feature from the July-August 2013 issue of

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the magazine of splendid homes and gardens • july/august 2013
new england
SUMMER
MEMORIES
THE PAST
IS PRESENT
IN FOUR
INSPIRED
GETAWAY
HOUSES
selections
p r o d u c e d b y courtney kasianowicz + jenna talbott • p h o t o g r a p h e d b y joel benjamin
INTO THE GARDEN
We assigned garden, event, and interiors
experts each a piece of iconic outdoor
furniture by Richard Schultz (available
through Knoll, see Page 128) and asked
them to create dining scenarios that
suited the furniture and their personalities. All are an inspiration for making the
most of a fleeting New England summer.
petal end table with teak top, 1960, $972, knoll; knoll.com.
J U LY/ A U G U S T 2 0 1 3 D E S I G N N E W E N G L A N D
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selections
Louis Raymond
Renaissance Gardening, Hopkinton, RI
401-413-0044, rgardening.com
never stop gardening
After a morning spent repotting
and grooming container plants, the
gardener, realizing it’s lunchtime,
spreads a delicious meal right on the
worktable. “On a beautiful day, the
garden is the only room you need!”
design for dining
“Big dinners need a large table, plus
plenty of chairs, so an area in the garden
should be designed to accommodate
them. For smaller impromptu gatherings, I’ll happily lug two chairs into the
shade of a tree at the other side of the
meadow, but not 10.”
fresh air chair
“It’s comfortable, portable, sleek,
easy to keep clean — and a sharp contrast
to the plants crowding around it.”
for
resources,
see page 40
34
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selections
Rose Mattos
& Erin Heath
Forêt Bespoke
Floral & Installation Design
Somerville, MA
617-684-5584
foret-design.com
petal table
bring it anywhere
compact style
Inspired by childhood
“A large basket to pack
“We love using
memories of camping
food and accessories in
Modern, clean design
and building forts in the
is essential. Choose
outdoors. It creates
woods, this picnic scene
one with a sturdy top
contrast between nature
uses beautiful, simple
that can double as a
and design for a look
design for a day spent
table once you’ve
that’s harmonious.”
with good friends, food,
unpacked it.”
and basking in a gorgeous natural setting.
for
resources,
see page 41
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selections
Kate Coughlin
Kate Coughlin Interiors
Boston
617-269-2620
katecoughlininteriors.com
enhance nature
elegant affair
topiary
bench
To create a plein-air
“Don’t be afraid to use
“dining room,” use natu-
your china, glasses, and
“The bench’s Modern
ral elements such as air
any items as you would
style and concept of
plants to decorate nap-
in a formal dining room
blending and playing
kin rings and succulents
to set a festive scene.
with nature is very at-
at each place setting.
Just because it’s outside
tractive. It’s fun to mix
The result is a space that
doesn’t mean you have
that with a more tradi-
doesn’t overpower the
to use paper plates!”
tional dining setup.”
beauty of the site.
for
resources,
see page 41
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selections
the setting Selections was
photographed at a private garden designed by Louis Raymond
(left) in Providence, Rhode
Island, that offered our team a
series of room-like vignettes.
Renaissance Gardening (A):
fresh air chair in white,
2011, $710, knoll; knoll.com.
dinnerware: Antique salad
plate, Harwich Antique Center,
Harwich, MA; harwichantique
center.com. Lotus Dinner Plate,
$10, Anthropologie; anthro
pologie.com. flatware: Louis
Raymond. glassware: Horta
Champagne
Glass, $12,
Anthropologie.
Sauce server,
online
a behind$19.95, Spoonthe-scenes
Straw, $1.95,
video of
the garden
Crate & Barrel;
shoot
crateandbarrel.
com. linens: Harwich Linen
Napkin in chartreuse, $10,
Anthropologie.
additional resources (page
34): Container plants: Sue
Champagne, Daisy’s, 401-4181725. Foreground, left to right:
Staghorn fern (Platycerium
bifurcatum), leopard plant
(Farfugium japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’), Japanese forest
grass (Hakonecheloa macra
‘Aureola’), giant leopard plant
(Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’). Lower right: Striped
dianella (Dianella tasmanica
‘Variegata’). On table: Black
mondo grass (Ophiopogon
planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’). Concrete pot: Soft agave (Furcraea
foetida). Behind table, left to
right: Bulgarian windmill palm
(Trachycarpus fortunei var. Bulgaria), standard yellow threadleaf cypress (Chamaecyparis
pisifera ‘Filifera Aurea Nana’),
variegated elephant food (Portulacaria afra ‘Variegata’). Food:
Ploughman’s Lunch, Farmstead
Inc., Providence, Rhode Island;
farmsteadinc.com.
Forêt Bespoke Floral & Installation Design (B): petal end
table with teak top, 1960,
$972, knoll. dinnerware:
Enamelware dinner plates, $40
for 4, Enamelware salad plates,
$32 for 4, West Elm; westelm.
Happy and Unique
Fabrics and Wallpaper
Hand screened in
Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
鵽鵾
Interior Design Services
Comfortable and Original
Living Spaces
com. Tondo Plate, $4.95, Crate
& Barrel. flatware: Provencal
Black Flatware by David Mellor,
$101 for 5-piece setting, Didriks,
Cambridge, MA; didriks.com.
glassware: Handblown wine
glass, $11.25, Acquire, Boston;
acquireboutique.com. Stemless
wine glass, $2.95, Crate & Barrel.
linens: Libeco Home Amherst
Napkin, $16, Didriks.
additional resources (page
36): Flowers: Tree peonies,
tulips, echinacea pods, snapdragons, gladiolas: Forêt. Rug:
Jardin Wool Dhurrie, 5-by-8 feet,
$279, West Elm. Blanket and pillows: Clearwater Camp Blanket
in twin, $88, Stillwater Pillow,
$68, San Miguel Hooked Pillow,
$98, Brave Star Hooked Pillow,
$98, Pendleton; pendleton-usa.
com. Dispenser: Jug Outdoor
Drink Dispenser, $59, Pottery
Barn; potterybarn.com. Cheese
board: Salvaged heart pine, $60,
Structure Design and Build,
Boston; structuredesignand
build.com. Food: Cheese and
bread, Farmstead. Lanterns,
thermoses, record player, salt
and pepper, basket: Forêt.
Kate Coughlin Interiors (C):
topiary bench in forest
green, 1996, $2,250, knoll. dinnerware: Vintage dinner plates,
Kate Coughlin. Ginori “Shells”
salad plate, $55, Shreve, Crump
& Low, Boston; shrevecrumpand
low.com. flatware: Vintage
with ivory handles. glassware:
Ornamental Footed Goblet,
$59.95 for 4, and Ornamental
Double Old-Fashioned Glass,
$51.95 for 4, Williams-Sonoma;
williamssonoma.com. linens:
Hemstitched Linen Napkins in
white, $49.95 for 4, WilliamsSonoma.
additional resources (page
38): Custom hand-blocked
tablecloth, JSC Designs, 617930-3876. Kim Seybert Tile
Napkin Rings in gold, $28,
Bloomingdale’s; bloomingdales.
com. Birdcage and votives:
Vintage from Nest, Dedham,
MA; nestdedham.com. Pillow:
Custom by Kate Coughlin.
Bowls: Gold bowls, Icon Group,
Boston; 617-428-0655. Orchids
and succulents: Berry’s Greenhouses Inc., Boston; berrysgreen
houses.com.
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