

Planning and Planting for Winter Beauty
Five ways to brighten gardens with color and texture during the dormant season.
Designing for Privacy
Window treatments for the well-exposed home.
Flotsam & Jetsam
Squirt and whimsical wood ticks.
DAW: Change of Seasons
The list of things we meant to do…
Designer Insider
For more than a decade, Liz Stiving-Nichols has been refining looks for homes on and off the Island. Her team at Martha’s Vineyard Interior Design and Bespoke Abode in Vineyard Haven garners accolades from architects, the media, and homeowners alike.
North Shore Heritage
Stewards of their parents’ vision, two siblings built homes that celebrate contemporary design and sustainability, a family history, and a longstanding respect for the land.
Fields of Color
In her pastoral up-Island studio, artist Marie-Louise Rouff explores the interplay of imagination and reality in her abstract paintings.
The Easy Cash in Solar Energy
In years past, solar photovoltaic panels seemed to be either a deep-green status symbol for well-heeled environmental zealots or an off-the-grid must for survivalists.
Creative Chandeliers
Whether building a house or simply redoing a room, it’s fun to include something distinctive.
Sculpting a Landscape
It’s not often that you hear the words sensual and bulldozer in the same breath.
Three Vineyard Designers
There’s no shortage of design inspiration on Martha’s Vineyard.
From the Editor
From the Editor
A year ago this fall and again in the spring, I did a lot of new planting around my yard.
One Last Thing
One Last Thing: Shaking Up Design
Influenced by the beauty of hand-woven Shaker baskets, architects David Handlin and John Garrahan evoke a similar style in a Menemsha staircase.


