Inside the Governor's Residence: Guest Cottage Living Room, Power Room, Hall, and Study
Check out Catherine Cleare's redesign of the guest cottage.
CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens) - November 2011
Color Boards: Guest Cottage Living Room, Powder Room, Hall, and Study
Catherine Cleare reveals her choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Deeds and Dont’s
Inside stories behind area real estate deals
Amazing Chairs From Pink Aid!
Talented designers created custom pink chairs that lined the Escada runway at Mitchells during the Pink Chair Fashion Show. As a founding partner, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens helped Mitchells raise $300,000 to support women in their fight against breast cancer.
Falling for Gems
Stunning pieces in green, gold and red celebrate the glorious colors of Autumn
Enter Connecticut Cottages & Gardens’ 2012 Innovation in Design Awards
We're back with our sixth annual Innovation in Design Awards! Find out about this year's program and how to enter.
Designs & Details: Spotlight on the Companies Behind The People's Project
An inside look at some of the contributing companies who generously contributed to The People's Project.
Designs & Details: Spotlight on the Companies Behind The People's Project
An inside look at some of the contributing companies who generously contributed to The People's Project.
Welcome To The People’s Project
14 Connecticut designers (and artisans, contractors, painters and products) give the Governor’s Residence a modern-day makeover
Editor's Letter: Residence Redux
Insights about this historic issue from editorial director D.J. Carey
Inside the Governor's Residence: Jamie Drake's Reception Area Redesign
reception area Jamie Drake Drake Design Associates Just off the foyer—between the dining and living rooms—is the reception area, where Woodbridge native Jamie Drake was given carte blanche. His first impression? “The space was downbeat—somber. It certainly didn’t reflect the…
Color Boards: Reception Area
Jamie Drake reveals his choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Color Board: Guest Cottage Bedroom, Bath and Hall
Polly Denham and Glenda Moralee reveal their choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Color Board: Living Room
Susan Bednar Long reveals her choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Susan Bednar Long's Living Room Redesign
living room susan bednar long S.B. Long Interiors, Inc. Susan Bednar Long rose to the challenge of resurrecting the Residence’s living room. Disjointed and uncomfortable, “like a tired hotel lobby that was once grand, the room had lost nearly all…
Color Board: Sunroom
Philip Gorrivan reveals his choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Inside the Governor's Residence: Philip Gorrivan's Sunroom Redesign
sunroom philip gorrivan Philip Gorrivan Design The first designers’ meeting took place in the airy sunroom, which abuts the living room and library. “I was instantly taken by its amazing light, and secretly decided it was the room I wanted,”…
Color Board: Library
Paula Perlini reveals her choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Color Board: Dining Room
Sandra Morgan reveals her choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Sandra Morgan's Dining Room Redesign
reception area sandra morgan Sandra Morgan Interiors, Inc. For one-time Farmington resident and Wadsworth Atheneum docent Sandra Morgan, renewing the dining room felt like going home again. Also in the Greenwich designer’s hindsight was her former home. Dated 1790, it…
Color Boards: Men's and Ladies' Rooms
Joe Passaro, Nick Geragi and LouAnn Torres reveal their choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
Joe Passero, Nick Geragi and LouAnn Torres' Men's and Ladies' Rooms Redesign
men's and ladies' rooms Joe passero, nick geragi, louann torres Klaff's, Inc. In years past, guests looking to freshen up in the ladies’ room were in for a wait. Because the lavatory and powder areas were combined, some guests primped…
Tricia Izzo and Carolyn Kron's Pool House Redesign
Pool house Tricia Izzo, Carolyn Kron Shelter Interiors, LLC For Milford natives Tricia Izzo and Carolyn Kron, walking into the pool house was like stepping back into 1985—around the time when it was built. “Next to the gorgeous pool, we…
Color Board: Pool House
Tricia Izzo and Carolyn Kron reveal their choices for paint, fabric, tile and more.
