Veranda

VERANDA is a forum for the very best in living well. Always gracious, and never pretentious, we keep readers abreast of the finest in design, decorating, luxury travel, and more, inspiring them with beauty and elegance. VERANDA is both an ideas showcase and a deeply pleasurable escape, a place where homes feel as good as they look.

Mood of the Moment

Veranda

True-to-Yourself Design

Editor’s Bookshelf • FIVE NEW BOOKS THAT APPLAUD AUTHENTIC STYLE

OBJECTS & ARTIFACTS

POSTCARD from PROVENCE • Golden yellows, dusty blues, and soft purples evoke the ease and elegant joie de vivre of summers in the south of France.

a place IN THE SUN • The best chaises, swings, and daybeds summon unmistakable idylls from the Amalfi Coast to Napa Valley. Where will you lounge?

SHINING MOMENTS • A new generation of timepieces dazzles as jewelry, with vivid gemstones, feminine silhouettes, and nostalgic nods to the past.

Small Fortunes • From lightship baskets to glass intaglios, charms make a bold return—and this time they’re glitzier than ever.

ART & CRAFT

MEET the Descendants • Three scions of legacy furniture makers preserve historic tradition and technique while blazing exciting new paths for modern craft.

The House That Hutchinson Built • How a GRASSROOTS EFFORT to save a South Carolina freedman’s home laid bare the BEAUTY AND RESILIENCE of its family legacy

the illustrated TABLE • Distinct, narrative, and delightfully offbeat: These hand-painted ceramics elevate quotidian rituals to a joyful art form.

FLOWERS & GARDENS

Paradiso Gusto • IN FRUIT ORCHARDS AND EVERGREENS, FLOWERING HERBS AND TUCKED-AWAY PATHWAYS, CASA GUSTO’S CRIS BRIGER AND SONS CULTIVATE A VERDANT FAMILY ARBORETUM IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE.

Folk HEROES • From Mexico to the Moghul Empire, cultural art triumphs from around the globe come alive in seven kindred arrangements.

SCENTS of PLACE • IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, WRITER CELIA BARBOUR FOLLOWS HER NOSE THROUGH A WONDERLAND OF FLOWERS AND HERBS TO EXPLORE THE POWERFUL ORIGINS OF NATURAL PERFUME.

ARCHITECTURE & DECORATION

DRESSED UP DOWN EAST • EMERALD LACQUER, HADLEY-ESQUE PATTERN, AND UNABASHED GLAMOUR: DESIGNER MATTHEW CARTER DELIVERS BIG DECORATING SWAGGER TO A CLASSIC SUMMER RETREAT IN MAINE.

Eternal Sunshine • Summer days in the Hamptons, school days in Palm Beach: Linens designer and shopowner JULIA AMORY fashions a pair of cottages as fresh-air idylls for her family, with no shortage of blooming florals, vivid checks, and nostalgic ease.

HALCYON HEIGHTS • High in the western North Carolina mountains, Timothy Whealon and Stan Dixon create a glassy, nature-inspired summer house that merges classicism, modernism, and the raw textures of the wilderness.

Welcome Addition • Reflections of the sea reign in this Newport Beach home artfully refreshed by Gil Schafer and the late Suzanne Rheinstein for convivial, crowd-friendly guesting.

CABIN FEVER • Designer DAVID KLEINBERG and architect TOM KLIGERMAN compose a naturalist’s paradise in Connecticut with bursts of red, blue, and woodland ingenuity.

The Sourcebook

L’Art de PICNIC • Paris-based author and Madame de la Maison founder Ajiri Aki calls for the return of that simplest of plein air feasts.