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Don’t miss our April issue, on sale March 8, celebrating the best of indoor/outdoor living Even the most beautiful house becomes more enticing when it is set within stunning surroundings. Be sure to check out our array of notables: • Spanish model and entrepreneur Eugenia Silva’s laid-back beach retreat in Comporta, Portugal. • An expansive family home in Mill Valley, California, crafted by Rita Konig. • The courtyard house in the Marrakech medina of New York designers Martin Raffone and William McIntosh. • The charming country house in the south of France that fabric maestro Pierre Frey shares with his family. • A minimalist mountain home in Lake Tahoe designed by Jamie Bush to embrace its verdant setting. • The weekend getaway in Washington, Connecticut, designer Philip Gorrivan renovated for…
Anyone who’s recently been through a house or apartment renovation is likely to suggest custom made. Ironically, they are the words we seem to use more than any others on our pages, to describe everything from kitchen cabinetry and library paneling to sectional sofas. As everyone who has ever ordered a bespoke suit or dress knows, custom made connotes luxury and yields pleasure. But it also demands patience. It costs more. And more often than not, it is a pain in the ass. With stores, showrooms, and the Internet full of beautiful, well-made items available simply by pulling out your credit card or clicking a button, why do people happily (OK, maybe not happily) wait 16 weeks for a sofa? Why agree to a special vanity with a one-of-a-kind counter…
BROOKLYN BOUND Kathleen Hackett, who profiles Greek designer Spiros Soulis for this issue (page 62), is the author of Brooklyn Interiors, to be published this month by Rizzoli. Here, her best of the borough: •Grace & Favor in Williamsburg: “This vestpocket shop is an Anglophile’s dream, with British wallpapers, antique china, and random curiosities, including ample Union Jacks.” gracefavor.com •GRDN in Boerum Hill: “Not only do I buy wonderful plants and Fermob garden chairs here, I inevitably stop in for hostess gifts like linen napkins, bird feeders, or beautiful garden tools.” grdnbklyn.com • P.S. Bookshop in Dumbo: “In my next life, I’m going to read every book in this used-book shop. The art-and-design section alone could take up days.” psbookshopnyc.com • Brooklyn Bridge Park, from Brooklyn Heights to Dumbo: “A…
ROMANTIC MOVEMENT In the age of “athleisurewear,” is it any wonder we swoon over the finery of yore? Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has mined its closets for “Catwalk,” its first fashion exhibition covering 335 years of Dutch clothing, including the country’s widest wedding dress, originally worn in 1759, and a 17th-century count’s underpants (through May 15; rijksmuseum.nl). “Gothic to Goth” at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, traces the sartorial effects of the Romantic Era, from the architectural silhouettes of the 18th century to the noirish visions of Alexander McQueen (March 5–July 10; thewadsworth.org). And a new generation of designers continues to be fascinated with making darkness visible: Witness the blood-red jewels of Lydia Courteille, the ice-crystal cuffs and collars of Alexis Bittar, and the Gothic castle–ready furnishings of LMD Studio. ROMAN…
REST ASSURED A tall and graceful canopy crowns the Janelle bed by Made Goods. The iron frame is shown in Bronze, one of four finishes, with a headboard covered in Cool Gray faux shagreen, one of a range of fabric options. California King: 86• l. x 74• w. x 109• h., $8,300; also available in Twin, Queen, and King. anthemsf.com 1 /COMING UP ROSES For Calligaris, rising Italian design talent Valerio Sommella interpreted a rosebush in bloom as an abstract pattern. His Rose rug is jacquard-woven from chenille and cotton yarns in subtle shades of pink, green, and white. 94.5” x 67”, $1,035. calligaris.us 2 / LIGHT BEARER Brooklyn-based designer Karl Zahn named his Cora pendant light after the Greek goddess who brought illumination and fertility to the underworld. The…
Georgia O’Keeffe’s hallucinatory desert vistas have become so iconic, it’s easy to forget that as a young painter, she was part of a sympathetic network of pathbreaking Manhattanites. The 65 works in “O’Keeffe, Stettheimer, Torr, Zorach: Women Modernists in New York,” at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, celebrates that circle, placing O’Keeffe’s early city views and floral abstractions alongside Florine Stettheimer’s witty, antic scenes of a bohemian picnic, a bustling boardwalk, and a sale at Bendel’s; Marguerite Thompson Zorach’s landscapes and domestic scenes, which were influenced by Cubism and Fauvism; and the paintings of Helen Torr, wife of Arthur Dove, who alternated renderings of the Long Island shore with serene and mystical abstractions (February 18–May 15; norton.org). PERFECT TASTE With the opening of the Broad…
