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 • AUTUMN BLISS

Editor’s Letter

Opener • Wrapped up in the guise of a brisk autumn breeze, a renewed spirit of creativity lends energy to a variety of long-awaited projects and pastimes, perfectly suited to the season’s characteristic charms.

A Seasonal Welcome • When the first hint of woodsmoke scents the air and the landscape is a patchwork of burnished hues, a morning amble along pine needle–strewn paths is certain to stir the senses, as well as awaken one’s creative muse.

Cherished Moments • As children return to their studies and woodland creatures prepare for winter, we busy our hands and hearts with a plethora of pastimes to be enjoyed amid the comforts of home or beneath gentle beams of autumn sunlight.

A Collected Autumn • Highlighted in charming vignettes, the incomparable artistic beauty of nature’s bounty receives its due appreciation. Let our gathering of fall treasures inspire your own seasonal adornments.

Opener • Adding layers of warmth and personality to indoor spaces is often achieved by looking to the past for inspiration, with heirloom collections and time-brushed antiques taking pride of place to make a house a home.

Entwined with Memories • When a former governor and his family relocated to the sylvan surroundings of northern Virginia, they brought with them their Midwestern values and heritage, as well as an accumulated cache of heirloom antiques and cherished memorabilia.

A Symphony of Style • The beauty inherent in simplicity often outshines the more elaborate. Purity of décor is embodied in the make-yourself-at-home ambiance created by blending cherished antiques and warm fabrics with heartfelt hospitality.

Devotion to the Past • A treasure trove of lovingly curated antiques and architectural accents imbues one couple’s home with a time-burnished character that belies its young age. Each beautiful piece has a story that calls up happy memories for these keen collectors.

Opener • Few things compare to the innate joy and sense of accomplishment that comes from making unique items with one’s very own hands, and sharing these one-of-a-kind creations with others simply amplifies the bliss.

Flourishes & Finery • Assorted lengths of iridescent ribbons hang before the windows of Shellie Pomeroy’s sunlit studio, forming a rainbow of silken streamers destined to become sashes for wedding dresses or embellishments for bridesmaids’ bouquets.

A Sense of Magic • Twists of wire and antique beads lie among faded scraps of paper, broken china, and tiny shells. Cast-off odds and ends? Perhaps. But one California artisan fashions this miscellany into charming designs that call to mind days gone by.

Spinning the Good Life • Amid the windswept prairie, in a charming rural village an hour from Chicago, Natasha Lehrer Lewis has created a life of shearing, spinning, and shepherding to produce American-made fibers for her shop and retreat center, Esther’s Place.

Opener • As rich and soul-soothing as the season itself, dishes featuring the signature flavors of fall lend an undeniable note of comfort to any menu, from the first sip of soup to the lingering sweetness of dessert.

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