For one bicoastal family, an 1870s farmhouse in Germantown, New York, seemed like the ideal place to spend their summers. The small, bucolic town, with its creative community and stunning views of the Hudson River, would offer a quiet reprieve…
The age-old expression “the best things in life are free” probably wasn’t referring to family real estate, but for one New York City public school teacher, acquiring a mortgage-free apartment from her mother was the ultimate gift. Not only was…
Kelly Williams does not back down from a challenge; it’s a mentality she’s maintained since childhood. “My father started as a police officer then worked for IBM, while my mother was our town clerk,” recalls Williams. “Both were very smart…
Interior designer Nina Farmer didn’t have to look far for inspiration when longtime friends commissioned her to renovate their Boston home. The Federal-style townhouse sits in a historic district lined with stately 18th-century properties that date back to an era…
“We wanted this to feel different than any of our [prior] homes,” Aymee Kuhlman, cofounder of Oregon-based design firm Light and Dwell, says of the three-bedroom cottage in the forest outside Portland that she shares with her husband, Jim. After their…
It doesn’t take long to realize that the driving aesthetic behind this newly revamped 6,500-square-foot Beverly Hills residence is the dramatic views of the Santa Monica Mountains, which surround it. It’s clear outside, as one passes by a vintage silver…
After tackling the renovation of their four-story Greek Revival town house in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood, tastemaker and designer Athena Calderone and her husband, Victor, were understandably fatigued—and, not to mention, at the end of their budget. Though they had…
