Veranda

VERANDA is a forum for the very best in living well. Always gracious, and never pretentious, we keep readers abreast of the finest in design, decorating, luxury travel, and more, inspiring them with beauty and elegance. VERANDA is both an ideas showcase and a deeply pleasurable escape, a place where homes feel as good as they look.

ROMAN Sunlight • Like the dawn glow on an ancient piazza, a soft, earthy yellow illuminates new porcelain, fabrics, and jewels.

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In Harmony with Nature

BEAUTIFUL DISCOVERIES • A pair of mural wallpapers depicting romantic landscapes: A 1770s Roman skyline by Papiers de Paris (background); and Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, inspired by a 19th-century engraving, by Phillip Jeffries (in frame).

OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES • The latest mural wallcoverings bring breathtaking panoramas indoors, from Far East trade routes to verdant Edens.

Cosmic SHIFT • Just launched: A moon phase timepiece from Van Cleef & Arpels that shimmers with astounding celestial movement, mother-ofpearl details, and a rare view of the night sky.

Suite DREAMS • Three atmospheric idylls come alive with bedroom furnishings that evoke the elegance and ease of five-star holidays abroad.

Repeat Bloomers • Four exuberant arrangements channel the garden esprit of timeless floral patterns, from romantic chintzes to Indian-inspired batiks.

Wınnıng CHARMS • From diamond-studded cheetahs to brushed-gold stars, a newly minted collection of symbolic jewels signals a cheeky state of play. Game on.

WANDERLUST & JOURNEYS • Spirit of Bermuda—a tall ship modeled after a colonial-era Royal Navy sloop that once patrolled the island’s waters—sails through a passage known as Two Rocks.

Forces of NATURE • In their quest to harness the wind, sailors have shaped Bermuda’s culture for four centuries. CELIA BARBOUR explores the tiny island’s thriving mariner scene.

When in ROME • On sabbatical in Italy, the new president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation ponders the lessons of ancient cities and the future of our own storied buildings.

Speed, SERENITY, Chianti. • In a sublime sensory pairing, Contributing Editor TRACEY MINKIN jet-sets from the thundering streets of Monaco to the earthy flavors of the Tuscan countryside.

HOUSES & GARDENS

Listening to the Land • This year’s winners illuminate the deeply personal nature of cultivating a garden as a fresh crop of visionaries shapes wild expanses with creativity and joy.

A Full-Circle Vision • Traditional dry stone walls take on new, modernist forms within the rural meadows surrounding a 17th-century farmhouse.

An Agrarian Mystery, Solved • A curious homeowner uncovers the secret to turning an unruly estate into a flourishing destination for generations of family.

A Mediterranean Romance • A couple embraces the natural beauty of an Italian hillside escape, where native flowers and shrubs, pruned olive trees, and windswept grasses blend gracefully into the landscape.

Flowering from the Ruins • Beside a historic woodland, a neglected farm reemerges as a pastoral sanctuary where blooms abound—including hundreds of prized auriculas.

A Cinematic Encore • With a serpentine rill, tranquil ponds, and fields of wildflowers, two set builders creatively reimagine the former site of a coal canal into an Oscar-worthy estate.

COMING UP ROSES • A Manhattan couple brings peak garden exuberance to the city with blooming patterns, decorative critters, and a divine, flower-covered terrace.

TWO if by BOAT • On a pebble of an island in New Hampshire, architect Gil Schafer fashions a refined fishing outpost for a Boston couple.

DESERT SUNSHINE • Trina Turk...