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Salt and Pepper • Call it the leather jacket of color pairings: Just a few pieces in this classic combination will add instant edge to any space.

Salt and Pepper

Yellow, Mellowed

5 Ways to Go for It! • In a rambling Connecticut country house, TV personality Katie Brown takes a Crayola-box approach to creating a family home that’s a vibrant showstopper.

FASHION DESIGNER TANYA TAYLOR

Shine On • Shades of deep indigo, petal pink, and lacquer red sparkle in the sequined Elisa skirt from Tanya Taylor’s pre-fall collection.

Name This Color and You Could Win!

Dining in Style • Enjoy your next dinner at home amid these jaw-dropping designer-approved hues.

Here’s Looking at You

Ahead of Their Time • A backward glance at some of art’s most provocative, groundbreaking portraits

Head in This Direction • Adding a portrait makes a room come alive with personality—yours, a relative’s, or the handsome stranger’s you snagged at the antiques shop.

Self-Preservation • What you should know before commissioning a portrait of yourself or a loved one.

Fit to Print • Tilton Fenwick’s new collection for Duralee reflects the vivid tile facades, porcelain plates, and scalloped archways of Portugal—memorable scenes the design duo experienced firsthand.

READING ROOMS • Lush and lavish, autumn’s newest design books are jam-packed with actionable ideas for creating a home that speaks volumes.

THE ORIGIN OF EXTRAORDINARY: A DESIGNER DISHES ON CULINARY DESIGN • Designer Lauren Nelson talks inspiration, execution and all things in between that make for extraordinary results in the kitchen.

On the Rise: William Cullum

Heart of the Party • Eddie builds a butler’s pantry that melds vintage charm with smart storage solutions for his formidable collection of entertaining doodads.

TAKE IT FROM HIM • A debonair gent can prep for the day ahead or unwind after hours in a natty dressing room and sanctuary created by Los Angeles designer Michael S. Smith.

VINE DINING • At this winemaker’s easygoing gathering, the scene is as chill as the bottomless rosé.

Relax & Recharge Creating a Restful Retreat • If your journey to healthful living has you running from supermarket to fitness studio to nutritionist and back again, here’s an invitation to stay home. The most powerful decisions about well-being are made in your head—and around your house. Our four-part Whole Home Project is a primer on how your house can enhance the whole you: your energy, your peace, your happiness. In the final chapter before we unveil the Whole Home Concept House next month, we explore how vital rest is to being your best self, and the restorative nature of a really good soak. Read on for try-today ways to start living better now.

52 Ways to Max Your Relax • It doesn’t take a gut renovation to bliss out your bedroom and en suite—consider every little luxury an investment in your sanity. So slide on those new slippers and shop your way to sweet dreams.

Beautiful Ideas

OCTOBER 2018

HOUSE OF MIRTH • What happens when Ellen Kavanaugh takes a not-so-serious approach to a refined 1920s Palm Beach home? Perky colors, sly cinematic references, and an extravaganza of high-spirited patterns.

CLAY CHIC • For their Victorian home in Sausalito, California, the owners of Heath Ceramics splashed out with hand made tile and tables set with their iconic dishware.

MANOR REBORN • Not since the prewar...