while staying in his cabins.

After our writer Katy Kelleher spent a night in a Getaway cabin, Staff told her, “Studies have shown that if you push through that period, magic things happen. You become more creative. You get a newfound sense of balance.”

Maria Allen: South Shore Living, Plymouth Magazine Rachel Arroyo: Falmouth Magazine Kelly Chase: Hingham Magazine Lisa Leigh Connors: Cape Cod Magazine, Chatham Magazine Rob Duca: New England Golf & Leisure Lannan O’Brien: Falmouth Magazine Colby Radomski: Southern New England Weddings

As the temperature rolls back and New Englanders head inside, we gear up for the unexpected storms and anticipate outbreaks of cabin fever ahead. But maybe this year, as Staff suggests, resist the urge to build structure around the unstructured, give in to doing nothing, and see what magic happens on the other side.

For inspiration, our Fall/Winter 2018 issue is packed with stories about creative New Englanders. We interviewed 11 artisans who compose works of art with their own two hands (page 34). Hanako Nakazato, a potter who splits her time between Maine and Japan, molds delicate pieces of pottery. Nonetheless, to her, a bowl should be beautiful but not too precious—“the pottery is never complete unless you use it,” she says.

Artist Sneha Shrestha (page 32) meditates before she creates her giant murals in Boston.

She must clear her mind, she says; she can’t be distracted. Standing in front of a towering facade emblazoned with her most common phrase—“You can imagine, too”—I appreciate her focus. Her art makes our cityscape vibrant.

Also in this issue, we meet up with the new host of New England Living TV, Anna Rossi.

A talented home chef and hostess extraordinaire, Rossi invites us to a fall hunt hosted by Myopia Hunt Club. Mimicking a fox hunt, hounds chase the scent of a fox and riders steer their horses behind. Rossi and her friends pack up their cars and their kids, hike up Pigeon Hill in Appleton Farms and watch the scene unfold. Ever resourceful (and probably never bored), Rossi shares her recipes and tips for alfresco gatherings year-round.

The season of fires in the hearth, hearty meals, blankets and snow is approaching.

Welcome the stillness of winter days, and in the words of Sneha Shrestha—“You can imagine, too.”

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BUILDER AND DEVELOPER APPRECIATION NIGHT The annual celebration at 7 Tide offered a chance to get together and express gratitude to industry partners.

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NEUTRAL TERRITORY It took nearly a year for homeowner Jamie Druke to repaint her living room, from a wall-to-wall green to a black-andwhite color scheme. “The goal was to create a clean, timeless look that was both elegant [and] approachable,” says Druke, who is a frequent contributor to Dear Lillie Studio, a home and lifestyle blog and online shop. The pared down blackand-white palette lends a fresh perspective on tradition with black-painted wood beams providing a striking and unexpected counterpoint to the white walls. Marvin Ultimate French doors that slide rather than swing broadly into the living area present yet another twist on tradition while also preserving precious indoor space. To soften the overall design, Druke mixed in warm neutrals in the form of a patterned area rug and gold lighting fixtures. Antique-style furnishings combined with old family photographs and vintage hardbound books enhance the lived-in feel of the room for a look that’s timelessly inviting. —Rachel Arroyo

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Before the renovation, the homeowners spent minimal time in their kitchen. The space was cramped, there was no room to work out recipes and the appliances were not right for their needs. Through a collaboration with Chris McGinty of CM Design, Judy Whalen of Roomscapes Inc., and Hoadley Martinez Architects, the walls opened up revealing an airy space with breathtaking coastal views.

For their appliances, the couple selected a 36-inch Wolf Gas Range and 36-inch Built-In Sub-Zero. “When they took on this project, they wanted it to have a lengthy lifespan, so they were looking for appliances that would last 25 years,” says Whalen. With limited storage options, Whalen carved out a trove of compartments in the baltic blue island. McGinty selected decor that complemented the soft grays and blues.

“They love Nantucket and the water, so they wanted a subtle nautical feel,” says McGinty.

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“It has this welcoming feel that I love about it. When you walk through the door it tells you—you’re home, relax.”

1. Darlana Large Linear Lantern in Aged Iron by E. F. Chapman for Visual Comfort, Circa Lighting, circalighting. com 2. Catamaran Stripe Platinum/White Indoor/Outdoor Rug, Dash and Albert, annieselkie.com 3. Sculptural Glass Globe Pendant, West Elm, westelm.com 4. Square Bar Pull, Top Knobs, topknobs.com 5. Low Belgian Slope Arm Slipcover Side Chair, restorationhardware.com 6. Fritz Rope 24-inch counter barstool, Palecek, palecek.com 7. 36-inch Gas Range, Wolf, subzero-wolf.com 8. Kingston Recessed, Wood Mode, wood-mode.com

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“When mixing darker, heavier finishes such as black with brighter, lighter finishes such as white, as we’ve done here, it keeps the eye continuously moving throughout the room, forcing the viewer to take in every detail,” says designer Marissa Murray. The soft curves and ornate detailing of the hardware, fixtures and accessories—all from Kohler’s turn-of-the-century-inspired Artifacts collection—offset the design’s straight lines and stark color contrast. Kohler’s new Vibrant Brushed Bronze finish, when paired with pieces from the Artifacts collection, add even more warmth and softness while playing to the room’s vintage feel. —Rachel Arroyo

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Time to don your favorite fleece and celebrate the joys of the season. We curated a calendar of events to fill your cup, table and heart with the spirit of New England living.

BOSTON VEG FOOD FESTIVAL OCTOBER 20-21 BOSTON, MA Calling all vegetarians and vegans. Looking to learn about the latest trends, sample food, enjoy cooking demonstrations and hear from top chefs and speakers? Stop by the Boston Veg Food Festival, where you will find over 120 exhibitors and fun activities for the kids. bostonveg.org

TAPESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND UNTIL OCTOBER, 31 FALMOUTH, MA

MARTHA’S VINEYARD FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 18-21 EDGARTOWN, MA Foodies and oenophiles looking to relish the Martha’s Vineyard food scene this fall can spend four days at the Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival. The island’s culinary talent will be joined by guest experts hosting events such as Lobsterpalooza, a lobster roll and wine tasting, and a Grand Tasting with 250 vintages from around the world. mvfoodandwine.com

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Tapestry is an ancient art that takes time, patience and practice. Highfield Hall & Gardens has partnered with Fiber Arts editor-in-chief Marcia Young to celebrate 45 contemporary artists who are continuing the tradition. From the green and blue spruce trees by Laura Hodgdon out of Northwood, New Hampshire, to the woven portraits by Bonnie Schultz Platzer, the exhibition filling the walls of Highfield showcases the wide range of styles in modern tapestry weaving. highfieldhallandgardens.org/tapestry-innew-england-beyond

32ND BOSTON CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 2-4 BOSTON, MA ‘Tis the season to start your holiday shopping early at Seaport World Trade Center. Choose from over 340 pop-up boutiques with goodies like recycled sheepskin accessories, soy candles and hand-blown glass pieces that glow in the dark. Discover home accessories, designer fashions, artisan jewelry, handcrafted holiday decor and gourmet specialty foods.

Don’t forget to sample the gingerbread masterpieces constructed by local chefs. bostonchristmasfestival.com

SEASONAL HANDMADE PASTA AND SAUSAGE MAKING NOVEMBER 3 STOCKBRIDGE, MA As the leaves fall and layers of warm clothing come on, dinner dishes will begin to reflect the hearty cravings of the season.

Learn to master a few recipes with husbandand-wife team Stephen and Julie Browning, who will lead a hands-on workshop on how to craft homemade pasta and herb Italian sausage at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. berkshirebotanical.org/events/seasonalhandmade-pasta-and-sausage-making

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Inside the Turner Hill Mansion, 50 talented makers gather for the North Shore Food and Gift Emporium. There will be tasty treats like homemade caramels and peanut brittle as well as a wide range of gift items, from kiln-fired enamel jewelry to kitchen linens. northshoreemporium.com

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NOVEMBER 15 AND 25 PITTSFIELD, MA

The 23rd annual Fine Furnishings show moves back to the Waterfire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, in its renovated glory. Find unique pieces from over 100 talented local, regional and national craftsmen, including furniture and accessories from students in furniture-making programs at the North Bennet Street School in Boston and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. finefurnishingsshows.com

Wreath ‘n Sip arrives just in time to decorate for the holidays. Design your own fragrant seasonal wreath at Hancock Shaker Village. Savor the scents of the season, sip on a festive drink and experience the joy of creating a wreath using natural elements. hancockshakervillage. org/event/wreath-nsip-3

NOVEMBER 23-25 PUTNEY, VT Crafters will find nirvana at the the oldest continuing craft studio tour in the country.

Step inside a mill that produces 12,000 pounds of yarn a year. Watch a seamstress create mittens from recycled wool sweaters or a glassblower create a perfume bottle or paperweight. Take a studio tour of one of the 25 featured artists and see why the Putney Craft Tour was voted one of Vermont’s top 10 winter events. putneycrafts.com

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Get into the holiday spirit at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center with conductor Jung-Ho Pak. Revel in classic holiday songs, gorgeous carols and a Celtic Christmas celebration with the Chatham Chorale and special guests the Vintage Vocal Quartet. capesymphony.org

The annual expo is a great place to buy holiday gifts. Discover unique gifts, specialty items and other New England-made products like soaps, lotions and scrubs from Rustic Luxury in New Hampshire and gems from jewelry-maker Vermont Amber Designs.

Celebrating its 29th year, the Boston Wine Festival is the longest running food and wine festival in the nation. The robust roster features events like Battle of the Cabernets, a Valentine’s Brunch and a seminar and dinner exploring the Hess Collection. bostonwinefestival.net

INN TO INN HOLIDAY COOKIE AND CANDY TOUR

SPARKLING WINES & FOOD WALK IN PORTLAND’S WEST END

SUN WINE AND FOOD FEST

DECEMBER 8-9 WHITE MOUNTAINS, NH

DECEMBER 29 PORTLAND, ME

What could be better than traveling from inn to inn in the White Mountains while munching on candies and cookies?

Sweet dreams come true at the Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie Tour featuring 11 inns from Jackson to Eaton. Bring the magic home with recipes from each inn in a Holiday Recipe Cookbook. countryinnsinthewhitemountains.com/ annual-holiday-inn-to-inn-cookie-tour

Looking for a sparkling idea to wind down 2018? Join sommelier Erica Archer for a guided multicultural tasting and walking tour of Portland’s lively West End restaurant scene. Tour the town and taste some delicious sparkling wines from around the world. Wines will be paired with food from four restaurants and attendees will learn great tips for pairing. winewiseevents.com

JANUARY 24-27, 2019 UNCASVILLE, CT The Sun Wine and Food Fest returns to Mohegan Sun with its signature showcases including the Grand Tasting and Celebrity Chef Dine Around. Enjoy Sunday Brunch and Bourbon Tasting or sample over 1,000 wines and beers. mohegansun.com/sun-wine-andfood-fest.html

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Despite the glamorous life in New York and San Francisco, celebrity interior designer Ken Fulk feels most at home in Provincetown.

I walked to the end of Miller Hill Road in Provincetown and followed a woodland path lined with twinkling white lights, up the hill to the Hawthorne Barn. The historic structure was the site of a chowder and chili barn dance hosted by part-time Provincetown resident Ken Fulk for the benefit of Twenty Summers, a festival of live concerts, artist residencies, and talks, which pops up Brigadoon-like at the barn every year in May and June.

With rock-star status in the design world, Ken Fulk is famous for his over-the-top parties and events like his “Lord of the Rings” wedding for Silicon Valley titan Sean Parker, set in a giant redwood forest near Big Sur, and the party honoring fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which featured a burlesque act. While

there were no burlesque dancers at the barn dance in Provincetown, the piles of bandanas at the door for guests, informal line dancing and bluegrass music broke the ice and ensured a good time.

Fulk’s thoughtful attention to detail is grounded in the philosophy of living in the moment: “Life all goes by in a moment’s notice, so I want everything to be a celebration.”

Less than 20 years ago, Fulk was staging houses for Realtors in the Bay Area. Today, he heads an army of interior designers, architects, stylists and event planners, with headquarters he calls “magic factories” in both San Francisco and New York. His work has included mansions on Pacific Heights to estates in Provence. He has designed everything from the interiors of private jets to floral headdresses for Dolce & Gabbana.

Opposite: Interior designer Ken Fulk, with his beloved English cream golden retrievers Sal and Ciro at his Provincetown home, stands next to a self-portrait by Charles Webster Hawthorne, founder of the Cape School of Art in Provincetown in 1899. Below: The front parlor of Fulk’s gently restored circa–1900 home.

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Opposite: Ken Fulk and his wire-haired dachshund Wiggie hang out on the back porch. Above: Fulk’s home provides a gallery space for his treasured collection of dog portraits and WPA-era painted panels above the stairway. Below: An old typewriter is on display in the Mary Heaton Vorse house, which Fulk purchased recently. Vorse was a major figure in Provincetown’s cultural history.

Despite his glamorous life in San Francisco and New York, Fulk and his husband, Kurt Wooton, love nothing more than hanging out on their porch overlooking Provincetown Harbor, watching the sunrise, curled up with their five dogs. TVs are banished and summer evenings are spent with friends sitting around the captain’s table in the dining room or at dinner parties on their dock illuminated by lanterns and strings of colored lights. Cool and quiet evenings are spent in front of a fire, reading or playing cards.

During a recent visit, I found the house to be welcoming and unpretentious, with dogs underfoot and the scent of sandalwood in the air. It had the feel of a clubhouse with friends casually coming and going. When I asked where I could set down my coffee mug, the answer was “anywhere.” Although home to an Elle Décor A-list designer and filled with treasures, it’s not a museum, but rather, a place to relax.

Wanting to be part of Provincetown’s fabric and to be able to give back, Fulk’s fondest wish is to be viewed as a “townie” and not just “summer folk.” He regularly volunteers his time to organizations like the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Provincetown International Film Festival and Twenty Summers. He has also provided fresh designs, inspired by the town’s history, for restaurants like Liz’s Café and Strangers & Saints.

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The library is painted with Benjamin Moore’s “Dash of Curry.”

Overhead is a ceiling fixture fabricated from a salvaged boat hatch.

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Above: A collection of antique dinnerware, glass and silver is on display in the dining room. The wall mural, painted by Rafael Aruna, depicts Provincetown Harbor. Below: The interior of Strangers & Saints restaurant in Provincetown was designed by Fulk.

In matters of taste and design, Fulk exhibited early signs of prodigy and genius. He says that since age four he frequently arranged his family’s living room, decorated his own room according to the season, chose his own clothes and advised his mother on her wardrobe. With an instinctive self-confidence and unquestioned authority, he became the chief decorator of his family’s holiday traditions. “I was the self-anointed creator of experiences for my family from the beginning,” he says. This meant trimming the tree, setting the table and gathering everyone around the TV to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Recently, he and Wooton purchased the Mary Heaton Vorse house across the street from their harborfront home. “We purchased the house to save and protect it, in the hope it can serve as a testament to the disappearing architectural history of Provincetown,” he says.

Vorse, a pioneer of labor journalism, feminist and war correspondent, who lived in town from 1907 until her death in 1966, was a major figure in Provincetown’s cultural history. Her house, which originally belonged to a family of sea captains, was witness to a pantheon of artists and writers like Eugene O’Neill, Edna St. Vincent Millay and John Dos Passos.

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Above: Ken Fulk’s backyard overlooks Provincetown Harbor.

Fulk first fell in love with the natural beauty of Provincetown more than 20 years ago, describing it as “this heartbreakingly beautiful sliver of sand at the tip of Cape Cod.” He is inspired by a certain indefinable substance he calls a “secret sauce,” which attracts an extraordinary range of creative people to the town, and he is dedicated to protecting and enhancing Provincetown’s uniqueness as a living cultural landmark.

As he continues to spread his magic dust around Provincetown, this already beloved local figure known for his kindness and generosity and an essential ingredient in its secret sauce, seems destined to be remembered here as not just a famous designer, but also as a “Townie.”

Although he could hang his hat in any of his other three residences— the “tree house” perched on the highest point in San Francisco, the 76-acre Napa Valley ranch surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, or the Tribeca loft—his first love is the house on the harbor in Provincetown. “When I am in P’town, I am like a kid on summer vacation, always beyond excited to get there and heartbroken to leave.” NEL

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YOU CAN IMAGINE, T Before Sneha Shrestha (also known as IMAGINE) moved to Boston, she had never seen American graffiti. “My mentor, Rob Gibbs, was one of the pioneers of graffiti in Boston,” she explains. For months, Shrestha would go with Gibbs to watch him paint, bringing along her camera to document the process. “I became mesmerized by the art form,” she remembers. “The idea that there was an art form based on letters blew my mind.”

It took a few years for Shrestha to develop her signature style, but now the Harvard graduate (she holds a master’s in education) is a sought-after graffiti artist who creates intricate, vibrant paintings out of Nepalese phrases. Her mural walls can be seen in public spaces throughout Boston, from Allston to Back Bay. “When I started writing in Nepali, I felt like my voice could really shine,” she says. “I realized I could show who I am as a person, where I am from and a bit about my culture.” Her pieces rely on repetition of a positive phrase—“You can imagine, too” is her most common message—to create vivid, lace-like patterns.

The words are semi-abstracted. “I don’t know if someone who reads Nepali could read everything I write,” she says. However, that’s not really the point.

The purpose of her work is to give hope and a feeling of optimism, she explains, which is why she creates her best paintings when she’s in a compassionate and thoughtful mindset. Sometimes, she meditates before she begins to paint, which helps clear her mind and infuse a sense of gratitude into the art-making process.

“I see my work as helping to build culture competency,” she says. “There is so much diversity and culture here. Boston is a city that is creative, young and innovative, but it doesn’t always look like a cool city. My wish is to make that energy visible.”

See more of Shrestha’s work by following her on Instagram @IMAGINE876 and visit her solo show through October 28th at the Distillery Gallery in South Boston.

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 A Collection of New England Artisans 

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In our techno world of bleeps and dings,

and all things automated, we get respite and joy from our discoveries of artisan-made items— whether decorative, eatable or functional. Elevated to an art form, embedded with the heart and soul of the craftspeople behind them, we happily hunt for them in New England.

Spicy tuna and foie gras tataki by Uni in Boston.

Photo by Melissa Ostrow

MONOHANAKO 534 Shepard Hill Road, Union, ME // monohanako.com Potter Hanako Nakazato splits her time between her studio in Union, Maine, and Karatsu, Japan. She is a 14th generation potter whose grandfather Tarouenon Nakazato XII was named a national treasure in Japan. Her business, Monohanako (which means, “Hanako on her own”), is focused on creating a variety of thin-walled, elegant-lined functional forms from cups to vases, dishes and bowls glazed in a subtle earth-tone palette. To stay inspired, she works in different clay bodies. Also, no pot or cup can be too precious.

According to Nakazato, “the pottery is never complete unless you use it.”

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ANDREW PEARCE BOWLS 59 East Woodstock Road, Hartland, VT // andrewpearcebowls.com The creative vein runs deep in the Pearce family. His grandfather, Philip, worked with clay and his father, Simon, is well known for his glasswork. After spending 10 years working at Simon Pearce Glass, Andrew decided to take a new path. Woodworking captured his imagination and fulfilled his desire also to build things. He designed and built his own machinery to cut wood and do the initial carve on his bowls—an efficient, waste-conscious process.

Today, he has a team of woodworkers transforming cherry and black walnut hardwoods native to the Northeast into aesthetically beautiful tabletop servers from salad bowls to cutting boards. The company prides itself on producing little waste by cutting many bowls from a single block of wood and by planting a tree for every tree they use for product. Once cut, everything is dried in custom-built kilns and then sanded and oil-finished by hand. Bowls come in three distinct styles: Live Edge (where you can see a bit of tree), Champlain (simple, clean lines) and Echo (where undulating rims present as an elegant art form). Items can be personalized with carved lettering as well. And for those looking for unusual wood art, you will find a selection of burl sculptures.

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ELIZABETH EAKINS INC. STUDIO 5 Taft Street, Norwalk, CT // elizabetheakins.com Eakins and art have been soulmates since she was a little girl, and she always knew she would someday be a weaver. Today, she is known nationally for her woven fabrics, throws, pillows and rugs. Her dreamy, muted palette is visually linked to the land, trees and sky of her Kansas farm. Her flock of sheep reside in Connecticut and are seasonally hand-shorn, so the fibers can be hand-spun. At her Connecticut studio, yarns are hand-dyed in pots and artisans work on looms to create multi-purpose rugs in a variety of patterns. Custom rugs can be created with clients choosing everything from patterns to custom colors.

FAYCE TEXTILES Northampton, MA, 845-591-0682 // faycetextiles.com After spending 10 years as an illustrator, Kim Rosen decided to cross-pollinate her drawing skills and deposit them onto wallpaper, screen-printed fabrics, pillows and wall-hangings. She uses waterbased, non-toxic dyes or pigment, which she then prints onto linen, heavy-weight, clay-coated wallpaper and sisal grasscloth.

Everything is made to order. Her newest wallpaper, inspired by the Hancock Shaker Village, is a collection of abstract shapes recalling versions of Shaker objects. The Swallowtail pattern, for example, was named for the familiar wooden joint detail found in the iconic oval storage boxes, and another, Peg Rail, is a repeating pattern of pegs typically found on Shaker chairs and hangers. Her designs continue in unusual themes—Lapel was inspired by a bespoke suit, and Phragmites is a nod to warm summer breezes blowing through gold-colored reeds.

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LA MAISON DE COCO Portsmouth, RI, 401-293-0524 // lamaisondecoco.org In 1989, Michele DeLuca-Verley was living in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with her husband.

She stepped into a teahouse that was filled with chocolates and she just knew what she wanted to do. “As we walked through the door, time stood still and I was overwhelmed with a profound happiness,” she writes. “I knew that I would spend the rest of my life with chocolate, trying to share its history and its sublime pleasures with others.” DeLuca-Verley transformed her barn in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, into the home base for La Maison de Coco, a business that specializes in all things chocolate.

She sells direct online and in a few local establishments. She prides herself in using exquisite ingredients. Her chocolate comes from Madagascar and her truffles have just three ingredients—chocolate, Rishi organic micro-sourced tea and local cream from a Rhode Island farm. She also offers chocolate disks, bars and gluten-free cookies. Her seasonal chocolate lines are paired with infusions that warm you up or cool you down, depending on the time of year. And for those who never want to be lacking, she offers a chocolate subscription: once a month her latest creations will arrive at your doorstep.

LILYWORK TILE 42 Palmer St., Pawcatuck, CT, 215-859-8753 lilyworktile.com Husband-and-wife team Esther and Paul Halferty started their tile company 12 years ago, and they are both passionate about making tile the oldfashioned way. In fact, the couple met while Paul was producing tiles at Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Pennsylvania and Esther was studying as an apprentice. Today, their Pawcatuck business is all about craftsmanship. “We make our tiles by hand, carve our own molds and mix our own glazes. We make most everything to order, and have our tiles in showrooms across the country,” says Paul. The diverse color palette and patterns have been inspired by their travels. One of their more unusual patterns, called Textured Fields, is a grid of geometric, floral shapes familiar to Turkey, Morocco, ancient Persia and medieval Europe. The Mariner Collection presents the details of the area’s fishing, shipbuilding and whaling industries. The tiles are not perfect, but that’s the charm of these handmade works used for kitchen backsplashes, fireplace surrounds and bathrooms.

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NANTUCKET LOOMS 51 Main St., Nantucket, MA // nantucketlooms.com Weavers have been working on Nantucket for the past 50 years. Master weaver Rebecca Peraner leads the current team and also sources all the fibers used to create an array of island-inspired home decor items, including placemats, napkins, rugs and throw blankets. The fabrics woven on the looms include alpaca fur, cotton from North Carolina, South African mohair, Scottish cashmere and Japanese silk. They produce simple weave structures in soft, dreamy blues, pinks, sand and cream colors. Weavers introduce accent colors of their choice, leaving their signature on the weaves.

LOIS RUSSELL loisrussell.com Lois Russell has studied basket makers throughout North America for over 20 years. Her techniques are varied and her materials even more so. “I have pulled bark, dug roots and searched the aisles of hardware stores for the perfect wire mesh,� she writes. Today, she continues to weave, and she also works at the DeCordova Museum in Concord, Massachusetts, and serves as the president of the National Basketry Association. You can find her work at the Society of Arts and Crafts and occasionally at CraftBoston. Her authentic art surfaces in her weave patterns, colors and unusual, organic shapes that each carry an element of surprise and awe. She weaves vessels patterned with colorful abstract landscapes, sculptural teapots, wall hangings and whimsical woven sculptures she calls Playware.

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PEÀN DOUBULYU GLASS

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22 Oregon St., Providence, RI // pandwglass.com It’s been 37 years since Elizabeth Pannell and James Watkins partnered to open their glassmaking studio. Both graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and combined a stew of design skills and passions that resulted in a line of unusual, colorful, hand-blown tabletop glassware—from clear, elegant candlesticks to an array of colorful bowls and glasses, pitchers, cruets and cake plates. Most of these hand-blown works of art are accented with bright primary colors in stripes and polka dots. Lines include Dottie; Wavie Ware and Clear Ware. In addition, the two are called upon to create custom lighting in a variety of shapes from crystal leaves to jewels in punches of rich colors.

TIMOTHY PHILBROOK 681 Main St., Peace Dale Mill, Wakefield, RI // timotheyphilbrick.com It wasn’t long after he opened an antique store that he realized he would rather be making furniture than selling it. Early on in his career he worked restoring and reproducing traditional 18th-century furniture and then went on to study the history of furniture and design at Boston University. That was 40 years ago, and since he has worked designing and building his own furniture. Sometimes he works with rare and extinct woods like Cuban mahogany or native species like curly maple and curly cherry. He builds desks, seating, tables, sideboards and even pianos and his noteworthy works have not only been featured in museum shows but are included in permanent collections of many major art museums.

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QUEEN OF BEACH READS A visit to Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket

Hilderbrand at home on Nantucket.

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Buzzing around her spacious kitchen, Elin Hilderbrand is poetry (or would it be fiction?) in motion: washing and preparing corn on the cob, tomatoes, lettuce and other vegetables and fruits she had picked up at a local farmers market just an hour earlier. Before that, she had run six miles and taken a barre class. This, she explains, is a pretty typical start to her day.

It is late morning and the only indication that the fit, attractive blonde is a New York Times best-selling author is the MacBook Pro that sits open atop her brightly colored mosaic-tiled kitchen island countertop, flanked by a stack of writing pads and an assortment of books about the year 1969, which is research for her next novel, "Summer of ’69," which will be released in June 2019.

South Carolina visor—a nod to her oldest child, Maxwell, who was to begin his freshman year there in less than a week (“I don’t think he’s even started packing,” she shares with a laugh)— and runs her fingers through her shoulder-length hair before pulling it back in a low ponytail and putting her visor back on.

The prolific author, often referred to as the “queen of beach reads,” since her novels (21 and counting) are always set during the summer and almost exclusively on Nantucket—the island she has called home for 25 years—leans back on the couch and explains why the warmest season figures so prominently in her books and her life. Hilderbrand grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, one of five children in a blended family. Her parents divorced when she was five, and she lived with her mother and two brothers during

“I’m sorry things are a bit hectic,” she says as she clears a few items from the counter and fields a series of phone calls; two of which are from her middle son, Dawson (she has three children—18, 16, and 12), ironing out details about what time he needs to be picked up from his summer job at the Nantucket Boat Basin. Finally settling in on the comfy sofa strategically placed near the pool in her oasis-like backyard that abuts a vast expanse of conservation land, Hilderbrand, 49, takes off her University of

the week, and her father, his second wife, and their two children on the weekends and for one month each summer. Every July, they would rent a home in Brewster on Cape Cod. “They were very interested in us doing everything as a family, so we had all of these rituals that went with summer and that made it very special,” she recalls. “Then we either went out for dinner or stayed home for dinner, and if we stayed home for dinner, we would walk down to the beach to watch the sunset like it was a Broadway show.”

Above from left: A few of her recent novels. She writes her first drafts on legal-sized notepads.

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Inside Hilderbrand's home on Nantucket. The island is a constant muse for the prolific author.

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“If there’s one theme, it’s that we all mess up. We need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, say we’re sorry, ask for forgiveness, and move on.”

But those summertime rituals came to a sudden end when, in the fall of 1985, Hilderbrand’s father, a 41-year-old tax attorney, died in a small plane crash in inclement weather. “Everything changed,” she says matter of factly of the year she turned 16.

“My brother and I went to work in a Halloween costume factory that next summer and it was, as you can imagine, really bad because I was used to being on the Cape and having these idyllic summers.” It was while working in the factory, with plenty of time to think, that she made a decision: “I was bemoaning my reversal of fortune and thinking that I could not believe this had happened to me when I decided that if I do nothing else with my life, I am going to find a way to spend every summer at the beach.

That was my goal.”

After excelling academically in high school, Hilderbrand went to Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in creative writing.

From there she took a job as an editorial assistant at a publishing company in New York City, hated it, and decided she should teach, since she knew she would enjoy reading and writing with kids, and it would allow her to have summers off. She liked teaching, but after spending a summer on Nantucket, where she met her now ex-husband, (and father of her children) Chip Cunningham, she taught for one more year then moved to the island permanently. She did some writing on Nantucket and in the off-season, she and Cunningham traveled the world.

Knowing that she wanted to write professionally, Hilderbrand applied to and was accepted into the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. She wasn’t happy there, didn’t like the area, found her classmates overly competitive and missed her husband and the island. During her second year in the program, she decided to write about Nantucket and began what would be her first book, "The Beach Club," which was released in 2000. The book was chosen as the beach read of the week by “People” magazine, and so began what has become a prolific and successful writing career that has seen some of her books, which focus on topics, such as love, romance, friendship and

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Hilderbrand can’t say enough about her fans. “I have many points of gratitude in my life, but when it comes to my fans … they are so amazing, devoted, vested and just full of love. My number-one mission is to honor that in both trying to write the best books possible and in my interactions with them, remembering that all of these people are just so lovely and so giving of themselves.”

One of her early fans, with whom she has become good friends, is Linda Holliday, who serves on the advisory board of the Bostonbased Breast Cancer Research Foundation, an organization with which she encouraged Hilderbrand, a breast cancer survivor, to get involved. “I just love her inside and out. She’s one of those people who radiates beauty and is so genuine. There’s nothing fake about her,” says Holliday, who spends time on Nantucket and is the longtime girlfriend of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. “And I am such a fan of hers. I enjoy the familiarity of Nantucket and you can just lose yourself in her writing.”

The author, who says she loves living on Nantucket with its traditional charm, sense of community, and exceptional nightlife, restaurants and shopping, enjoys meeting her fans and says talking with or hearing from those who are battling cancer bring her a great sense of satisfaction. “People will say they read my books in the chemo chair,” she begins, her eyes welling with tears. “And I think, OK, is there a greater honor? It’s your worst day, and you brought one of my books because you wanted to have something happy. Nothing anybody is going to tell me is more meaningful than that.” Through her website, Hilderbrand offers those fighting cancer an opportunity to receive a free bundle of her books at the cancer centers where they are being treated. “It is so meaningful to hear people’s stories and to know that in some way I was able to lessen their burden,” she says.

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The library is painted with Benjamin Moore’s “Dash of Curry.”

Overhead is a ceiling fixture fabricated from a salvaged boat hatch.

Hilderbrand often writes on the beach or by her pool.

Hilderbrand’s writing technique is somewhat unconventional.

She writes her stories out longhand on a legal-size notepad— either poolside or at the beach—then transcribes them onto her laptop. In the summer, she and Cunningham alternate weeks with their children, then she goes off island twice a year to write. In the spring, she spends five weeks in St. John. “It’s so much like Nantucket, but in a tropical sense,” she says. There, she gets a “running start” on her summer book with “no distractions.” Her boyfriend, Timothy Field, a contractor who lives in Pennsylvania and who she sees every couple of weeks, joins her in St. John and takes care of laundry and other household tasks so she can focus on writing. Then in the fall, Hilderbrand rents an apartment on Beacon Hill for about six weeks, during which time she hunkers down, often by candlelight, to revise her summer book (she usually has two releases a year—one in the summer and another in the winter). “Chip is great. The kids stay with him while I’m there, so he covers me,” she says.

Her characters tend to resonate with readers, in large part because Hilderbrand “gives them humanity.”

“If there’s one theme, it’s that we all mess up. We need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, say we’re sorry, ask for forgiveness, and move on,” she says. “I feel like people really connect with characters who are sympathetic, and you know you’re sympathetic when you’re real, and you’re real when you have flaws.”

As a working mother, Hilderbrand says she knows all too well the struggle to juggle the many facets of life. “People will sometimes say to me, `oh you have it all figured out … you do it all and have it all together.’ And I am like, no, no I don’t. Nobody has it all together.

It’s a daily struggle and my motto is onward. Onward, onward, onward,” she says emphatically. “I can’t look back. I can’t fix it. I can’t change it. If it’s already happened, all I can do is move forward.”

With that, Hilderbrand delves back into the multi-tasking she manages with aplomb, answering the phone, scheduling afternoon and evening activities with her kids, and checking her email before jumping into her well-worn, 10-year-old Jeep Wrangler to head into town to bring a visitor to the ferry so she can do what she does best: get back to writing. NEL

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE WOLF Anna Rossi walks through the trails of Appleton Farms with her son before reaching the top of Pigeon Hill for a view of the annual Myopia Hunt.

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EVERY YEAR JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING,

as winter begins to roll in on the heels of fall, my husband and I pack our provisions, bundle up the kids and hike into the fields to watch a New England fox hunt organized by the Myopia Hunt Club. In a traditional drag hunt, a pack of foxhounds follows the scent of anisette across miles of open land in a route determined by the Master of Foxhounds.

Throughout the event, the Huntsman calls the hounds with his horn and directs the Field, the collection of participating riders.

The resulting promenade, which includes riders of all ages, is impressive to watch.

In November, the hunt takes place at Appleton Farms and we climb up Pigeon Hill for a vast territorial view. At the top, we lay out our spread: a thick roast beef picnic loaf

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for the hardy, sticky mulled cider duffins that tether the children, nibbles and savories to share and ample piping hot coffee and spirits to toast. What started a few years ago with just our immediate family has evolved into a gathering of neighbors and friends, new and old.

A lonesome call of the horn in the distance, the barking of the hounds, the pounding of the hooves echoing over the hills, and the sound of the wine cork popping and children giggling represent the rich flavors of the morning. Sportsmanship, land stewardship, etiquette and cheer are passed down as we salute generations riding by. Hounds circle and good wishes are exchanged. The hunt and the gathering leave their imprint.

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Opposite: At the hunt at Appleton Farms, Rossi and her family have started a new tradition with friends; they climb to the top of Pigeon Hill to watch the hounds and the Field pass through the open fields chasing the scent of a fox. This page, clockwise from top left: A young rider in traditional hunt attire. All ages participate in the hunts that are organized by Myopia Hunt Club and take place throughout the year. Rossi adds the finishing touch to the roast beef picnic loaf. A relic from the field. During the hunts, spectators can meet some of the horses. A game of Marco Polo holds the kids over until the event begins.

Rossi and her son share a laugh on the trail.

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Traditional Irish Coffee

Roast Beef Picnic Loaf with Horseradish and Fried Onions Chard and Smoky Mozz Quiche

Butternut Squash Cakettes with Pearl Sugar Mulled Cider Duffins Paired with:

Meinklang Gruner Veltliner with notes of Granny Smith apple, white pepper and lemon Meinklang Red Blend with notes of pomegranate, cherry and warm baking spices South Boston Irish whiskey with notes of caramel, honey, citrus and cinnamon

BUTTERNUT SQUASH CAKETTES WITH PEARL SUGAR yields 12

ingredients 1 cup roasted butternut squash, mashed (or pumpkin puree) 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice blend 2 large eggs, room temperature 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup pure olive oil 1/4 cup pearl sugar (This can

be found at most Scandinavian markets.)

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preparation • Preheat oven to 350 F. • Toss half-inch cubed raw butternut squash in a little olive oil and kosher salt and turn out onto a baking sheet. Roast for 25 minutes, flipping halfway through with a spatula. Allow to cool.

• Mash and set aside.

• Prepare a standard muffin tin by buttering the individual molds.

• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin spice.

• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, mashed butternut squash, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar and pure olive oil.

• Gently incorporate the dry mixture into the wet mixture, stirring gently and being careful not to overmix.

• Fill the muffin molds 2/3 full and sprinkle the tops generously with pearl sugar. Pearl sugar is very hard and will not melt at the high baking temperature. It adds a beautiful decoration and sweet coarse texture to the top of the cakettes. Bake 20-22 minutes.

• Allow cakettes to cool completely on a cooling rack (about 30 minutes) before packing them safely for the picnic.

Try substituting pure olive oil when a recipe calls for canola or vegetable oil. Pure olive oil has a very mild flavor and is loaded with wonderful health benefits like Omega-3s. Also, it ensures an added level of moistness to whatever you are baking, taking the decadence to the extreme.

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ingredients Batter

1 1/4 cups apple cider (reduced to 1/2 cup) 1/2 fresh orange, sliced 1 cinnamon stick 5 cloves 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 large egg, room temperature 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping

1 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

preparation • Begin by mulling and reducing the cider to yield 1/2 cup. Combine

the apple cider, orange slices, cinnamon stick and cloves in a small pot

and simmer on medium-to-low heat for about 20 minutes or until the

cider has reduced and 1/2 cup remains. You want a rich, syrup-like cider for the biggest punch of fall flavor. Set aside and allow to cool to room

temperature.

• Grease mini-muffin molds, which typically hold 24, and preheat oven to 350 F. • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda,

cinnamon, cloves and salt.

• In a medium bowl, whisk egg, melted butter, dark brown sugar and

granulated sugar. Whisk in buttermilk, reduced apple cider and vanilla.

• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring gently and careful not to over mix. (It’s okay if a few small clumps remain.)

• Pour batter into the prepared mini-muffin molds, filling 2/3 full (only

a couple teaspoons of batter are necessary for each duffin hole.) Bake

approximately 9 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when tested.

• Meanwhile, prepare cinnamon-sugar topping. Melt butter and place in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Baste duffin holes with melted butter. Then use your fingers to generously toss in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Allow duffin holes to set on a cooling

rack until ready to serve.

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The only thing precious at a picnic is the children.

Food and dishware should be considered with packing and travel in mind. Avoid things that are fussy or breakable.

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Add height and levels to your spread. Tiered serving platters add visual interest. Take advantage of existing steps or fences when choosing your location.

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Bring in vintage silver, family goblets and bold flavors to elevate the outdoor entertaining experience.

Taking things out of context and calling on them to be functional creates an allure that is delightful.

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Bring extra. Sharing food and drink is the easiest way to make new friends and multiply the cheer. The aroma of hot coffee from on top of a lonesome hill has the power to pull in a crowd.

5 TRADITIONAL IRISH COFFEE ingredients 1 cup hot coffee 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar 1 1/2 ounces whiskey A little heavy whipping cream (If you’re feeling decadent; you did hike after all.)

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preparation Combine hot coffee, brown sugar and whiskey in a cup or thermos. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Top with a splash of heavy whipping cream.

Build a menu that suits the season. Chilly weather calls for roast beef, winter greens, cured meats, root vegetables, cider and pumpkins. Deconstruct traditional flavors to make dishes that pack well and can be eaten easily without extra cutlery.

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Befriend your local wine shop and tie it all together with perfect pairings of food and drink. Experts like Eileen Elliott at Social Wines in Boston add a depth and appreciation to the cheer by explaining the provenance and intention behind what you are serving.

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CHARD AND SMOKY MOZZ QUICHE Yields 1 quiche or 12 mini quiches

ingredients Pie dough, chilled 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced 3 cups rainbow chard, coarsely chopped 5 large eggs 3/4 cup whole milk kosher salt, pepper 1/2 cup smoked mozzarella, shredded

preparation • In a medium pan, caramelize the onions over medium-to-low heat in olive oil. Add

the chard and sauté 5 minutes. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.

• In a medium bowl, use a fork to whisk together the eggs and milk until thin and frothy.

• Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper.

• Form the pie dough to the miniature molds or traditional baking dish. Evenly distribute the chard onion mixture over the dough and top with the egg mixture. Finish with a pinch of smoked mozzarella and cracked pepper.

• Bake at 375 F until the egg is fully set, approximately 20 minutes for miniature quiches or 50 minutes for a traditional 10-inch quiche.

• Enjoy at room temperature.

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ROAST BEEF PICNIC LOAF WITH HORSERADISH AND FRIED ONIONS preparation

ingredients 1 12-inch pain au levain or boule 1/2 cup good mayonnaise 2 tablespoons crème fraiche 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, drained 3 teaspoons Dijon mustard 2 pounds roast beef, thinly sliced 3 cups fresh arugula 2 large heirloom tomatoes, thinly sliced 1 1/2 cups fried onions cracked pepper baker’s twine

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• Slice loaf horizontally and remove excess bread from the dome, reserving bread for crumbs at a later date.

• Prepare the spread in a small mixing bowl by combining the mayonnaise, crème fraiche, horseradish and Dijon mustard. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

• Build the sandwich by generously spreading both the top and bottom with the mayonnaise mixture. Layer the roast beef, tomatoes, arugula and fried onions.

• Place the top on the sandwich and weight down with heavy cast iron skillet for one to four hours.

• Before packing for the picnic, tie with baker’s twine. Slice just before serving.

This recipe can be easily multiplied and premixed when entertaining.

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SOME REQUIRE PASSWORDS, OTHERS ARE TUCKED AWAY IN ALLEYS, NEW ENGLAND'S HIDDEN BARS MAY BE HARD TO FIND BUT THEY ARE WORTH UNCOVERING.

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lthough Prohibition in America officially lasted from 1920 to 1933, it’s safe to say that New England never really went dry, it went damp.

Home to some of the largest and most elaborate speakeasies of its time, New England continues to carry on the tradition of secretive watering hotels and inventive cocktails, now with a modern twist. Today’s speakeasies may be a bit easier to find, but many still serve up the classics and stay true to the ambience and decor of their predecessors. From Providence to Portland and everywhere in between, speakeasies are alive and well. Here are some picks for 1920s-style sipping right here in New England. Cheers!

MAGDALENAE ROOM Tucked away inside the ultra-hip Dean Hotel in Providence’s historic Downcity district, this intimate cocktail lounge is the perfect place to rendezvous with friends and lovers. Pass through the velvet curtain to a moody, dimly lit hideaway buzzing with hushed voices and the clinking of glasses. Not sure what you want to drink?

Let their highly skilled bartenders make that decision for you.

122 Fountain St. Providence, RI thedeanhotel.com

Connecticut

ORDINARY Located inside the Taft Hotel with deep roots in American history, this is New Haven’s oldest tavern. It’s believed that during the prohibition era, the basement was a speakeasy, and the decor of this time period has been preserved today, with wood paneling, decorative ceilings and a traditional wooden bar stocked with whiskey, wine and much more.

990 Chapel St. New Haven, CT ordinarynewhaven.com

Rhode Island

JUSTINE’S In true speakeasy fashion, the entrance to this bar is anything but traditional. Head through the lingerie shop and past the velvet curtain to enter this cozy bar where the prices aren’t quite as low as in the Prohibition era, but pretty darn close.

11 Olneyville Square Providence, RI

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THE AVERY If rare and handcrafted cocktails are your thing then look no further than the Avery. Tucked away on the west side of Providence, some of the craftiest bartenders in the city are mixing up time-honored cocktails in a cozy and cool locale. Refined drinkers will surely appreciate their impressive selection and “secret stash� of hard-to-find spirits, such as Pappy Van Winkle.

18 Luongo Square Providence, RI averyprovidence.com

THE RATHSKELLER If you ever find yourself in the backwoods of Charlestown, Rhode Island, the Rathskeller is a must for food and drink.

Once an infamous speakeasy, the restored building stays true to its roots with both decor and menu offerings (like its famous burgers and fries), while also offering some modern-day comforts, such as patio dining, lawn games and TVs for loyal sports fans not wanting to miss a play.

489A Old Coach Road Charlestown, RI thecharlestownrathskeller.com

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SALOON Like its name might suggest, Saloon is a throwback to simpler times, when drinks were “serious and uncomplicated, and American cuisine was a hearty square meal.” Located in Davis Square with no flashy signage, everything from finding the bar to entering feels like a step back in time. Their menu reflects preProhibition era cocktails that were made with classic ingredients and required skill and care, but the ambience screams (or rather, whispers softly) “speakeasy.”

255 Elm St. Somerville, MA saloondavis.com

WINK & NOD Reminiscent of the days when a secret handshake was needed to get you in the door, Wink & Nod serves up craft cocktails from both the past and present. They boast a “scratch bar,” meaning they prepare their cordials, fresh juices and infusions in-house from scratch on a daily basis and also operate a rotating pop-up program for their food menu. In true speakeasy fashion, they also run a popular members-only scotch club.

3 Appleton St. Boston, MA winkandnod.com

CARRIE NATION This swanky cocktail club is named after one of the staunchest supporters of the preProhibition era temperance movement. Visitors can start off in the main dining area before venturing down the hall through the traditional red velvet curtain to a classy little establishment complete with billiards, mahogany accents and leather seating.

11 Beacon St. Boston, MA carrienationcocktailclub.com

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815 Want to get in? You’d better know the code! Although the address is public, entry to this bar is still a bit of an undertaking and involves a vintage phone booth, entering the weekly code (check their Facebook page for details) and a sliding wall. Once inside, you’ll enjoy handcrafted cocktails and a true speakeasy vibe.

815 Elm St. Manchester, NH ivotewet.com

Vermont

LINCOLNS To visit the second location of this popular Portland, Maine, establishment, you’ll need to ask around for the exact address. It’s a place dedicated to simplicity; no TVs, no live music and no credit cards accepted.

Come with friends, have a beer and some chili mac (everything on the menu is $5). As for getting there?

We can only divulge that it’s “down an alley off Church Street Marketplace.”

Burlington, VT

HALF LOUNGE Affectionately known as “The Half,” this cozy little bar in the Church Street Marketplace is known for its local and creative cocktails, music scene and basement hideaway for secretive sipping on libations such as The Velvet Grove and The New Vermont Martini.

136 1/2 Church St. Burlington, VT halflounge.com

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Speakeasy MODERN CODEX Owned by the same folks as 815 and named after Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, this bar is disguised as a vintage bookstore, but is actually entered through an unmarked side door where guests must choose the right book in order to enter. This book-themed saloon is a true throwback to the 1920s, with cocktails and menu items of the era, silent movie nights and vintage books and antiques for sale.

1 Elm St. Nashua, NH codexbar.com

THE CAVE AT THE OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON RESORT Thanks to its close proximity to Canada, this resort was able to keep the spirits flowing during Prohibition by building a stone cave speakeasy beneath their squash courts. It’s rumored that many famous faces (even a U.S. president or two) dined and imbibed on illegal liquor here during the 1920s. The Cave keeps the tradition alive with a signature Prohibition Punch served in a teacup and various themed events.

310 Mount Washington Road Bretton Woods, NH

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THE BROKEN DRAM Hidden inside the sophisticated, seafaringthemed Blyth and Burrows in Portland’s Old Port, entry to this speakeasy is through a false bookcase on the upper level of the bar, or through an unmarked door in the alleyway outside. With its dark and moody vibes, the Broken Dram caters to a more casual crowd than the rest of the joint, serving reasonably priced beer, wine and spirits, as well as a special drink menu of Drams & Highball combos, and all have been named after tragic celebrity couples.

26 Exchange St. Portland, ME blythandburrows.com

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BRAMHALL Bramhall is not necessarily hidden, but this modern speakeasy recreates the experience of descending into an illegal watering hole with its dimly lit, cave-like ambience. It’s home to one of the city’s largest collections of bourbon, scotch and rum, as well as affordable and diverse cocktail, beer, wine and comfort food menus.

769 Congress St. Portland, ME bramhallme.com

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ate Bowler is no stranger to a party. Growing up, her mother and grandmother had an open-door policy when it came to guests, and there was always room for one more around the dinner table. This fall, the South Shore-based blogger will release her first book, "New England Invite," to share with readers how they can entertain with confidence. Bowler organizes her chapters by season and offers readers 12 complete entertaining menus, from thought-out themes to recipes for appetizers, entrees, desserts and cocktails.

Seafood is a staple menu item year-round. From summer clambakes to autumn oyster-shucking parties, Bowler guides readers on purchasing, prepping and serving New England’s most famous fare. “There is an old saying about oysters that they should only be eaten during months with the letter ‘r’ in their names,” writes Bowler. “You can actually eat oysters year-round thanks to modern oyster farming and refrigeration.” In fact, the colder the waters, the better the oyster, she says.

Simple Mignonette Ingredients 2 tablespoons shallots, minced 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced 1 tablespoon white wine 1/3 cup red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper Instructions Combine the finely minced shallots and parsley in a small bowl.

Add white wine and vinegar, and season with freshly cracked black pepper; stir to combine all the ingredients. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before serving.

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Tips for Shucking 1 Start by cleaning the oysters; scrub them well under running cold water to wash away any mud, sand, or shell grit.

2 Discard any open oysters that do not close to the touch.

"I love oysters. It's like kissing the sea on the lips."

LĂŠon-Paul Fargue

3 One side of the oysters will be flat and one side more concave; place the oyster on a kitchen dish towel with the flat side up.

4 Use the kitchen towel to protect your hand and locate the hinge at the pointed end of the oyster. Insert the tip of the oyster knife into the hinge and twist and pry the knife to loosen the top shell and pop it open.

5 Lift away the top shell and run the knife along the bottom to loosen the oyster from the shell. Try not to spill the juices inside the shell; the briny liquid is one of the best parts of eating an oyster!

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EAT LIKE THE“GOAT” NUTRITION SECRETS FROM NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY

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ealthy living is hip. From fitness videos that pop up on social media newsfeeds to the abundance of gluten-free products found on grocery store shelves, it seems like everyone in America is aiming to exercise more and eat healthier. So when the GOAT (greatest of all time) New England Patriots player Tom Brady started recommending recipes and wellness tips, people really started to take notice.

Brady partnered with Purple Carrot, a Boston-based meal subscription service to launch a 100 percent plant-based meal program. TB12 Performance Meals are packed with protein, low in refined sugar and gluten-free. Perfectly portioned raw

ingredients and step-by-step instructions are delivered to the customer’s door, so there’s no room for excuses. The recipes are designed to help athletes and active individuals stay at their peak while adhering to the TB12 nutritional philosophy.

Brady also recently released a hardcover book that explains his wellness philosophy in great detail (see sidebar).

TB12 Performance Meals cost $78 per week and contain the components of three meals, which are each designed to feed two people. While it may not fit into everyone’s budget, it certainly makes meal planning a breeze. If you’re curious how these healthy dishes would taste, try out one of these sample recipes. For more information, visit purplecarrot.com.

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LEMONGRASS CURRY WITH BRAZIL NUTS AND ROASTED SWEETS Ingredients: 1 sweet potato 3/4 cup white quinoa 1 stalk lemongrass 1/4 cup cashews 1/4 cup Brazil nuts 1 lime

1 teaspoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon curry powder 3 ounces broccoli florets 3 ounces Lacinato kale 1 garlic clove 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Salt

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Rinse and dry the produce. Cut the sweet potato into large wedges. Add the wedges to a baking sheet and toss with 2 teaspoons vegetable oil and a pinch of salt. Roast until browned in places, about 25 to 30 minutes.

2. In a small saucepan, combine the white quinoa, 1½ cups of water and a pinch of salt. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until the quinoa is tender, about 12 to 14 minutes. Turn off heat and keep covered until it’s time to plate.

3. Bend the lemongrass in your hands to release some of the flavor.

Add the lemongrass, cashews, brazil nuts and 1 cup of water to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and boil for about 5 minutes. Remove the lemongrass and discard. Add the water and nuts to a blender with the juice of the lime, rice vinegar and curry powder. Blend until smooth and season with salt.

4. Thinly slice the broccoli florets. Destem the kale and roughly chop the leaves. Peel and mince the garlic.

5. Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil. Once hot, add the broccoli and cook until bright green and tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the kale and 2 tablespoons of water to create a bit of steam. Cook until kale is slightly wilted, stirring frequently, about 1 minute.

6. Divide the cooked quinoa between your bowls. Top with sweet potato wedges, broccoli and kale. Drizzle with lemongrass curry sauce and serve any extra sauce on the side.

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ROTINI AGLIO OLIO WITH KALE AND TOASTED HAZELNUTS Ingredients 1 box Banza rotini 8 ounces curly kale 8 ounces of carrot, peeled into ribbons 4 garlic cloves

Fresh parsley 1/3 cup hazelnuts 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1/4 cup Follow Your Heart vegan parmesan Salt and pepper

Instructions: 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the Banza rotini, stir, and cook until al dente, about 4 to 5 minutes.

Reserve ¾ cup of the cooking water and drain the pasta in a colander.

2. Destem the kale and roughly chop the leaves. Peel the carrot and then continue to peel lengthwise to create “noodles.”

Mince the garlic. Finely chop the parsley leaves.

3. Place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add the hazelnuts. Cook until fragrant and toasted, about 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer nuts to a cutting board, let cool and roughly chop.

4. Return the skillet to medium heat and add the coconut oil. Add the minced garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chopped kale and carrot ribbons and cook until kale is bright green and slightly softened, 2 to 4 minutes.

5. Add the reserved cooking water and rotini to the skillet. Bring pasta to a simmer and reduce heat to low. Add the hazelnuts, parsley, and half of the Follow Your Heart vegan parmesan.

Season rotini with salt and pepper and stir to combine.

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9 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TB12 METHOD The first book by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, “The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance” (Simon & Schuster, September 2017) is an in-depth guide to fitness and health. Arguably the most respected professional football player of his generation, Brady explains the wellness philosophy that he and TB12 cofounder Alex Guerrero developed together and he talks candidly about the steps that he takes to ensure that he feels at the top of his game. The book advocates for a more natural and holistic lifestyle and is filled with glossy photographs depicting exercises and pliability techniques that Brady uses as well as nutritious recipes made with wholesome ingredients. Brady even discusses the importance of sleep, proper hydration and brain games that keep his memory sharp.

“The keyword of the TB12 Method is balance. At TB12, balance is as much about creating the right mixture of strength, conditioning and pliability as it is about lifestyle choices—what we eat, how much rest and recovery we get and the daily activities we engage in. The more balanced we are, the better,” says Brady.

1) Think of Food as Fuel

5) Supplement if Needed

Brady’s diet consists of mostly plant-based organic foods and his book includes a TB12-approved grocery list, plus some of his favorite recipes. If that doesn’t fit into your lifestyle, you can start by cutting out the processed foods, sugars and fats.

6) Limit Caffeine and Alcohol

When your fitness trainer tells you “abs are made in the kitchen,” this is what they’re talking about. Your body is like a machine and you need to put good things in to feel your best.

2) Remember to Hydrate

Drinking water helps our bodies function better in a range of ways, from digestion to the maintenance of healthy, pliable muscles.

Staying hydrated keeps joints lubricated and improves your mental and emotional wellbeing.

3) Practice Pliability

A complement to traditional strength and conditioning, pliability training consists of targeted, deep-force muscle work that lengthens and softens muscles at the same time that they are contracted and relaxed. Tom Brady credits pliability with reducing his injuries. The book includes step-by-step instructions and photos showing how to work different muscle groups.

4) Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Don’t overdo it when you’re lifting weights. An emphasis on heavier weights, greater reps and longer workouts can wear on your body and make your muscles tight, dense and stiff. Brady recommends resistance bands over traditional weights because they allow for a more fluid range of motion and build strength and power without overloading muscles. The book includes a variety of simple workouts that target the upper body, core and lower body.

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It can’t take the place of proper nutrition, but supplements can fill in the vitamins and minerals where your nutrition may be lacking. Brady occasionally likes to add electrolytes to the water he drinks. The mineral concentrates turn normal H2O into a hydrating sports drink.

Have no fear, you can still have your morning cup of coffee. But drinking too much coffee or alcohol can increase dehydration.

7) Exercise Your Brain

No matter your age or fitness level, keeping your brain challenged with cognitive exercises can help you stay sharp. The book talks about computer and mobile app software programs designed to enhance reaction time, attention and memory. To learn more, visit tb12.brainhq.com.

8) Get Some Sleep

Getting adequate sleep is important for many reasons. Create a routine and try to stick to it. Brady’s head usually hits the pillow at 9 p.m. and he wakes at 6 a.m. feeling rested and regenerated.

9) Seek Out Balance

When it comes to fitness, it’s best to combine strength training with conditioning and pliability. Just because you’re good at one thing doesn’t mean you should neglect the other. Balance is also essential when it comes to nutrition and lifestyle choices.

To learn more about the TB12 Sports Therapy Center located at Patriot Place in Foxborough or to order a copy of “The TB12 Method,” visit tb12sports.com.

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A CABIN IN THE WOODS DELIVERS THE PEACE AND SOLITUDE YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED.

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and all things automated, we get respite and joy from our discoveries of artisan-made items— whether decorative, eatable or functional.

Elevated to an art form, embedded with the heart and soul of the craftspeople behind them, we happily hunt for them in New England.

Spicy tuna and foie gras tataki by Uni in Boston.

used to live in a small apartment with three other women near Harvard Square. Each morning, I woke up to the smells and sounds of the city—the everpresent cacophony of commuters honking, the wail of emergency alarms, the scent of garbage day. I fantasized about escaping to the woods, finding some cool forest glade where I could sleep uninterrupted and slowly arise with the sun. I wanted to sip my coffee while tuning into birdsong. I wanted to smell chlorophyll and dirt; I wanted to hear rustling leaves.

Staff was right, and his minimalist vacation idea caught on.

Photo by Melissa Ostrow Many people, it turns out, want to sleep on a soft mattress in a one-room cabin with their cellphones hidden away in a wooden lockbox. They want to wake up and gaze out the massive bedside window (which stretches from floor to ceiling) into a seemingly endless stretch of forest. “Architecturally, we think of these cabins as a piece of hardware that enables you to escape to nature,” Staff says. “Ideally, you don’t even really notice the cabin. If it rains, you have a roof over your head, and if there is wildlife, they can’t get into your tent.” It’s like camping, but easier. It’s like a hotel, but even more private and peaceful.

“IT STARTED AS A DESIRE. WE ASKED OURSELVES: WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? WE WANTED TO GO TO THE WOODS. WE WANTED TO TURN OFF OUR PHONES.”

This is why college friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis created Getaway, a unique startup that allows you to rent a high-design cabin in an undisclosed location with the push of a button. “It didn’t start as a business idea,” says Staff. “It started as a desire. We asked ourselves: What do we want to do? We wanted to go to the woods. We wanted to turn off our phones.” Like many people, Staff felt crushed by demands and unable to disconnect from his work. He wanted to be bored. He wanted to get outside. He thought, if I want this, others might, too.

At first, it feels a bit strange to stay with Getaway. From the moment I arrived to my New Hampshire escape, I was commanded by the Getaway Gods to unplug, enjoy, relax. On the table, I found a booklet with suggestions on how to fill my spare hours. I could read forest-inspired poetry, take a walk, practice yoga or learn to build a fire.

I decided to lie down on the crisp white linen sheets. I decided to look out the window and watch for birds. I counted three before I decided to close my eyes and take a long afternoon nap.

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hen I told Staff that his space inspired me to vacillate between staring and snoozing, he was pleased.

Boredom is the point, he explained. “Think about when you are bored—not just relaxed, but really truly bored,” he says. “Studies have shown that if you push through that period, magic things happen. You become more creative.

You get a newfound sense of balance.”

This is what makes Getaway such an unusual company. They don’t want you to think too much about their amenities, their branding, their building or their product. They want you to check in and chill out. “We’re trying to provide the experience of disconnecting from beginning to end. Ideally from the moment you book a room to the moment you get home. We want to be this magic thing in your life that allows you to strip away your routine,” Staff says. “Every other startup is about disrupting. We’re not. We’re doing a very old thing. People have been going to nature for hundreds and hundreds of years.”

For me, Getaway proved a nice middle ground between booking a hotel and camping in the backwoods of Maine. It allowed me to shut off temporarily without having to set up a tent or sleep on the ground. I only stayed with Getaway for a night, but that night was blissful. I napped, I walked and then I slept. It was a barebones vacation with no bells and whistles (and just one hardcover copy of "Walden" for entertainment).

Like a perfectly chosen birthday gift, my stay with Getaway was something I had no idea I needed, but very much enjoyed. NEL

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Ian Stalling’s design for the 2018 San Francisco Decorator Showcase emphasized clean lines and impeccable organization down to the hardware and plumbing, which included Kohler’s sleek Purist Kitchen Faucet and stylish Strive sink.

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n 2018, decorator show houses featured the work of top talent with breathtaking and even showstopping design trends. While some of the creative insights from these designers will make their way into homes in the next few years, many ideas brought to life in these spaces can inspire homes right now. Keep reading for the three hottest trends of this year’s show houses and be warned— you may find yourself with an urge to reimagine your own bathroom or kitchen!

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THE GREAT INDOORS This year, nature is making its way inside. Pairing lush greenery (think live plant walls and shower-friendly plants like peace lilies, aloe and snake plants) next to statement sinks, faucets and tubs gives any bathroom space a serene, nature-inspired feel. Greenwich-based interior designer Marcia Tucker created a tranquil retreat with hundreds of live blooms and the clean lines of Kohler’s Veil Trough Vessel Bathroom Sink in the master bath at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York City. On the other coast at the San Francisco Decorator Showcase, Adele LaPointe designed the master bathroom using cool colors and natural materials, like wood and stone.

Kohler’s products in the brushed gold finish added warmth and glitz to the backdrop of forest green subway tile.

>> LOCAL TAKE Mary Kate Lucas, Design Consultant at Kohler’s Signature Store by Supply New England at 7 Tide in Boston, Massachusetts, weighed in on the trends here in New England. She agrees, especially in our chilly northern winters, flora in the bath can be an invigorating addition.

“It’s really nice if you can do it. It’s important to make sure you have adequate lighting. If you have a powder room without a window, your plant isn’t going to thrive, so not all spaces work. Faux plants can be good alternatives,” says Lucas. Aloe vera is her go-to in baths in cooler climates since it requires minimal sunlight and has added skin benefits, too.

Lucas has also seen an increased interest in Kohler’s rose gold products. “The warmer tones like rose gold are an interesting way to incorporate a statement piece without being in your face,” says Lucas. “It can inspire a lot of unique decor too. Also, it’s not too feminine and if you mix it with a masculine vanity, you can create a nice harmony.”

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TREND NO. 2 B.A. Torrey wanted an after-party lounge vibe in his space. Above the bar is a painting by Kehinde Wiley.

SETTING THE BAR Now more than ever, the home is seen as a haven for expression and entertaining. Creating an inviting bar space to host guests can be achieved by mixing traditional faucets and fixtures with bold art and dark, moody surfaces. B.A. Torrey took this design directive to a new level in his design for the Kips Bay Show House highlighting the sultry space with pops of metallics and color, including the Kohler Purist faucet. Another designer inspired by the bar space was Wesley Moon who incorporated Kohler’s Artifacts Gentleman’s Bar Faucet into his sleek design.

>> LOCAL TAKE Since home bars aren’t used as frequently as the main kitchen, the sinks don’t have to be work horses. “Home bars provide a fun opportunity to use more decorative fixtures and Kohler has many options,” says Lucas. Especially when the bar area is completely separate from the central kitchen, homeowners can have some fun. Lucas recommends the Purist brushed gold faucets for a real pop of color.

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HIGH– FUNCTIONING STYLE Homeowners can up the ante in one of the busiest rooms in their home—the kitchen—with hard-working solutions that are also aesthetically pleasing. Clive Christian demonstrated this trend effortlessly in his kitchen design also at Kips Bay, using Kohler’s Purist Bridge kitchen faucet and Prolific stainless steel kitchen sink for the design’s main island and Purist faucet and Undertone sink for the secondary island.

>> LOCAL TAKE As more homeowners are taking on new cooking challenges in the kitchen, they are looking for designs that perform. Kohler’s Prolific was designed with home chefs in mind.

“It’s basically an all-in-one workstation,” says Lucas, who says this sink allows you to prep and chop vegetables. “It’s the ultimate prep sink and it’s extremely efficient with lots of tiers and accessories.”

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Industrial meets rustic in a contractor's Yarmouth Port home When Lynda Bedard and her partner, Joy Minichello, envisioned building a unique home on Cape Cod, they didn’t have to look far to find a construction company to bring it to life. Bedard is a general contractor and the owner of Cape Cod Custom Build, Inc. Her and Minichello’s concept was to incorporate reclaimed products and rustic, industrial fixtures in an open floor plan, all within an existing Yarmouth Port home they had recently purchased.

To support their vision, they turned to Robin Decoteau, senior kitchen and bath designer with Supply New England’s Kitchen and Bath Gallery in West Yarmouth. The home was a blank slate. “When I first walked in, there was just plywood floors. It was a shell,” says Decoteau. “They had gutted the place,

so every part of it was theirs to redo.” Decoteau had previously worked on several home projects with Bedard and Cape Cod Custom Build, but she recognized that designing her own home most likely put added pressure on Bedard. “It was probably harder for her to pick out her own elements, so what was fun for me was more challenging for her,” says Decoteau.

The couple started their entire house project with black framed windows and proceeded from there.

“We really wanted to keep the charm of Cape Cod but were ready for something a bit different,” says Bedard. “Incorporating reclaimed wood products and industrial fixtures would give us a vintage feel that we both enjoy.”

Opposite: Minichello and Bedard in their kitchen, where they love to entertain. Above: By mixing industrial elements with farmhouse warmth, Bedard and Minichello’s home on Cape Cod succeeds in referencing the past while offering modern comfort.

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Opposite: Sliding barn doors add to the rustic aesthetic. This Page: The variegated tile in the master bathroom’s shower features subtle impressions of words, such as “motorcycle” because the couple loves riding together, and “Exit 7,” which is the exit they use to get home.

They searched to find just the right fixtures to bring it all together, and Decoteau was able to suggest Kohler products that would tie in beautifully with their design scheme. “They were going for a kind of industrial/rustic chic,” says Decoteau. The interior elements the couple had already chosen included black iron pipes as handrails and barn wood as an accent wall in the living room, so Decoteau suggested the Kohler Artifacts series for the bathroom faucetry. “Kohler has a beautiful finish in this line that looks like an aged pewter,” says Decoteau. “A really deep gray with speckles of black in it, which reminds me of vintage pipes, and meshed so nicely with their design plan.”

Decoteau adds that while the finishes create a unique appearance, the shapes are fairly traditional. “Those two elements complement each other, so you get that industrial, heavy-metal look without going over the top into too stylized,” she says. “You want clients to feel like it is homey and fun and that they don’t live in a trendy art installation.”

The master bath includes dual Kohler Vox vessel sinks and a walkin shower with a ceiling-mounted rainhead, wall-mounted shower head and a handheld shower. The glass front makes the room feel like a spa, according to Decoteau, while the distressed tiles and the room’s wooden crossbuck door tie into the overall aesthetic of the home.

The powder room features walls with barn-board flair and a toilet paper holder that is reminiscent of classic pipes and spigots. This is matched by a Kohler Memoirs toilet and faucets in the same vintage Kohler Artifacts series finish as the master bath. For the guest bath, Decoteau opted for a faucet with a chrome finish, which harmonizes with an oversized concrete-style floor hexagon detail, paired with subway tiles on the shower walls.

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“Kohler Artifacts series has a beautiful finish in a really deep gray with speckles of black in it, which reminds me of vintage pipes,” says Decoteau. “This meshed so nicely with with Lynda and Joy’s vision.”

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Two large kitchen sinks make entertaining easy for the busy couple.

Since Bedard and Minichello love to entertain, having a partyready kitchen was important, and Decoteau consulted with them on their kitchen fixtures. There are two sinks, both of the same size; one for the cooking area and the other used as a bar sink, and again the faucets are from the Artifacts series.

“Artifacts is such a cool series,” says Decoteau. “You get traditional elements, but it also brings in a bit of old water pump feel without being too much. They are so easy to live with.”

Bedard is passionate about blending old products with new materials for all of her projects, and she is thrilled with the

way these elements came together in her own space. “The combination of the industrial and rustic vision has resulted in the warm atmosphere we were hoping to achieve,” she says. “It brings back a lot of wonderful memories of older generations of our families that lived in more difficult times.”

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very two years, a panel of esteemed architecture and design professionals gather at Clarke, New England’s Official Sub-Zero/Wolf/Cove Showroom, to review nearly 100 recently designed New England kitchens. After a long day of deliberating, they emerge with six winners of Clarke’s Kitchen Design Contest. From traditional to contemporary to the much-loved transitional style, these kitchens represent some of the most innovative design thinking in the country. See if you agree with the judges and choose your favorite!

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Veronica Campbell, Deane Inc., 189 Elm St., New Canaan, CT, deaneinc.com Award-winning kitchen designer Veronica Campbell’s Manhasset Mainstream project caught the eyes of the judges for combining ease of use, stylish design and careful placement of Sub-Zero and Wolf’s industry-leading kitchen technology. This kitchen was designed for a family with five children, so keeping clutter to a minimum and accommodating the needs of a large family were paramount. The homeowner’s top two design goals were to create stations for breakfast/coffee prep and beverages. This bright, clean, blue and white kitchen was chosen as the transitional favorite.

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Adolfo Perez, Adolfo Perez Architect 69 Union St., Newton, MA, adolfoperez.com This stunning residential kitchen achieved this homeowner’s desire for a professional look. In this large space, architect Adolfo Perez says his biggest challenge was creating enough ventilation for the large Wolf burners and broilers.

Combining stainless steel, dark wood lower cabinets and aluminum frame upper cabinets, Perez achieved his goal of finding a balance between the custom, fitted look of the cabinets and the professional feel of the stainless steel elements.

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Jodi Geran, Christopher Peacock 1 Design Center Place, Suite 635, Boston, MA, peacockhome.com In her Suburban Sophisticate kitchen, designer Jodi Geran met the needs of a homeowner who loves to entertain and wants to have everything accessible to his guests while they are in his home. A rigid six-month timetable and a very involved client with exquisite taste and attention to detail were challenging and the waltz they did resulted in this beautiful space. Geran paid special attention to not only blending the kitchen with the home’s architecture, but also adding unique details like oversized drawer pulls and a custom metal hood that made this white kitchen very special. Incorporating 10 Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances make this kitchen perfect for anyone who enjoys cooking.

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SECOND PLACE: T R A N S I T I O N A L by Vani Sayeed

Vani Sayeed Studios 1121 Washington St. #2, Newton, MA vanisayeedstudios.com Interior Designer Vani Sayeed’s La Belle Cuisine project was designed for the Junior League of Boston’s 2016 Designer Show House. While the cabinets and appliances were not required to remain in the home after the Show House, Sayeed’s goal was to create and donate the completed project to function as the catering kitchen for the building owner, the Newton Cultural Alliance, who planned to use the space for that use. The kitchen was not only visually spectacular, but also passed commercial grade catering kitchen requirements so that it could be used after the show. Sayeed took a two-story dirt-floor, unfinished room and created a French bistro-inspired kitchen that fits perfectly within the historic nature of the house.

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SECOND PLACE: T R A D I T I O N A L by Gerard Ciccarello

Gerard Ciccarello, Covenant Kitchens & Baths 1871 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, CT, covenantkitchens.com Kitchen Designer Gerard Ciccarello partnered with Kira Van Duesen and Pamela Ciccarello on a kitchen they’ve named Relaxed and Refined, Elegant Meets Easygoing. When the homeowners decided to forego a dining room in their new-construction waterfront home, the kitchen needed to be inviting with plenty of seating to entertain. The watchwords were livable, durable, comfortable and timeless. After the kitchen was completely designed, the architect and homeowners decided to push the exterior wall out an extra two feet, which required redesigning with new challenges including keeping the weight of the perimeter cabinetry evenly dispersed. The end result is a space that feels natural and breathtaking at the same time.

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SECOND PLACE: CO N T E M P O R A RY by Pierre Matta

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Pierre Matta, Newton Kitchens & Design 34 Wexford St., Needham, MA, newtonkd.com Kitchen Designer Pierre Matta blended traditional rosewood veneer with white high-gloss lacquer, hardwood floors and Taj Mahal quartzite to create a stunning contemporary result. His ability to incorporate the homeowner’s desire for a professional-style cooktop into a contemporary space was beautifully executed along with his careful overall design of this narrow space. It blends function and style for a gracious result.

For more kitchen design inspiration, visit ClarkeLiving.com and visit a Clarke Showroom and Test Kitchen when planning your next kitchen project.

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Chef Daniel Bruce of Meritage channeled his passion for pairing food and wine and established the Boston Wine Festival, now in its 29th year.

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n the wine cellar at Mooo, located within XV Beacon Hotel in Boston, there are two bottles of 1907 Heidsieck Monopole Champagne that were discovered more than 20 years ago at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. They were found aboard a Swedish schooner that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I, and the depth, pressure, temperature and darkness of the ocean water had perfectly preserved the Champagne.

Today, those precious bottles, which sell for $14,000 apiece, are preserved in the restaurant’s temperature-controlled Reserve Room, just waiting for the right customer to uncork a bottle that has been waiting to be consumed for nearly 100 years.

At Mooo, every bottle of wine is carefully stored in a temperaturecontrolled atmosphere that protects them from heat and humidity, damaging light and vibrations. The wine cellar also serves as one of the city’s most exclusive dining venues, where customers feast on modern steakhouse dishes beneath double-vaulted ceilings. “We want to protect our wine from its greatest enemy, which is oxygen in the air,” says Alexa Demarco, general manager at Mooo. “Hence, our custom cellar design of our angled racks for our most valuable wines in our Reserve Room, which ensures that both wine and the air bubble are in constant contact with the cork. If the cork dries out, and eventually shrinks, it will no longer act as an airtight seal and it may start to allow oxygen into the wine and spoil it for good.”

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Equally critical is maintaining the proper temperature, for the amount of oxygen may reach harmful levels if temperatures fluctuate dramatically. At Mooo, temperature readings are checked daily. “The ideal temperature is about 55 degrees,” Demarco says. “Temperature fluctuation is the most serious hazard for wine storage… the warmer it is stored, the faster it will mature. Wine stored at 60 degrees will develop faster and possibly with less complexity.”

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Fine wines are stored in a temperature-controlled Reserve Room inside Mooo's wine cellar. In addition to exclusive bottles, the space, built on the foundation of a 1722 mansion, has a renovated Italian mosaic from 500 AD.

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Oenophiles can choose from 750 different bottles, including many hard-to-find classic wines, at Meritage inside the Boston Harbor Hotel.

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hen a customer walks into Meritage, located in the Boston Harbor Hotel overlooking Rowes Wharf, executive chef Daniel Bruce wants them to think about more than the fresh seafood and delectable farm-to-table offerings. As the restaurant where the Boston Wine Festival, which was founded by Bruce, began nearly 30 years ago and continues hosting numerous wine dinners throughout the year, he wants them to know that wine is as much a signature of his establishment as the food. And a bank of four Sub-Zero wine storage units, stretching from floor to ceiling, sends that message out loud and clear. “The first thing that customers see when they walk in the door is all these beautiful wines on display,� Bruce says.

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t Smith & Wollensky’s new location in Wellesley, which opened in May 2018, corporate chef Matt King considers the wine storage units to be a key feature in the restaurant’s ambience. “They are not just functional from a storage standpoint, but they are part of the decor,” he says. “We have six coolers built into the cabinetry, and as you’re sitting there looking at all this wine on display, perhaps you say, ‘You know what? I would like some wine.’”

Bruce installed 10 Sub-Zero units at Meritage in 2003 to store one of New England’s most comprehensive wine collections. Meritage has more than 750 bottles on the wine list, including many hard-to-find classic wines. Dual temperature zones, which can be set from 39 to 65 degrees, are critical. “It allows me to go to different ranges with my whites and reds,” he says.

At the new Wellesley location for the national steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky, 11 Sub-Zero units were installed, and the company will soon be installing 16 units during a remodel at its Boston location on Congress Street. “I like that the units can be easily integrated into the cabinetry,” King says. “You can get other wine units where you can build an enclosure and slide them in, but they don’t become part of the furniture in the same way.” King says that the units accommodate more wine in a smaller footprint than others. “So, you’re not eating into your seating capacity, and you still have the depth and breadth of a wine list that you need,” he says.

Customers at Smith & Wollensky’s Boston and Wellesley locations do not need to search page by page through a lengthy wine list. Instead, they are handed iPads, which allows them to search by type of wine, location and price. Each wine also comes with tasting notes. “If they’re looking for a California Cabernet in a certain price range, it will show them everything we have,” King says. “It’s good for the novice who doesn’t know much about wine and doesn’t want to be embarrassed, and for the wine aficionado who can find rare gems much easier.”

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At right, Christian Gianaris is the wine director at Smith and Wollensky's newest location in Wellesley.

Inside the national steakhouse chain, customers receive an iPad instead of a printed wine list, which makes it easier to navigate the restaurant's many offerings.

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t Prezza, located in Boston’s North End, the wine list features more than 600 labels and the restaurant has more than 6,000 bottles to store. David Petrilli, general manager and beverage director, stores a selection of the more intriguing wines in a Sub-Zero unit that is visible to customers. The unit was purchased 18 years ago, and Petrilli says it offers the power of suggestion to customers who are debating a wine purchase. At Tonno, the company’s newest restaurant in Wakefield and Gloucester, two new wine units are located next to the bar. “Customers look across from the bar, see bottles in a nice wine cooler, and I think that helps drive sales,” he says.

Easy access to the wine also allows the restaurant to quickly serve customers.

“The worst thing is for someone to order a bottle of wine and then wait 10 minutes while someone retrieves it from the basement,” Petrilli says. “That accessibility and visibility are both selling points.”

The staff at Lower Falls Wine Company in Newton, Massachusetts, knows wine. The business, in operation since 1935 and for three generations, reviews 9,000 bottles a year.

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ower Falls Wine Company in Newton, a specialty high-end retail outlet with more than 10,000 cases of wine, caters to consumers seeking wines that are “interesting and special,” says owner Phil Minervino.

Recently, a bottle was purchased for $26,000. “When somebody buys something like that it has to be properly stored,” Minervino says. He installed a Sub-Zero unit that is visible from the street and stores 12 cases of wine.

“We use our Sub-Zero units to store not just the crème de la crème of wines, but also those that are eye-catching.”

Thanks to modern wine storage units, restaurant owners can set separate temperatures for red, white and dessert wines, so when that special bottle is opened at the table, the customer is treated to the wine in all its complexity and elegance. Even those, like the two 1907 bottles of champagne at Mooo, that are a century old. NEL

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Architect Julia Chuslo designed her Shingle-Style coastal farmhouse with the lot and the neighborhood in mind.

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uring the warmer months, architect Julia Chuslo and her husband, Rob-Roy Quinzani, greet each morning the same way: coffee in hand, relaxing side by side in a pair of cranberry red rocking chairs on the expansive, covered front porch of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Chuslo designed the Shingle-Style coastal farmhouse and notes that its classic front porch is more than just another pretty face. “While the porch is an attractive feature of the house, it also serves a real function for us. We often chat with neighbors walking their dogs or wave to children in bathing suits scurrying up the street to the beach or simply sit and read as the morning sun beams from the east on the front of the house,” says Chuslo.

After purchasing the home site, the couple soon discovered that they were building in a very tight knit neighborhood and wanted their new home

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to reflect that with an inviting wraparound porch.

“Good architecture is so much more than just designing an attractive structure and dropping it into any site,” says Chuslo. “It requires giving a great deal of thought as to how the house will be situated on the lot, how it responds to the directions of the sun, how it relates to the nearby houses and the local aesthetic as a whole. Since this is very friendly, casual neighborhood that is terminated by a waterfront park and beach, I felt that a front porch would help us feel more part of the community.”

The street has some history too. Chuslo’s house is just steps from the original home site of the legendary Pilgrim Myles Standish. A small monument marks the spot and, just beyond, beachgoers reach what is known as Standish Shores with spectacular vistas of Duxbury Bay. Since moving to this small seaside town on the South Shore of Massachusetts almost 30 years ago, the architect and her husband have lived in

The finishes—bright white windows from Integrity by Marvin Windows and Doors, Cape Cod gray shingles and Benjamin Moore Williamsburg Wythe Blue doors—were intended to convey a “coastal crispness.”

Opposite: Chuslo relaxing on the front porch where she and her husband often greet their neighbors.

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The meticulous interior detail work that Chuslo is known for is on display in her own kitchen.

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three different homes here with their (now grown) three sons. In that time, Chuslo has designed countless houses for residents of Duxbury and other neighboring towns—many of which she says would be recognizable to people familiar with her style. “I think people would say that when they drive around town, they can spot a Chuslo design by my signature front porches, complex roof lines, impeccable use of trim or by the thoughtful use of windows. I like a lot of windows,” laughs Chuslo. “My own house has 63!”

Chuslo says that from the perspective of the interior, besides the obvious benefit of allowing light in, windows can be just as much an architectural feature as details such as crown molding, wainscoting or built-ins. “Windows can also help to frame or direct a particular view and they can allow an organic fusion of your interior and exterior surroundings,” she notes.

Since windows tend to be one of the more expensive elements in any new construction or redesign project, Chuslo notes that she had to be budgetconscious when selecting them for her project. She chose Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors because of the customizable design options.

Integrity windows are made with Ultrex, a pultruded fiberglass that is more efficient and lasts longer than vinyl, roll-form aluminum and other fiberglass composites. “[Integrity] has features I prefer like a true white finish,” she says.

“They have so many choices that you can combine them in such a way to get a custom look without paying custom prices.”

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When designing her own home, Chuslo wanted to match the aesthetic of the South Shore beach town.

According to Chuslo, not all architects get into such detail with their clients when designing houses.

“Some architects paint with very broad strokes,” she says. “In my case, I am known for my interior detail work. In addition to recommending specific windows, I give my clients complete lighting plans and even design interior features like crown molding and wall paneling.” Perhaps because she has degrees in both architecture and interior architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, Chuslo is uniquely suited to include these details in her plans.

Her farmhouse is finished in a palette that Chuslo says was intended to convey a coastal crispness: true white Integrity windows set against Cape Cod-gray shingles and doors painted Benjamin Moore Williamsburg Wythe Blue. When viewed from the street, the home lives up to Chuslo’s intent. It is a striking structure all on its own, yet it blends in seamlessly with the lot and the neighborhood. NEL

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Three gable roof elements in the Roy family home in Rye, New Hampshire, impart a contemporary twist on the traditional, rambling farmhouse.

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This spacious great room looks even larger with a flood of natural light from a bank of windows. A soothing color palette, coffered ceilings, fine cabinetry, elegant woodwork trim as well as porthole windows combine modern beach and traditional New England aesthetics. Â Â

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In the dining room, a pair of wall sconces bookending a large audubon print convey “a more collected feel rather than formal feel� and also work well with the shade of the contemporary pendant fixture over the dining room table.

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The library is painted with Benjamin Moore’s “Dash of Curry.”

Overhead is a ceiling fixture fabricated from a salvaged boat hatch.

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Signature style in the Roy house surfaces in the master bedroom with meticulous woodwork in the ceiling, the window surround and panel wainscoting.

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A traditional mirror surround created with recessed wainscoting panels is reminiscent of Wedgwood style.

Joe asked the architect to locate the master bedroom and master bath downstairs along with the great room, dining room, kitchen and entertainment space, and on the second floor design the gym, sauna, two guest bedrooms with bathrooms and a family room well suited to the gaming interests of two young grandsons.

Joe adds that he carefully sited the house footprint, angling each of its three wings to accentuate the “best fields of view and to enhance privacy.” Windows on all sides of the home yield vistas of woods, gardens and lawns rather than street views, nearby homes and driveways common in linear layouts. “The skim coat plastered walls we have give a beautiful, historic look but come with imperfect surfaces, which makes custom cabinetry a finicky task,” says Joe. “We were lucky enough to find the exceptionally talented cabinetmaker Sergey Fisenko, from Buxton, Maine, who had worked with Cathy’s brother, Richard Merriman, owner of Ram II Renovators.” The master bathroom downstairs and one of

the two bathrooms upstairs broadcast Fisenko’s expertise in what Joe calls “elegant, almost Wedgewood style of fine woodworking, the kind that dates back to early New England craftsmen.”

In addition to choosing a color palette of blues and taupes and all the furnishings, Cathy—a devoted gardener at home and at their businesses—worked closely with TMS interior designer Cristina Johnson on decor. In each room, Johnson selected a traditional or contemporary light fixture, and sometimes both, “to create a more collected feel rather than a perfectly matched, formal feel. In the dining room, separated from the living room by built-in shelving for display of decorative items, bronzed light fixtures anchor a large, framed Audubon bird print, which works well with the shade on the contemporary pendant fixture over the dining room table. We carried the shade and bronze theme into the living room fixture, as well as the office.”

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Opposite: TMS interior designer Cristina Johnson worked with the Roys on decor and in the office, carried the shade and bronze theme from the dining room into living room fixtures as well as the office, that also features ample natural light and boarding on walls. This page: An upstairs bathroom broadcasts a nautical ambiance with a portholeshaped mirror and painted white and blue stripes on the wall, that continues as a motif, in tile, within the shower/bath compartment.

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Other unique design details Johnson employed “to push the boundaries of traditional interior finishes, fixtures and functionality” include white-washed poplar paneling on one wall in the master bedroom, family room and upstairs bedrooms; curved stone backsplash to incorporate the wall-mounted faucets in a nod to traditional, wall-hung farmhouse sinks; decorative, and curtain tie-backs for fixed drapery panels to add color and texture.

The attention to comfort and entertainment so apparent in the family room upstairs, is echoed to a larger degree in the outsized screened porch on the first floor, complete with fireplace, big screen television, dining room table, lounge area and cooking area with grill. Adjacent to a three-car garage, the porch is steps away from the wide open backyard and outdoor deck. A meticulous woodwork ceiling gives the room a decidedly nautical feel and includes a custom, arched window above the eyebrow dormer.

Cathy Roy says the porch is her father’s favorite room in the house and is where grill master Joe presides as chef for many meals.

“He gave me a surprise birthday party last year, with help from family and friends. It was a little chilly so the fireplace came in handy,” she says. When it’s just the two of them, the Roys often spend time on the porch to watch the morning news or movies at night. NEL A massive screened porch brimming with amenities such as a fireplace, big screen television in a lounge area, and dining room with cook and grill station is capped with a woodwork ceiling that resembles the underside of a wooden boat. The eyebrow dormer and custom arched window further accentuate the nautical design carried throughout the home.

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BEYOND ONLINE RESEARCH DESIGN YOUR HOME WITH ALL OF YOUR SENSES

Whether building a custom modern farmhouse or remodeling a classic Shingle Style home, New England homeowners are known to peruse hundreds of photos on Houzz, create various inspiration boards on Pinterest, then Google to find trusted resources. However, online research only goes so far. You’re not designing a two-dimensional environment; you’re creating a lifestyle. You want your home to make you and your family feel a certain way.

While there’s no online tool that can help you truly experience the best choices for your home, there is one destination in Boston’s Seaport where thoughtful sensory adventures are helping homeowners imagine how their home design choices can change the way they live. Behind the walls at 7 Tide Street, just steps away from the Boston Design Center, architects, designers and homeowners are discovering a new way to select products for their homes.

“We wanted to create a single destination that would allow homeowners to immerse themselves in world-class home design brands,” says Sean Clarke, whose company owns the building and operates New England’s Official Sub-Zero/Wolf/Cove Showroom and Test Kitchen at 7 Tide. “We invited the country’s most innovative brands to join us and the result has surpassed our wildest dreams. Each of our partners has leveraged their industry’s best thinking to create spaces that are unlike anything else in the country.”

Here’s a look at what you’ll see, touch, hear, smell and taste inside 7 Tide…

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f you think of windows and doors as building materials, think again. On the first floor of 7 Tide, you’ll encounter the country’s first Marvin Windows and Doors Experience Center. This space feels like an interactive museum with many stories and touchpoints. Leveraging three proprietary technologies developed specifically for this space, A.W. Hastings, the company that represents Marvin Windows and Doors in New England, has designed an awardwinning experience to help homeowners understand how the selection and placement of windows and doors can change their lives.

“The idea of customization is exciting for homeowners, however

narrowing the many choices can be overwhelming,” explained Miana Hoyt Dawson, A.W Hastings director of marketing and a driving force behind the company’s 7 Tide concept. “Marvin at 7 Tide is designed to offer extraordinary options and then help to narrow down those choices for a homeowner who is facing a decision for their own space. There really is only one set of options for them in that space.

We want to provide them the tools and be part of that conversation.”

Homeowners first encounter Marvin’s Living Room Experience, where visitors see photos of unique installations of windows and doors to get their creative juices flowing. Then comes the feature that really excites visitors: showing windows and doors in full scale and changing the sizes and shapes in real time as the homeowner reacts to having each in her home. If an 8-foot-high door doesn’t feel large enough, immediately it is transformed into a 10-foot door on the wall in front of her. If a bank of three windows doesn’t feel right, with the click of a button she instantly sees four.

A journey through the various spaces inside Marvin at 7 Tide inspires the visitor with projections, as well as actual samples of wood finishes, hardware and much more.

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Next is the Resource Pavilion where, in addition to seeing samples of wood species and colors for metal cladding, visitors engage with a Touch Table to design their own windows and doors. Select a window style and place the wood sample on the table, and it immediately renders in that wood. Change the sample color on the table and the rendering redraws instantly to show a new option. As if this weren't exciting enough, everything in the Marvin Experience Center is "Session-based Technology," meaning when you arrive, you are given what looks like an ordinary notebook, but embedded inside is an electronic chip. This allows you to simply tap the notebook on any photo, rendering or sample that inspires you and it is saved and emailed to you within a half-hour of your visit. You can then share your selections with architects, interior designers and family members.

Every visitor receives a Marvin notebook, which contains an electronic chip, offering a seamless way to record every piece of inspiration without writing down a thing.

“We are very excited to be on this journey with the homeowner,” says Marvin at 7 Tide manager Lauren Hokenson. “We talk about their space, how they want it to feel, what their hopes and dreams are in this new home or remodeled room. With Marvin Lift and Slide Doors surrounding much of the building, we are able to exemplify this very exciting way to connect your home’s interior with the landscape beyond. We have lots of tools to help homeowners make these very important decisions with confidence.”

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ore than 20 years ago, Tom Clarke opened the first Sub-Zero showroom in the country in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. That was followed by a second one in South Norwalk, Connecticut, and then he replaced Hopkinton with an even larger showroom and test kitchen in Milford, Massachusetts. His award-winning experiential showrooms were the first place where homeowners could actually test drive appliances. So, it’s no surprise that Tom and his son Sean would be the forces behind 7 Tide. Clarke’s newest Sub-Zero/Wolf/ Cove Showroom and Test Kitchen is the largest space at 7 Tide, offering a totally kinesthetic experience.

“Our mission is to educate visitors about the changing landscape of kitchen technology and create ways for them to enjoy a total sensory experience of their new kitchen before it exists,” says Jeremy McCulla, manager of Clarke at 7 Tide, where he earned design industry kudos as Boston’s top customer service professional last year. “During a visit to Clarke, you not only see and touch beautiful products and have all of your questions answered, but also smell the aroma of wonderful cooking, taste the freshest food and cook on the kitchen technology yourself.”

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At Clarke's newest Sub-Zero/Wolf/Cove Showroom and Test Kitchen, consultants help you make decisions about appliances that reflect your lifestyle and design preferences. Visitors can also take cooking classes with the test kitchen chefs and learn to create gourmet meals at home.

In addition to actually experiencing the world’s finest appliances—everything from induction to convection steam cooking and customized refrigeration and wine storage—Clarke also features a 16-by-9-foot video screen where architects and designers can project floor plans and three dimensional project renderings just steps away from the specified appliances to exemplify how a kitchen will both look and perform.

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Kohler Signature Store

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echnology was a driving force behind the overall design and shopping experience at the Kohler Signature Store by Supply New England at 7 Tide. “We wanted a next-generation showroom experience for our customers. We wanted people to have a reason to come here,” says Sabrina DaLomba, director of showrooms for Supply New England and a leading visionary behind the 7 Tide store concept. Customers can meet with professional on-staff designers, browse products with the help of an expert and, straying slightly from the Clarke and Marvin experience rooms down the hall, clients can purchase products right in the store.

Inside there are close to 40 shower heads to test, 14 working kitchen faucets and two Experience Rooms, where customers are invited to try smart home technology before they invest. In one Experience Room, homeowners can try out the Digital Thermostatic Valve-controlled walk-in shower, which has eliminated the need for handles and knobs, and allows users to customize temperatures and spray settings for each shower head. In many of Kohler’s bathtubs, users can incorporate light, sound and heat therapies with VibrAcoustic, Chromatherapy and BubbleMassage Air Bath and Bask heating.

The bathroom has become a personalized sanctuary for relaxation. “Instead of making appointments to treat yourself, you can actually bring the spa experience into your home,” says DaLomba.

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With close to 40 shower heads, 14 working kitchen faucets and two Experience Rooms, the Kohler Signature Store by Supply New England makes the process easy for customers who want to try products before they take them home.

One bath vignette looks like a well-styled display, but actually has a Verdera Voice Lighted Mirror with Amazon Alexa. Customers can test the technology that has Amazon Alexa embedded and also has built-in voice-controlled dimmable LED lighting. The product can connect to the other Kohler Konnect products, allowing homeowners to listen to the morning news while brushing their teeth.

Without hitting a switch, they can activate a brighter light for their morning grooming routine.

While the showroom is a great venue for touching and testing products, homeowners can have a hard time visualizing what their design choices will look like in their own space. That’s why the Kohler Signature Store by Supply New England installed a virtual reality experience for their clients.

The on-staff designers are able to plug design concepts into 2020 Design Software that the clients can see, wearing special goggles that give a 360-degree view of their project. “Before, clients could only see static images, so it was hard to visualize. With the headset, you can actually be in your kitchen and feel if it’s right for you,” says DaLomba. “It’s really a next-level experience that helps you decide which direction you want to go in for design.”

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n 7 Tide’s second floor, design professionals can work with Reflex Lighting, an industry leader in innovative energy-saving lighting solutions for residential, commercial, industrial and academic environments. While the Reflex facility upstairs is only open to the trade by appointment, homeowners can now learn about the latest smart home lighting technology offered by Reflex in a new interactive display in the Clarke showroom.

Inside one of the many designer kitchens on 7 Tide’s first floor, homeowners will find a HALO Home Smart Lighting System by Eaton and have

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“We installed this system in Clarke’s showroom so that homeowners visiting 7 Tide can see and play with the HALO system for themselves,” explains Reflex Lighting’s Paul Grossman. “It’s pretty dramatic when you can see what a color temperature does to a surface. Light and color create a mood and feeling in an environment.

Visitors can use the iPad to understand how the system can change how they feel in their space.”

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MARTHA’S VINEYARD & NANTUCKET

It’s Easy to Visit 7 Tide Whether you visit one or more brands at 7 Tide, you’re sure to come away with the same sentiment that has been repeatedly voiced by visitors: “I didn’t know what I didn’t know.”

Homeowners are welcome to visit 7 Tide with or without their design professional during any stage of their project. Free parking is available right outside the door. Visitors are welcome to browse any of the experiential spaces during operating hours Monday through Saturday. If you would like to ensure that a consultant will be available to review various facets of your project, an appointment for each brand is recommended. To plan your visit and make the most of your time, see 7Tide.com.

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FINAL THOUGHT

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”

—Stanley Horowitz

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Designing a new kitchen or bathroom?

Your KOHLER Signature Store can help.

Stop by for a complimentary design consultation, and experience KOHLER products, tile and cabinetry selections firsthand.

Let’s make your dream a reality.

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