Innholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2022 i Veranda

AMY JOHNSON AND JULIE LAWRENCE admit there’s a hidden pun in Pared, their newly launched collection of custom-designed, handmade tole sconces. The pair have been friends since age 11, but it’s a paring down of the fussier, often historical sconce archetype that defines its reinvention. Regency-era tole obsessives, Johnson and Lawrence took form inspiration from objets d’art such as antique pen trays and papier-mâché coasters. Not meant as reproductions, says Lawrence, “the sconces’ arms don’t have the detailing or turns that you’d find in an antique piece. The back plates are hidden; you don’t see the screws.” Adds Johnson: “We wanted to let those paint colors, waxes, and gilding take center stage.” Indeed, an exuberant, if long overdue, return to the limelight for tole.…

AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY of teasing aficionados with its enticing scarcity, the insouciant salmon wristwatch is having—yes—a moment. And the moment couldn’t come soon enough: Since the 1930s, the dusty pink dials have appeared rarely and in small numbers that responded in part to a fashionable penchant among South American patrons. An elusive acquisition—at one point, Patek Philippe made it only for favored clients—the salmon watch now returns in fresh designs from the venerable maker, as well as powerhouse creators like Vacheron Constantin and Czapek. A signal, perhaps, to live fully in the pink.…

Against the Grain A trained architect, George Nakashima (1905–90) sought a discipline that would allow direct contact with materials and tools, a pivot that would make him a leading figure in the American Studio Craft Movement. His ubiquitous “live edge” tables (opposite, far right, with his cantilevered chairs) celebrate the natural shape and color of the wood. georgenakashimawoodworkers.com Studio Craft LIKE THE LYRICAL GIANTS OF THE 1920s AND ’30s WHO BUCKED MECHANIZATION OF DESIGN, TODAY’S ARTISANS HEAD BACK TO THE FOREST TO BRIDGE FURNITURE WITH ART. Whispers in the Woods “Wood is synonymous with growth and life,” says Inverness, California, arborist-turned-artisan Ido Yoshimoto (left), whose stools, tables, and functional sculptures reveal an understanding of species and grain that deepens as he crafts each piece. “So much of what I do…

NANTUCKET EASE “I imagine an effortless refinement… camel cashmere in windswept meadows, aged wood, pretty blues and yellows,” notes Strong, whose arch of bell-shaped white campanula with viburnum and hyacinth symbolizes an island “framed in tradition with a slow move toward something new.” RED-HOT CATALINA Strong channeled the “secret murals” and soaring terra-cotta crown of Catalina Island’s famed 1920s casino, towering over the cerulean Avalon Bay, for his ode to the Southern California locale. The arrangement’s ebb and flow, with effervescent citrus branches and scabiosas, mirrors the isle’s temperament, enticing visitors with raucous adventures off the mainland. “Openness, with an air of mystery,” notes the designer. KAUAI’S SECRET GARDEN Vibrant yellow peonies, familiar birds-of-paradise, and textural banksia protea embark on an imaginative voyage through the rain forest of Kauai (often…

BLAME IT ON THE MOLD. AND PERHAPS THE COUTURE. Several years ago Elizabeth and Stanley Star decided to demolish their home of two decades in the Port Royal neighborhood of Naples, Florida, and rebuild on the same bayfront site. “It was a great family house, but we’re in a different time and place in our lives, and it really needed some serious refreshing,” Elizabeth says of the Mediterranean-style residence where she and Stanley—founder of the private-label juice producer Cliffstar Corporation—raised their now-adult son from the time he was a teen. They first considered renovating rather than rebuilding, but ultimately, says architect Bobby McAlpine, whom they hired for the project, “mold issues kind of pushed her over the edge. Or most likely gave her an excuse.” Call it an opportunity. The…

A SUMMER HOUSE IS A PARADOX of sorts, combining the freedom and novelty of being on vacation with the familiarity of home. For one New York City–based family with a house on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s also a place where time slows down, allowing small moments to resonate. “We’re apartment dwellers for much of the year, so we wind up experiencing a lot of important life events here,” says the owner. “It plays a central role for us.” Think of it as a part-time residence with year-round virtue, which called for both fullness and ease in its design. What it didn’t call for, says interior designer Markham Roberts, was a clean-slate, start-from-scratch beginning. Rather he wove together elements from past and present, here and there, that were reflective of the house—a shingled…

DURING THE DARKEST, dreariest months of the year when I find myself longing for summer, a certain place always comes to mind. It’s a specific place, a lake house from my childhood, but what takes shape in my daydreams is imprecise, sculpted from sensory impressions. There’s the creak of the twin spindle beds my sister and I shared, the cicadas’ strange lullaby drowned out by the steady hum of a ceiling fan. Then there’s the crunch of gravel under a tire gently announcing the arrival of a guest and the seductive scent of burgers on the grill. What does the house look like? It hardly matters in my memories. Which isn’t to say the house didn’t have a decorating point of view. Quite the opposite, in fact. Especially because it…

Light, Luminous Patchwork A shining moment for folk art arrives in the Korean craft tradition of Bojagi, which turns scraps of varying provenance and pattern into wrapping cloths for gifts, food, even religious shrines. Today’s iterations unite a medley of sheer fabrics—think semitranslucent stripes, Oriental blossoms, and slubby solids—with French seams for humble panels that, in sunlit corridors, feel like blousy, tactile takes on stained glass windows. Cool Summer Canopies Like sun-dappled foliage, flowering branches embroidered on diaphanous linen offer a dreamy canopy for midday repose (here, draping a French Provincial–style daybed by Doorman). Sheer slipcovers soften garden seating, dressing bamboo and ironwork in gauzy feminine gowns. Inside These Garden Walls… …the late afternoon sun shines on an intimate dinnertime tableau. Inspired by Japanese rice paper screens, folding partitions fitted…

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY, Conte Benedikt Bolza and wife Donna Nencia’s stay in the castle. “Not because it was derelict,” Nencia says before disappearing into a stone turret in a blur of amulets, feathers, and polka dots. “We do well with derelict.” The castle is Castello di Reschio, the couple’s impeccable auberge in the cypress-dotted hills of northern Umbria. And it’s impossible to imagine anyone not wanting to permanently move into one of the most anticipated hotels to open in Europe last year. But long before its May 2021 debut—before the embroiderers stitched scarlet Conte di Reschio monograms onto the crisp white bedsheets; before the first batch of house amaro landed on the exquisite not-so-mini-bars; before a portion of the old wine cellars was flooded with saltwater…

MASTER COLORIST PLANTING WITH A PAINTER’S PALETTE When an Impressionist turns his brilliance to planting—as this most avid gardener did at his home in Giverny, France—color inspiration emerges. Above, three stars of the Monet palette: the vivid water lily (his late-in-life botanical muse); the celestial iris, which he used in shade to enrich the lower light; and the blazing Oriental poppy, with shifting hues that have surprised and delighted over the years at Giverny. ARCHITECTURAL ICON STONEWORK AS A GROUNDING FORCE With the bold hand of the Mannerist he was, 16th-century architect Giacomo da Vignola injected a heightened sense of drama and grandeur into the classically inspired architecture and gardens emerging from the Italian High Renaissance. Wielding stone in statuary and to construct terraces, water parterres, fountains, and grottos in…

JOIE DE VIVRE JUBILEE Pages 18-19 Tekhenu bookcase: Irwin and Lane; chairish.com. Cochin fabric: Bennison Fabrics; bennisonfabrics.com. Simple Rosette tiebacks: P.E. Guerin; peguerin.com. Mara cachepot: William Yeoward Crystal; williamyeowardcrystal.com. Bluebell slipper chair: Mark D. Sikes; chaddockhome.com. Alora fabric: Clarke & Clarke; kravet.com. Duquette Polka Dot tape: Hutton Wilkinson; jimthompsonfabrics.com. Brass ginger jar, obelisk, sphere, and pyramid: Fete Home; fetehome.com. Saybrook Check fabric: Anna French; thibautdesign.com. Eloise Jardin fabric: Fabricut; fabricut.com. Dipley wallpaper: Susie Atkinson; susieatkinson.com. English Leopard fabric: Brunschwig & Fils; kravet.com. Pedimented Collector’s niche: Parvum Opus; parvumopus.com. Fruit bowl: Casa Gusto; getthegusto.com. Page 20 McCallum Floral Stripe fabric: Quadrille; quadrillefabrics.com. Swedish Stripe fabric: Rose Cumming; wellstextiles.com. Coccinelle wallpaper: Dufour Ltd.; johnrosselli.com. Magnolia armless chair: Mark D. Sikes; chaddockhome.com. Tini I table: oomph Home; oomphhome.com. Albi fabric: Christopher Moore; thetoileman.com.…

Desert Majesty Call it the eighth wonder of the world: With its orange spessartites, purple and pink sapphires, and white diamonds, Harry Winston’s Grand Canyon necklace draws upon the late-day luminosity of America’s most monumental bit of geology, the Grand Canyon. Like a breathtaking postcard writ sublime, the necklace is part of the maison’s Majestic Escapes collection, capturing the magic not just of place but also of time: a moment when the sun glides across the sky and the terrain transforms from orange to pink in a shimmering blink of an eye. Earth, Wind & Flower The blow-in-the-breeze ephemerality of the dandelion achieves radiant glory in diamonds. Tiffany & Co.’s Dandelion necklace—a round brilliant diamond of more than 12 carats with mixed-cut diamonds of more than 85 total carats—recalls Louis…

I BELIEVE SOME of our most creative moments arise from ashes. And for artist Patty B. Driscoll, they arose first from ashes, then from molten wax, gilding, and the hot foundries of her native Birmingham, Alabama. Not quite a decade ago, a lightning strike sent her home up in flames. And while she, her husband, and two children were thankfully unharmed, their home was destroyed. In the course of restoring it, Driscoll—a formally trained artist whose paintings have been exhibited at the Alexandria Museum of Art and the Masur Museum of Art, among others—found herself poring over an art form not yet in her repertoire: hardware. She even used a commission from one of her paintings to spring for “these little bird-shaped faucet fixtures,” she remembers. “That was my splurge,…

It’s less of an aha moment than an ahhhh moment—that point when the exhale deepens and eyes widen to fully absorb the lush rolling hills east of Montreal. “As soon as we turn off the autoroute and cross the bridge, life gets better,” says Richard Ouellette, who escapes the urban bustle with his life and business partner, Maxime Vandal, to dial it back at their farm in West Bolton (a little more than an hour’s drive from the city). “We come nearly every weekend and sometimes on weeknights for a quick dose of nature. It grounds us,” says Ouellette, a designer who draws inspiration from his childhood in the surrounding Eastern Townships region. Ouellette and Vandal, an architect, are the creative team behind Les Ensembliers, a design, architecture, and construction…

Stepping into the Deep A FANTASTICAL UNDERWORLD in the foyer is a harbinger of nature’s delights beyond. Craig & Company’s whimsical design submerges guests into an enchanted octopus’s den. “These animals are decorators—they collect objects, particularly shiny ones,” says designer Joan Craig. A shell-studded wallcovering depicts oceanic habitats swaying beneath the current, with the creature’s undulating arms reaching for a prized gilded chandelier, a shimmering spoil of the hunt. Lush Leafy Canopies THIS GARDEN-VIEW SUNROOM (above) summons the spirit of fresh foliage, alive with new growth. Its designer, Paloma Contreras, clad the space in treillage, even traversing the ceiling, and together with botanical seating fabrics in shades from celery to pine, the grid-like latticework evokes images of a vine-wrapped canopy. Linen draperies and pelmets trimmed in a verdant hue further…

FIRST TO-DO ITEM upon lake house arrival: Stack firewood. First rule for interiors: No coasters allowed. “If furniture couldn’t handle a water ring, my clients didn’t want it,” says Amy Meier of California-based Amy Meier Design. First rule for site plan and building design: Keep all the trees and wherever possible, opt for off-kilter over square and plumb. Oh, and for the husband, there was this other little “first”: Buy property (before setting foot on it); tell wife later. To be fair, the owners were familiar with the property before the husband surprised his wife with its purchase. “We have owned a small cabin a few lots over for 15 years,” says the husband, whose career has entailed frequent moves for the couple and their three sons (they currently reside…