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From designers Madeline Weinrib to Miles Redd we've asked those in the know

What's the best gift you've ever given or received?

produced by Ann Loynd

These festive discoveries have caught our expert's eye

We've found unique items to help add some extra cheer to the holiday season. Serve guests with a circa-1880 grape-motif bowl and ladle by the Gorham Manufacturing Company or decorate the home with a luminous oversized-lighted star made in the 1940s.

by David Masello

Bling in the season with these dazzling diamonds

Gorgeous statement pieces that are sure to excite every fashionista this holiday. Tiffany & Co's unique leaves necklace with green tourmalines and diamonds set in platinum and 18k gold to a pair of stunning Van Cleef & Arpels diamond earrings set in 18k

produced by Isabelle Kellogg

Designer and architect Orlando Diaz-Azcuy designs the perfect penthouse

Known for sumptuously spare, elegant interiors and an artist's eye for a sublimely edited mix of ornate and minimal furnishings, Diaz-Azcuy embraces a "less is more" aesthetic. For this home, his clients wanted a fresh, young, new attitude for...

by Raul Barreneche
photographs by John M. Hall

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree remains the most grand of all

When one thinks of Christmas in New York there is no better way to get into the holiday spirit than to visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. A beautiful Norway spruce is cut down on November 8th and lit on the 28th giving a full 19 days...

by Alejandro Saralegui

Design discoveries from New York and beyond...

We've handpicked the holiday's most fabulous items for gift-giving or to simply self indulge. For the art lover, a set of six artist-designed dinner plates from the Azuero Earth Project to old-fashioned sweetshop hard candy by Cordon Bleu in Brooklyn.

Let’s Go Faux

A peek inside the Historic White House of the Confederacy in Richmond shows off high victorian design

by Isabelle Kellogg
photographs courtesy of the Museum of the Confederacy

Dine-in and prepare a festive tablescape and menu

We've discovered the endless options for entertaining any crowd at home. Here are some of the best dinner-party resources abound in the hills of Litchfield County.

by Philip Gorrivan

Today's fashion takes on a modern edge

Fashion-forward fabrics easily take today's styles from home wear to the office and beyond...

by Jayne Chase
photographs courtesy of Tibi

Adventure Into the World of Wall Coverings

We've handpicked a collection of wall coverings that will spruce up any room. From Brett Beldock's sassy animal prints and fanciful florals to patterns by Eskayel which remain traditional with a modern approach to color and scale.

by Susan Bednar Long