Rachel Slade

This Back Bay penthouse’s modern chef’s kitchen, created by architect David Hacin and his design team, opens up to a formal dining room with seating for 12.

By Rachel Slade

Designing the Dream

Five years and three concepts in the making, a Lincoln art collector’s home is at last a completed masterpiece.

By Rachel Slade

Living Large: On the Market

Rachel Slade’s off-kilter take on hub dwellings.

By Rachel Slade

Designer Karen O’Brien created a dream kitchen of her own, inspired by the colors of Provence. The best part? Eating by an open fire on chilly winter nights.

By Rachel Slade

Architects George Warner and Lisa Cunningham built in plenty of counter and book space for a Brookline couple that loves to cook and read — sometimes at the same time.

By Rachel Slade

This is it: our biggest guide ever. Inside are five stunning Boston-area kitchens packed with great ideas, plus one dream design loaded with the most innovative materials and appliances available. When it’s time to renovate, consider yourself ready.

The Slade Index

What’s hot and not in home furnishing.

By Rachel Slade

Living Large: Just a Little Pied-à-Terre

Rachel Slade’s off-kilter take on hub dwellings.

By Rachel Slade

South End painter and printer Ken Beck turns everyday objects into art.

By Rachel Slade

A new Manchester-by-the-Sea home boasts all the grandeur of a Gilded Age manse — but none of the pretense.

By Rachel Slade

Living Large

Weston’s $15.6 million home sale, way too many orchids, and more musings on hub dwellings.

By Rachel Slade

Karmic Transformations

The ultrahip couple behind Karmaloop has settled into the perfect new nest.

By Rachel Slade

Cambridge designer Kristin Paton unearths locally available treasures in rich, gorgeous hues

By Rachel Slade