WE’RE ALL IMPRESSIONABLE to some degree. It’s why our parents cared so much about whom we hung out with when we were growing up—and the reason behind those after-school speci ...

| ON THE ROAD | EAU DE SPRING In Taos, New Mexico, the sight of lilacs bursting against sun-baked adobe walls means warmer days are here again. The fragrant blooms, believed to hav ...

I WAS BROUGHT UP to revere books. On my weekly visits to the Nutley Public Library, I rarely missed an opportunity to borrow 5 or 10 at a time, to devour in my room after dinner di ...

Floral Wreath How-to The designs on the previous page and below were created for us by contributing crafts editor Blake Ramsey Murray. Here’s how to fashion them: STEP 1 Prep a f ...

Orange + Blue This combo can go bold—think vibrant Mexican tiles or Howard Johnson’s hotels—but designer Brad Ford went in a subtler direction, teaming walls and cabinets in ...

PICK A POSSE… Approach selecting containers like shopping for a sofa. What you grow may change (think throw pillows), but your pots should be sound investments that last for seas ...

LAKE AUGUST, Camano Island, Washington “My work is like my journal,” says wallpaper and textile designer Alexis Hartman, who captures outdoor adventures past and present in her ...

Misty Copeland Principal ballerina, New York City Misty Copeland was 13, living in a San Pedro, California, motel with her mom and siblings, when she took her first ballet class at ...

WHETHER YOU’VE HAD good vision from the get-go or been wearing specs since age 7, we all hope to see clearly for the long haul. Genetics play a large part in where we start out. ...

Celebrate Your Smile “I learned early on that lipstick is happiness in a tube. It’s my mother’s confidence-boosting beauty secret: She would always tell me as she put it on, ...