Nesting: Playing by the Rules
Ever notice how, not matter how many decorating magazines you read, you still learn next-to-nothing about interior design? Herewith, a remedy: Artist-designer Frank Faulkner (his painting, Wilderness, hangs over the fireplace) divulges fourteen simple rules that he follows himself when he designs a room. Consider Rule #10, Nothing is Sacred: Paint it! Strip it! Bleach it!: the fireplace in Faulkner’s living room (left), a gift from the New York antiques dealer Niall Smith, who found it at Expo in London, was a freestanding French marble stove that Faulkner proceeded to have sawed in half so it could be fitted around a gas fire apparatus that he clicks on and off with a remote.
Shopping: A Mother's Day Gift GuideWhat a pleasure to spend a weekend shopping for a gift and never seeing a chain store. It’s easy to buy locally when there are so many clever retailers in our region. We visited 20 shops and found something for every budget and every type of mom, (including these anemones from the store that time forgot.) | 
The Busy Bees of Berkshire“The Nurturing Garden: For Birds, Bees, Butterflies and Best Friends” is the season’s theme at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. On May 9 -10, the garden will hold its Annual Plant Sale. On the 10th, at The Berkshire Museum‘s weekend-long “Galleries in Bloom” program, the renowned San Francisco floral and event designer Ron Morgan will speak and demonstrate flower arranging. Reservations recommended; the guy’s got groupies. |
