What does it take to convince a veteran architect to knock down a piece of his personal design history? Turns out, not much. Just ask […]
The 21st century started out so damn clean and shiny. But after nearly a decade, it’s showing cracks, and I’m not just talking about the […]
A few decades ago, when architect and inventor Harry Montague couldn’t find an ideal collapsible bicycle, he vowed to make one himself. His design was […]
“I never wanted to be anything but an artist,” says Jay Murray, who some consider a Picasso of the kitchen. After dabbling in painting, […]
Like so many urbanites before him, Michael LeBlanc was determined to avoid Pleasantville’s clutches. The architect and his wife, Sharon, spent 11 years in Dorchester […]
Decades before double-height living rooms and walls of windows began infiltrating Boston homes, Brian Healy was a connoisseur of the modernist aesthetic, designing beautifully balanced […]
Nothing about the South Shore’s newest antiques and accessories boutique is quite as it seems. Beyond Gorgeosity may occupy two unassuming storefronts between the Hingham […]
$14,927 1. Clara coat stand, $1,035, Ligne Roset. 2. Random pendants, $510 each, Design Within Reach. 3. Milano Mirror, $1,914, Showroom. 4. Antique terrarium, […]
Make no mistake: Bill Rubenstein is not an East Coaster. Sure, he may have attended Yale and Harvard Law School, then spent a decade litigating […]
Diplomacy and outreach may be Phil Budden’s specialties, but try telling that to Sophie and Lizzy, his young daughters. The girls are racing through the […]
In the corner of a no-frills workshop north of Boston, a carpenter is hand-tying metal springs to a bed frame, his fingers weaving a spider […]
When designing the South End’s signature brick bowfront homes, 19th-century developers added an old-school version of house bling: intricate cast-iron railings, balustrades, and fences. In […]
The slab of lamb being shuttled from grill to cutting board is ready for its close-up—it’s a handsomely crusted, still-sizzling vision from a carnivore’s dream. […]
Four years ago, architect Judy Gleysteen came across an online listing for a tired Brady Bunch-era home in Lincoln. “I told my husband it was […]
What does it take to convince a veteran architect to knock down a piece of his personal design history? Turns out, not much. Just ask […]
Thirtysomethings Peter and Elizabeth Georgantas are serious—and serial—renovators. A developer and a designer, respectively, at PEG Properties & Design of Boston, the pair has rehabbed […]
TURNING POINT Designer Philippe Starck hits home again with this glossy white Moor(e) swivel chair. $7,700, The Morson Collection. VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW OF SEVEN […]