DURING THE DARKEST, dreariest months of the year when I find myself longing for summer, a certain place always comes to mind. It’s a specific place, a lake house from my childhoo ...

Electrifying Neoclassicism Leave it to cardinal red to loosen up even the most monumental forms. Irwin and Lane’s soaring Tekhenu bookcase channels designer Matthew Zwissler’s ...

AMY JOHNSON AND JULIE LAWRENCE admit there’s a hidden pun in Pared, their newly launched collection of custom-designed, handmade tole sconces. The pair have been friends since ag ...

Light, Luminous Patchwork A shining moment for folk art arrives in the Korean craft tradition of Bojagi, which turns scraps of varying provenance and pattern into wrapping cloths f ...

Desert Majesty Call it the eighth wonder of the world: With its orange spessartites, purple and pink sapphires, and white diamonds, Harry Winston’s Grand Canyon necklace draws up ...

AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY of teasing aficionados with its enticing scarcity, the insouciant salmon wristwatch is having—yes—a moment. And the moment couldn’t come soon enough: S ...

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY, Conte Benedikt Bolza and wife Donna Nencia’s stay in the castle. “Not because it was derelict,” Nencia says before disappearing into a s ...

I BELIEVE SOME of our most creative moments arise from ashes. And for artist Patty B. Driscoll, they arose first from ashes, then from molten wax, gilding, and the hot foundries of ...

Against the Grain A trained architect, George Nakashima (1905–90) sought a discipline that would allow direct contact with materials and tools, a pivot that would make him a lead ...

THE NEW ROYAL TREATMENT Forget the red carpet: Bunny Mellon welcomed confidante and frequent guest Jacqueline Onassis to the 19th-century guest cabin at her Oak Spring home in Virg ...