Andrew Sessa

Boldly blending past and present, the designer created a timeless showcase for her clients' impressive collection of contemporary art.

When a project involves young kids, interior designers know they’re striking a delicate balance between sophistication and sheer survival. Behind-the-scenes essentials—stain resistance, sturdiness, safety—quietly shape the most polished rooms. The fantasy, of course, is to have an ivory cashmere-covered sofa—and to let the kids eat cake while sitting on it too.

At first blush, it may seem like one of New England’s most private and closed-off cultural institutions, but the Boston Athenaeum has a surprising little secret.

The vintage dealer's bottega in a Tuscan palazzo — and her 1stDibs storefront — overflow with fabulous finds by the likes of Paolo Buffa, Gabriella Crespi, Gio Ponti and the masters of mid-century Murano glass.

Celebrated interior designer Andrew Howard offers the perfect mix of bold patterns, bold color, and even bolder design, and shares all his secrets for creating polished—but still practical—interiors with high style.

AD100 firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero added life to the pipes and ducts of this New York bachelor pad

The furthest thing from monolithic or one-size-fits-all, Cape Cod offers the sophisticate almost endless variety, all of it set in one singular spit of land and sand that curves out from the south shore of Massachusetts into the Atlantic.

Take a tour of the tightly tailored Manhattan bachelor pad he designed in a Greek Revival SoHo townhouse.

Designing Rooms with Comfort, Style, and a Sense of History, a debut book from award-winning interior designer Nina Farmer, written with Andrew Sessa

This quartet of new and newly expanded museums around the globe should provide all the enticement you need for a cultural pilgrimage.

Old-fashioned coastal New England at its finest

Lazing about the palm-planted oceanfront grounds of the Bahamas’ reborn Potlatch Club — the first luxury hotel to open on the long, skinny island of Eleuthera in a decade — it’s hard to believe that just a few years ago, the place looked like Angkor Wat.

With white-sand beaches, great snorkeling, and a 70-foot infinity pool, Lovango Resort & Beach Club is the perfect mix of deserted island seclusion and full-service beach resort hotel.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises deliver its third, most luxurious ship yet.

The Los Angeles designer brings her signature sense of fun and lively way with color to a home in California's Silicon Valley.