Victoria

In a frantic and hurried world, Victoria offers a respite from the chaos of everyday life. The pages are dedicated to living beautifully when entertaining, cooking, and decorating and even in artistic pursuits - and now you can enjoy every single page on your tablet! With a distinct personality all its own, Victoria personifies feminity, passion, and an enterprising spirit. Each issue features decorating and entertaining ideas, recipes, travel stories, essays from inspiring women, and much more.

Victoria

Editor’s Letter

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Pumpkin Perfection • Whether they line a country path, add classic appeal to an entryway, or enhance seasonal tableaux, vibrant pumpkins bring delightful harmony to autumn décor. The quintessential symbol of fall, our favorite gourd welcomes the season with effortless grace.

An Abundant Harvest • Autumn drifts in on a crisp morning breeze—a welcome reprieve from the enveloping heat of summer. From breathtaking vistas of changing leaves to the golden glow of afternoon sunlight that will soon give way to striking ocher sunsets, these bucolic surroundings are filled with wonder.

Simple Gifts of Plenty • In fall, nature bestows her blessings with reckless abandon, leaving remembrances scattered throughout the land. When the majesty unfurls, gather up favorite items—multicolored foliage, lush flowers, and branches laden with berries—to enhance your décor with the treasures of the moment.

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Style & Flow • A flagship of her personal taste and talent, Anita Rankin’s home is a fluid composition of well-considered finds and a perpetual work in progress. Graced with an eye for color, a sixth sense for proportion, and a self-professed aversion to the word formal, the decorator invites us inside to peel back the soulful layers of her lavish—yet livable—waterside home.

Season of Grace • After the harvest, amid amber fields, sprawling orchards, and spectacular trees ablaze in hues of crimson, saffron, and plum, a gathering table equally as brilliant is likely to emerge. Here, anchored on a canvas of the deepest slate blue, the most evocative shades of autumn steal the show.

Storied Elegance • A monthlong European cruise at age sixteen sparked a lifelong love affair for designer Lee Stough. The magnificence of these foreign lands compels her to return, again and again, in search of inspiration.

Home of my Heart • A collector of heirlooms, antiques, and memories says her home is a haven and harbor for mind, body, and spirit.

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Cultivating Conservation • The rich soil of Vermont’s idyllic Shelburne Farms provides verdantterrain for raising sheep and planting crops. But something more grows in the fertile ground of this historic teaching facility: a deep appreciationof community, ecology, and stewardship.

Winterthur: A European-Inspired Estate in the Brandywine Valley • American heritage is unveiled in this extraordinary manor infused with awe-inspiring landscapes and exquisite antiques. Today, the romantic property is the greatest surviving representation of its kind.

A Heaven on Earth • Stretching across 3,000 acres of bluegrass farmland in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is a national treasure and the country’s largest restored Shaker community. It is here, amid the vibrant foliage and blue sky of an idyllic autumn day, that visitors to this timeless destination will often attest that they have stumbled upon pure perfection.

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Fresh from the Orchard • Marvels of pure sunlight and water, these plump and juicy fruits of the season are, at last, ripe for the picking. We’ve mixed a bushel bursting with succulent gems—from persimmons, lemons, and muscadines to oranges, pomegranates, and pears.

Flavored with Nuts • Fall is the time for harvesting almonds,...