I was brought up in Scotland, with the admonition that “self-praise is no honor,” but even so, I couldn’t help but be delighted when NYC&G’s 2016 “Global Style” issue won the magazine industry’s Folio: Eddie Award for best single-topic issue in the shelter/home/garden category. Praise, indeed! We hope you will agree that this year’s edition…

The number-one topic of conversation around dinner tables in the Hamptons is real estate” declared the founder of sister publication HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens) 15 years ago when the magazine debuted with its “Deeds & Don’ts” real estate column, replete with the tantalizing inside scoop on area steals and deals. He was right—and the…

“The number-one topic of conversation around dinner tables in the Hamptons is real estate” declared the founder of sister publication HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens) 15 years ago when the magazine debuted with its “Deeds & Don’ts” real estate column replete with tantalizing inside scoop on area steals and deals. He was right, and the…

What happens when you meet an icon, someone whose work you have admired for a lifetime? At the risk of dating myself, I will confess to following Peter Marino’s projects from the pages of the nation’s shelter magazines throughout the 1980s and ’90s and being flabbergasted by his use of materials, textures, and art. I…

In September we were delighted to host our first autumn supper at Studio Roeper with co-presenter Rocky Mountain Hardware. SFC&G Editor in Chief Alisa Carroll was joined by nine of San Francisco’s leading designers and architects for a lively discussion about what is driving and defining next-generation wine country design. The setting? A single 14-by-6-foot…

At CTC&G, we spend our days in the most beautiful homes in Connecticut and celebrate the architects and designers who make them dazzle. We are always mindful, however, of the incredible job done by the builders in our state, and Editorial Director D.J. Carey and I have often discussed how to give them the recognition…

I am asked all the time about the difference between “East Coast” and “West Coast” decorating styles. Certainly the volume of content published annually by our titles—125 feature stories on the East Coast and 30 on the West Coast—would qualify me to provide an answer. But it’s more complicated than that. What a fascinating subject!…

The excitement is mounting at our offices as it does every year before Pink Aid. As cofounders of Pink Aid—the annual must-attend fashion show, auction and luncheon fundraiser at Mitchells in Westport—we at CTC&G are hard at work contacting and advising designers on their wonderful creations, which will be photographed and auctioned off at the…

I was in Westport, Connecticut, in November 2014 when the historic Kemper-Gunn house was moved in its entirety from Church Lane to a new location just across the road on Elm Street. Such a big move for a little old house, and what would become of it? Fast forward to early summer 2016 when sister…

There, I blinked, and Labor Day is here! My associates laugh when I say that if you blink, you can miss the Hamptons season, since it goes by so quickly. The Hampton Classic Horse Show always marks the end of summer, but it’s the most fun ever, especially on Grand Prix Sunday, when the world’s…

If you haven’t toured the fabulous Holiday House Hamptons showhouse, presented by HC&G, you’re in luck. We are delighted to announce that it has been extended through Sunday, September 4, so there’s still plenty of time to drop in and check it out. Featuring rooms decorated by 21 of the world’s top designers, a rooftop…

A stable of major talent: That’s precisely the case on August 4, as the Hamptons design industry celebrates its best and brightest at the sixth annual HC&G Innovation in Design Awards (IDAs) at the fabulous Campbell Stables in Bridgehampton. Robert Campbell, founder and CEO of footwear giant BBC International, built the new 18-stall facility and…

It’s the tenth year of our IDAs (Innovation in Design Awards). A big anniversary like this deserved an exceptional design icon to receive our 2016 Innovator Award. Who could be a more fitting recipient than Robert A.M. Stern? We first met at the opening gala for the Jim Vlock Building Project at the Yale School…

On June 18, more than 400 people attended the opening gala at Holiday House Hamptons, presented by HC&G. Everyone agreed that this showhouse, the third collaboration between HC&G and Iris Dankner of Holiday House, was the best yet. The spectacular 13,000-square-foot contemporary home overlooking Mecox Bay, transformed by 21 top-notch interior design firms, kept decor…

The headache of navigating around Bay Area construction today is only mitigated by the anticipation of the fine new buildings it will produce, perhaps remedying the lack of inventory lamented by all my Realtor friends in San Francisco, as well as all my other friends who are looking for somewhere to live! We at C&G…

On a drive around our towns this weekend, I was struck by the number of “for sale” signs in front of homes in Fairfield County. Further investigation and consultation with Ileana Barns-Slavin of William Raveis Real Estate in Wilton and New Canaan reveals that while there is a robust inventory of homes on the market,…

Yes, it is indeed the 15th anniversary of HC&G! When the magazine debuted in the Hamptons, it was surprising, audacious, gorgeous, and instantly embraced by the community. All terms that still apply to it today. As I read through our early issues recently, I was struck by how modern and current each edition still looks—proof…

Last Christmas, my colleague Tracey Heinemann gave me a book by Dutch architect Piet Boon, which was so exciting that I immediately became determined to meet him. The opportunity came just the other day at an alfresco Champagne breakfast in the heart of Milan, held to celebrate the publication of his newest book, Studio. Heaven!…

I was in Westport in November 2014 when the entire historic Kemper-Gunn house was moved from Church Lane to its new location in Elm Street’s Baldwin parking lot. Such a big move for such a little house, and what would become of it? This month, CTC&G will host the opening gala for the house’s new…

The soldes sign beckoned from every emporium in Paris during my recent trip to the enormous design fair, Maison & Objet. And with the dollar/euro ratio almost at par for the first time in decades, there were bargains galore! The fabulous department store Le Bon Marché was festooned with conceptual artist Ai Weiwei’s bamboo-and-silk exhibit,…