Posts Tagged: interior design

Nantucket House Tour family room Nantucket House Tour – Hippie House Chic

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
On the southeastern shore of Nantucket, where conservation protects over 2,000 acres of natural landscape, sits a house nestled in the dunes with expansive views of sea and sky. When the owners approached designer Jeffrey Bilhuber, their directive was for what they called a hippie house, with that nostalgic spirit of summers past.…
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Nantucket by Design 2018

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
With a flurry of lectures, parties, and a multitude of events large and small, last week marked the much anticipated Nantucket by Design 2018. In its third year, the Nantucket Historical Association’s major fundraiser celebrated the island’s unique influence on American design with attendees flocking to the Grey Lady from near and far.…
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One Kings Lane Kitchen copy At Home in Connecticut with One Kings Lane President Debbie Propst

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   7 Comments
One Kings Lane President Debbie Propst walks the walk. During the day she works to make OKL a desired design destination for bringing unique style home and at her bucolic country house in Connecticut, she has done exactly that, working with The Studio, the design services team at One Kings Lane, who helped update her house to reflect her own personal style.…
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Nantucket guest house living room Nantucket Friday Favorites – Guest House Chic

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   17 Comments
One of the most photo friendly areas on Nantucket is the charming town of Sconset in the southeast corner of the island. With an abundance of rose covered cottages and a tiny “town,” it is brimming with history and nostalgia. Nantuket guest house garageSeveral years ago, I shared one of my first house tours –  a stylish home on the Bluff.…
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Nantucket boathouse Nantucket Friday Favorites – Boathouse Chic

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   7 Comments
In downtown Nantucket, across from where the car ferry ushers in its seasonal visitors, sits the historic Old North Wharf. Originally built in 1750 for the burgeoning fishing trade, the tiny shacks lining its width were eventually transformed into cottages for more residential use.…
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Greater Light, Nantucket Nantucket Friday Favorites – Greater Light

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
I’m woefully late for last week’s Friday favorite from here on Nantucket. All I can say is that island time is real! We’ll be talking more about the Nantucket Historical Association and their important work this summer including next month’s Nantucket by Design, their largest fundraiser of the year.…
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Entry at house on Mallorca, designed by Ramón García Jurado, photo by Montse Garriga Grau for House & Garden UK 1 copy Marvelous on Mallorca

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
While I am happily ensconced in my summer outpost here on Nantucket, I still enjoy vicariously exploring other vacation destinations. In this month’s British House & Garden, a beautiful home on Mallorca piqued my curiosity. Pool on Mallorca, photo by Montse Garriga Grau for House & Garden UK 1In the rural region of Manocor on this Spanish island, a 200 year old farmhouse was sympathetically restored by Madrid architect and designer, Ramón García Jurado, for a stylish mix of old and new.…
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nantucket highlights via Quintessence Nantucket Highlights

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   14 Comments
As I prepare for my annual summer trip to Nantucket, I was reviewing some of my past posts of island favorites. I thought I would share a few Nantucket highlights here and ask you readers what you might enjoy seeing this year.…
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Susanna Salk and Frank de Biasi-1 At Home in New York City with Frank de Biasi

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
In a bland box of a lower Park Avenue pre-war, designer Frank de Biasi and partner, fashion and textile designer Gene Meyer, have fearlessly transformed their high rise rental into a personal, maximalist space. Timidity has no place here as family heirlooms, treasured collections and inventive decorative treatments live together in layered idiosyncratic harmony.…
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Rosario Candela 770 and 778 Park Avenue, 2018. Photo by Rob Stephenson, courtesy of the photographer Rosario Candela – Elegance in the Sky

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Stacey Bewkes   •   9 Comments
In early 20th century New York City, as many affluent residents were gradually abandoning their mansions and townhouses for apartments, few created the allure of luxury high rise living as did architect Rosario Candela. In the stylish interwar era, Candela played a major role in transforming the skyline and key neighborhoods of NYC such as Park and Fifth Avenues as well as Sutton Place.…
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