2019-03-01 Country Home

OPPOSITE The two-story rear addition and pergola-shaded deck take advantage of the property’s scenic views. THIS PHOTO Another S ...

RIGHT Chalkboard paint enhances the built-in appearance of Sloane’s recessed, paneled GE refrigerator, resulting in the illusion ...

The exterior’s metal roof and monochromatic paint job enhance the contemporary feel. For inside, Sloane had a hunch that a black ...

ABOVE Beneath the eaves of the upper-level master bath, two dip-stained wood stools from Serena & Lily serve a Randolph Morr ...

THIS PHOTO This Wittus Shaker wood-burning stove was a nonnegotiable item for Sloane’s master bedroom, as the California girl su ...

COLLECTING TRENDS MAY COME AND GO, BUT THE THRILL OF THE HUNT NEVER WANES. HERE’S WHAT YOU SHOULD SET YOUR SIGHTS ON THIS SEASON ...

WHY THEY’RE HOT Industrial style—and now its gadget-loving design cousin, steampunk—celebrates raw materials and exposed inner w ...

WHY IT’S HOT During the late-19th and early- 20th centuries, utilitarian household wares, such as coff eepots and bathing pitche ...

WHY THEY’RE HOT There is a new appreciation for art in the collecting world— specifi cally, a demand for large oil paintings tha ...

WHY IT’S HOT Teakettles, Colonial cauldrons, soup ladles, French sauté pans—if you can cook with it and it’s forged from copper, ...

WHY IT’S HOT Bakelite is a hard plastic resin developed in 1907 that, thanks to its ability to take the heat, was fi rst used fo ...

WHY THEY’RE HOT Starting in 1947, the Tonka Corp. began rolling cast-metal versions of trucks and earthmovers off the assembly l ...

WHY IT’S HOT The 1940s and 1950s ushered in streamlined furniture and accessories, along with an enduring design motto: “Form fo ...

WRITTEN BY DEBRA ENGLE PHOTOGRAPHED BY DuANNE SI MON PRODUCED BY NORA MURPHY A BOSTON COLLECTOR USES HER HANDS-ON SKILLS AND AN ...

OPPOSITE Small touches add old-world romance to Amy and David Chalmers’ living room, including a gilded mirror from the Brimfiel ...

THIS PHOTO Amy spruced up these 1960s French Provincial chairs with silver metallic paint, brown stain on the caning, and drop c ...

RAVELING IN EUROPE YEARS AGO WITH HER PARENTS, decorator and blogger Amy Chalmers developed an eye for antiques and a certain ae ...

ABOVE LEFT A dilapidated structure was rehabbed into this quaint garden shed, complete with a cupola Amy found on Craigslist. Sh ...

elbow grease. For instance, when she wanted to replace dining room windows with French doors leading out to a courtyard, she and ...

THIS PHOTO Amy sold Swedish Mora clocks in her antiques shop, but this one didn’t find a buyer. “When I decided to close, it was ...