Innehållsförteckning för September/October 2017 från Veranda

when she turned 60, model Maye Musk did something radical for someone in her line of work: She let her hair go gray—or, in her case, an elegant, blinding white. Her career skyrocketed, with a parade of ad campaigns, a billboard in New York’s Times Square, and a cameo in a Beyoncé music video. It wasn’t the outcome she had expected. Although she started modeling at 15 in South Africa, Musk never saw it as a career. She moved to Canada, then to New York, always working full-time as a dietitian while modeling on the side. Fashion was a part-time gig to make ends meet as she raised three children on her own. (They’re an impressive bunch: Elon, the eldest, cofounded PayPal and is the CEO of Tesla; daughter Tosca…

SAMUEL & SONS VERANDA and Samuel & Sons partnered to host the keynote reception for the Pacific Design Center’s Spring WESTWEEK keynote, featuring VERANDA Editor in Chief Clinton Smith and renowned designers John Saladino and Richard Shapiro. During the reception, textile designer Lori Weitzner, who also designs passementerie for Samuel & Sons, signed copies of her book, Ode to Color. samuelandsons.com VERANDA AND ROBERTO COIN HOST AN EXCLUSIVE COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN CHARLESTON Roberto Coin, VERANDA and interior designer Tammy Connor joined forces for a special cocktail reception at the Roberto Coin boutique in Charleston, South Carolina. Guests perused the brand’s luxury jewelry collections, and a percentage of sales benefited Historic Charleston Foundation. robertocoin.com THE HEARST DESIGN GROUP AND THE MINE CELEBRATE LEGENDS 2017 The Hearst Design Group—ELLE DECOR, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL,…

alush, two-story vertical garden brimming with textured emerald leaves is the pièce de résistance at Capitol, Laura Vinroot Poole’s Charlotte, North Carolina, temple to high fashion. “It’s this perfect utopian space—never too hot or cold,” says Poole of the Patrick Blanc–designed courtyard at the heart of the boutique. “Being surrounded by so many shades and textures makes you feel as though you’re enveloped by the garden.” Under the soft light at dusk, it’s an enchanting setting for an elegant dinner Poole hosted in honor of Leslie Tcheyan and Octavia Giovannini-Torelli, the motherdaughter duo who design the Of Rare Origin jewelry line. Their whimsical birdcage earrings were the inspiration for the evening’s playful theme and cotton-candy hues. For the decor, Poole tapped interior designer Charlotte Lucas, who swathed long tables in…

A MASTER OF DAZZLING COLOR AND DIZZYING PATTERN, INTERIOR DESIGNER MILES REDD ESCHEWED both for the large entrance hall of his clients’ rambling Victorian house in New Jersey. “It might surprise you, but white is actually one of my favorite colors,” says Redd. “There is nothing more delicious than a white lacquer box.” After living in a home steeped in beige, his clients wanted their new house to feel fresh and bright. They also knew the designer was the perfect person to navigate maintaining the circa-1901 domicile’s original character, including the quirky off-center front door, while propelling it firmly into the 21st century. “I have a very eclectic approach to decorating, and I love all periods and all history,” he says. “There’s nothing from any era of the decorative arts…

IN GOOD TASTE Interior design: Stephen Sills, 212-988-6100, stephensills.com. Architecture: Charlotte Worthy, 646-590-0765. Refrigerator, freezer, and wine storage: Sub-Zero, subzero-wolf.com. Range, range hood, and microwave drawer: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com. Countertops: Silestone, silestoneusa.com. Faucets and side sprayer: Brizo, brizo.com. Door panels and cabinetry: SieMatic, siematic.com. Limestone floors: Chateau Domingue, chateaudomingue.com. Rug: Beauvais, beauvaiscarpets.com. FLIGHT OF FANTASY Capitol, 704-366-0388, capitolcharlotte.com. Interior design: Charlotte Lucas, 980-859-7499, charlottelucasdesign.com. Pages 135–136 Plates: Mottahedeh, mottahedeh.com; Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com. Mini birdcages: Hobnob, hobnobentertaining.com. Tablecloth fabric: House of Harris, houseofharris.com. Clutches: Figue, figue.com. FIELD TRIP Keith Robinson, Gloriosa Design, gloriosadesign.com. Page 138, top Tablecloth fabric: Claremont, claremontfurnishing.com. Page 140 Plates and glasses: Artemest, artemest.com. Coupes: Match, match1995.com. Napkin fabric: Schuyler Samperton, samperton.com. Candlesticks: Hawkins New York, hawkinsnewyork.com. Trays: Juliska, juliska.com. MODERN HISTORY Interior design: Carolyn Malone, 404-264-9509, carolynmalone.com.…

they say that 60 is the new 50 and 40 is the new 30. I hesitate to write that 30 is the new 20, as I appreciate the intellectual maturity and emotional intelligence I gained during that 10-year window in early adulthood. With this issue, as Veranda celebrates its 30th anniversary, it’s safe to say that we, too, have earned a certain level of circumspection and discernment, but with an unjaded, spirited vigor that helps us see the best the world has to offer. It’s our hope to bring gravitas and authority to the subject of living well, while still approaching the topic with childlike wonder and bridging the two viewpoints. There’s nothing worse than a blasé, I’ve-seen-it-all editor. An anniversary shouldn’t be about wallowing in the past. A healthy…

for any woman with the world on a string (you know who you are), pearls are an all-butrequired accessory. What other gemstone summons the Tinseltown allure of Liz Taylor and pairs it with the can-do polish of a Kennedy? Pearls are the symbolic 30th-anniversary gift, and Veranda’s assemblage of jewelry includes the traditional and the innovative, each worthy of a star turn. Not bad for a substance that often begins its life as an unwanted bit of sand before becoming a wearable success story—true grit to true glamour.…

we think of them as light fabrics emblazoned with charming 18th-century scenes, a requisite touch to give a room a whiff of something classic and French. But toiles were originally much more exotic than that: Strictly cotton and printed with wood blocks, the textiles were imported from India. In an age before airplanes, telephones, and Instagram, they were the ultimate status symbol, smacking of wealth and worldliness, and were used not just for sofas and chairs but on waistcoats and ball gowns, too. Competition with native industries eventually led to domestic interpretations. Merchant Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf spawned a French icon when he founded his factory in Jouy-en- Josas, near Versailles, in 1760. The distinct allure of toiles has endured the test of time. While they’re undeniably appealing on curtains, walls, and…

karl Lagerfeld has often referred to interior designer Stephen Sills’s weekend home in Bedford, New York, as “the chicest house in America.” Now—with an extensive renovation of the property almost complete—it’s getting très chic. After years of pondering the estate’s next chapter, Sills finally decided “it was now or never” for a revamp and embarked on the project last year, with the kitchen as the first order of business. “I love kitchens,” says Sills, admitting with a laugh, “but it’s very contradictory, because I normally don’t like anything utilitarian.” In this new space, he has married form and function with aplomb: Raw-cypress islands were inspired by worktables in historic English estates, while sleek faucets, crisp quartz countertops, and stainless steel cabinets are set against the warmth and patina of rustic…

WHEN OPRAH WINFREY bought her 65-acre Montecito, California, property in 2001, she hadn’t a clue about roses. “What did I know about a garden?” says the television personality and media powerhouse. “I would leave my apartment in the Water Tower in Chicago at 5:30 in the morning and come back at 8:30 at night, when it was dark. I couldn’t understand what everyone was so crazy about.” By everyone, Winfrey means her new neighbors in the sun-kissed coastal enclave east of Santa Barbara, where the blowsy flowers are a local obsession and the halcyon days make for a blooming season that lasts nearly all year. She discovered that acreage on her land had been set aside for roses, although none had been planted yet. “I thought, Oh boy, what am…

ISSUE NO. 1 PREMIERE COVER DEFINING GRACE The magazine’s agenda: elegance. 1987 30 YEARS AGO ROOMS IN BLOOM An affair with florals in any form. 1992 25 YEARS AGO CHINOISERIE CHIC Stylish then, stylish now. 1997 20 YEARS AGO MODERN AMERICANA Is it time for a country revival? THROUGH THE YEARS 2002 15 YEARS AGO FRENCH ACCENTS L’art de vivre, alive and well. 2007 10 YEARS AGO PERFECT PATINA A tribute to this cover: page 194. 2012 5 YEARS AGO NO-HOLDS-BARRED COLOR Daring hues for dazzling rooms. ISSUE NO. 169 TODAY CLASSIC REDUX New stewards preserving the past.…

1 ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS SAVE ROOM FOR ART If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a well-curated space speaks volumes: about history, about culture, about the personalities of the people who live there. In one fell swoop, you can communicate everything you need to say— and a handsome frame only adds to the allure. 2 DON’T FORGET THE FLOUNCES When it comes to good oldfashioned cocooning, nothing says cozy—or feels quite as swooningly romantic— like acres of tassels, ruffles, pleats, and trims, especially in a pretty bedroom. To furnish deliciously sweet dreams, we wholeheartedly endorse all that’s frilly, feminine, and floral. 3 FRESH FLOWERS ARE A NECESSITY Take it from the Veranda editors and stylists who photograph gorgeous interiors all over the globe: There’s simply no room that…

Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf was a thirdgeneration dyer who capitalized on the popularity of indiennes in 18th-century France to create a homegrown hybrid that today is the textile’s most popular incarnation. Toile de Jouy is named for the riverside Paris suburb where he founded a factory in 1760 and produced a distinctly Gallic interpretation of the Indian imports that had captivated Europeans for centuries. The fresh, crisp cottons were printed with contemporary scenes and, thanks to copperplate printing and designs by the likes of Boucher and Fragonard, packed with the kind of detail lacking in the wood-block-printed imports. Boasting a nearly 10,000- piece archive of fabrics, clothing, and engravings, the Musée de la Toile de Jouy celebrates that history with dynamic exhibitions. This year, the Toile de Jouy International Foundation was launched…

much like a sculptor chipping away at a block of marble, John Saladino wrangles art from volume, light, and air. His rooms are paragons of proportion, suffused with a nuanced palette—no surprise, as the designer is also an accomplished painter whose works sometimes adorn his clients’ walls. This year, for our 30th anniversary, we’re looking back at the people who’ve made a lasting impact on Veranda, and his contributions are among the most formative. Saladino studied minimalism at Yale and classicism in Rome, and his body of work reflects an amalgam of the two, like a contemporary steel table set against a carved Indian door crusty with age. He reduces objects to their geometry (sofas are rectangles; lampshades are triangles), then mixes and matches to fall on compositions that he…

TO WALK INTO A SPACE AND FEEL A SENSE OF CALM IS A BLESSING of good design. “It’s always a goal to create architecture that affects a person in a positive way,” says architect D. Stanley Dixon, who has clearly achieved that in an Atlanta house he designed in collaboration with decorator Carolyn Malone. The clients had for many years occupied a large, traditional, and antiques-filled house. But with their children grown, they no longer wanted quite so many rooms, or needed as many things. They were ready to embrace a new start: a home with uncomplicated spaces and uncluttered interiors. The couple were drawn to the romance of the rural houses and barns they had seen on trips to the English countryside. But while they wanted their new home…

The tiger-striped sofa in the formal living room, inspired by one owned by Lee Radziwill, became the jumping-off point for the decidedly glamorous decor. TAYLEA FOWLER AND HER HUSBAND, ROBIN, packed up a few last things from their serene, generously windowed condominium—the walls and ceilings lacquered light blue—in Atlanta’s leafy Buckhead district. They pressed the down button one last time and descended 26 floors into a wildly new existence. Waiting for them just four miles away was their restored 1934 Regency-style house, newly filled with snap, crackle, and pop by way of tiger-print velvet, palepink walls, and deep-lavender accents galore. The journey to the exuberant abode took a lot longer than an elevator trip, though. Two years earlier, the Fowlers had embarked on a thrill ride of a renovation when…