Highlights from the 2015 CTC&G IDAs
The 2015 CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards honored the top design talent in Connecticut.
The 2015 CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards honored the top design talent in Connecticut.
CTC&G hosted its Innovation in Design Awards 9th annual judging breakfast at the Norwalk headquarters. A panel of key influencers in the design community reviewed and judged projects in the following categories: Architecture, Interior Design, Kitchen Design, Bath Design, Landscape Design and Product Design.
You went to college to study floriculture and nursery management. What led you to change your major to landscape design? A friend invited me to see the Colonial Revival rose garden at Chatwood. It was just immersive, the first time…
Building on the past is a cornerstone of the Oscar de la Renta Home philosophy that’s clearly reflected in the company’s spring 2015 collection. On her first anniversary at ODLR Home, Creative Director Carolina Irving discusses connections between fashion and home, plus tips on creating an elegant tabletop.
Give into your inner flower child with these nature-inspired jewels. Tiffany's blue butterfly brooch from the Blue Book Collection, a sapphires and pearl Chickadee brooch, circa 1930, from Steven Fox Jewelry and a diamond Florette bracelet from Carelle all feature elements of the springtime.
If you’re a hard-core garden Anglophile and a sucker for the tumbling cacophony of lush mixed borders barely contained within a tidy pattern of low, clipped box, then this is the garden for you. Jane Ellsworth’s Garden has the breezy confidence of a seasoned traveler and the subtle eye of a true artist.
Create a patio paradise with the latest trends in outdoor furniture including our picks from Ethan Allen, B&B Italia, Dedon, Gloster, Sifas, RH, McGuire, Roche bobois, Tommy Bahama Home, and Arthaus.
When Philip and Robin Schonberger began their quest for the perfect property, he asked her if focusing on waterfront homes might be apropos. It was the 1927 Colonial Revival along the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme with a row of 80-year-old welcoming maples, 10-acre parcel and the river’s slow ripple effect that won them over.
This month's guide to the must-haves for the design-obsessed shopper, including Santa Barbara Umbrella's Cabana Sea Stripe umbrella, modern outdoor furniture from Room and Board and the James Coffee Table from The New Traditionalists.
In Rio de Janeiro, anyone out and about at 4 a.m. is more than likely still up from the night before. But not me. I woke up bright and early to make it to the city’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue by sunrise. Now, at the top of Corcovado Mountain, with the arms of the soaring, stone-carved Jesus stretched out above me, I watch the city come alive more than 2,000 feet below.
Veering off the flat Napa Valley wine route in St. Helena toward Spring Mountain, I ascended a steep, winding road. White rose bushes accented the drive leading into the Newton Vineyard estate—560 mountaintop acres on Spring Mountain’s southern slope. Perched 500 feet above sea level, 12 tall Cyprus trees flank the entrance. Here was Napa’s best-kept secret, a rooftop English garden.
With the current trend toward urbanism, landscape designers are being called upon to create more diversified green spaces in the “concrete jungle”—finding new ways for commercial and residential projects to complement one another. One is right in our own backyard: South Norwalk’s Ironworks (a mixed-use development that includes apartments, retail space and a public fountain area), which recently garnered Eric Rains Landscape Architecture a Merit Award from CT ASLA.
From Kate Spade’s Glass water pitcher to Elaine Smith’s sartorial pillows and Merritt’s Artisan tile plates, we bring you the a list of luxury tabletop decor and backyard essentials. Here are ten essential outdoor accessories we love.
Redding's Deer Run, which claims to be the largest privately owned landmass in Fairfield County, clocks in at 300 acres. It’s marketed as a “sportsman’s paradise” and we’d have to agree—with the invitation extended to sporty ladies as well—considering its equestrian facilities (fields, barn, riding trails), private lake with a boathouse, tennis court and indoor and outdoor pools. And oh, yes, there’s also a 16,000-square-foot, stone-and-shingle-style manor house offering 19 grand and gracious rooms.
The highest-priced home ever to hit the town-of-Fairfield market—and, currently, the second-most expensive listing in the state—is a $62 million property along Sasco Hill Road with views over Long Island Sound.
The goal for this month’s roundup of homes was to find listings that have such spectacular grounds and gardens you may well forget you came to see a house. From sandy beaches to horse-ready pasturelands to foothills and mountains, their topography varies widely—so put on some comfy shoes and join us for a tour of the great outdoors.
Presenting 12 Gardening Books that show how to grow a beautiful garden, showcase well-known landscapes, and add inspiration for your garden. Authors Edmund Hollander and Anne Raver, Michael Devine, Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury, Tara Heibel and Tassy de Give, Charlotte Moss, Craig LeHoullier, Alexandra d’Arnoux and Bruno de Laubadère, Bunny Guinness, Tracey Medeiros and Christy Colasurdo, Toby Musgrave, Bill Noble and Lindsey Taylor, and Andrew Keys
This brick Georgian Revival house on the Connecticut shoreline met many of the needs for a young family on their return to the U.S. from a work sojourn in London, but the property itself was less than desirable. Certainly a challenging situation, but one that Kathryn Herman and her team, including project landscape architect Elizabeth Gonzalez-Guillot, handled with much aplomb.
Check out latest trends in outdoor furniture. Classic Cut-Out Silhouettes from Grange, Ligne Roset, Brown Jordan, Munder-Skiles, McKinnon and Harris, Weatherend, Barlow Tyrie and Safavieh
Add the finishing touches for a perfect patio with the latest trends in outdoor furniture. From Tuuci, Dedar, Opiary, Lisgne Roset, Renson, Santa Barbara Umbrella, Century Furniture, Flos, and Pennoyer Newman.
Upgrade your patio with the latest outdoor fabrics including our top picks from Clarence House, Kravet, Donghia, Pierre Frey, Michael Taylor, No. 9Thompson, Janus et Cie, Giati Designs, Robert Allen, and Thomas Paul.
Located near the entrance of a late 20th-century Colonial Revival, two pathways converge on a large stone square with a bluestone compass at its center. Landscape architect Diane Devore, who along with architect McKee Patterson was charged with making the residence and surrounding acreage sustainable for another 100 years. Devore and Patterson worked hand-in-glove to transform the estate into something befitting a contemporary gentleman farmer.
This brick Georgian Revival house on the Connecticut shoreline met many of the needs for a young family on their return to the U.S. from a work sojourn in London, but the property itself was less than desirable. Certainly a challenging situation, but one that Kathryn Herman and her team, including project landscape architect Elizabeth Gonzalez-Guillot, handled with much aplomb.
When Philip and Robin Schonberger began their quest for the perfect property, he asked her if focusing on waterfront homes might be apropos. It was the 1927 Colonial Revival along the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme with a row of 80-year-old welcoming maples, 10-acre parcel and the river’s slow ripple effect that won them over.