Author: Mindy Pantiel

In a deft juxtaposition of contemporary elements with traditional pieces, Vicente Wolf brings out the best in design.

A sensitive rebuild successfully blends styles in a beloved retreat.

Landscape designer Brian Grubb adopted a metaphorical approach that likened the panels to trees in an orchard.

Throughout the spaces, the furnishings feature a mindful melding of textures, shapes and designer Kevin Dumais’ signature genre blending.

Successfully swapping a London townhome for an elegant Greenwich estate required extensive renovations and updated interiors for 21st-century living.
Connecticut, Contemporary, Home Tours, Region

The designer’s abilities to reconfigure, reorient and rearrange resulted in all the puzzle pieces coming together in a relaxed and welcoming cohesive whole.

The designer’s abilities to reconfigure, reorient and rearrange resulted in all the puzzle pieces coming together in a relaxed and welcoming cohesive whole.

Contemporary, Home Tours, Traditional

“Designing this space felt a little like doing an HGTV special,” says architect Ken Pursley, musing about the challenge he and interior designer Bronwyn Ford faced in transforming this Vermont house.

“Designing this space felt a little like doing an HGTV special,” says architect Ken Pursley, musing about the challenge he and interior designer Bronwyn Ford faced in transforming this Vermont house.

Country, Home Tours, Traditional

After a tree crashed through their home during Hurricane Sandy, this couple adopted a lemons-to-lemonade approach and began a thoughtful redesign.

After a tree crashed through their home during Hurricane Sandy, this couple adopted a lemons-to-lemonade approach and began a thoughtful redesign.

Home Tours, Traditional

“I love what I do, so it’s hard not to be always doing a little something at home,” says architect Susan Alisberg.

“I love what I do, so it’s hard not to be always doing a little something at home,” says architect Susan Alisberg.

Simplicity and clarity of architecture plus understated furnishings honor a home’s bucolic surroundings.

“I like to mix modern and classic elements; I think they complement each other," says Bo Malpass who merged an early 19th-century barn to meet the needs of a family of four relocating to Connecticut.

Connecticut, Home Tours, Modern, Region, Rustic

“I like to mix modern and classic elements; I think they complement each other," says Bo Malpass who merged an early 19th-century barn to meet the needs of a family of four relocating to Connecticut.