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VERANDA is a forum for the very best in living well. Always gracious, and never pretentious, we keep readers abreast of the finest in design, decorating, luxury travel, and more, inspiring them with beauty and elegance. VERANDA is both an ideas showcase and a deeply pleasurable escape, a place where homes feel as good as they look.

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British Isles Mania

OBJECTS & ARTIFACTS

PATTERNS of EXUBERANCE • Intrepid spins on long-reigning British motifs, from stripes and checks to Hicks-era geometrics, signal an electrifying next chapter for global interiors.

JEWELS of the CROWN • High jewelry pulls rank with five debut baubles that revive the shimmering style of the United Kingdom’s royal women.

The Next NOUVEAU • THEATRICAL BOTANICALS M AKE A SWEEPING COMEBACK, IMMERSING INTERIORS IN FLUID PASTELS, AIRY FOLIAGE, AND TITAN SCALE.

In a LONDON Minute • A divine feat of time travel, ROLEX’S new slimmed-down, dressed-up wristwatch dials back to the impeccable English street style of 1908.

ART & CRAFT

2023 NEXT LEGENDS THE NEW ✦ English ✦ MASTERS • From potters to carpet weavers, EIGHT ARTISAN-LED STUDIOS forging an innovative new class of British craftsmanship

CHASING THE FLOWER HUNTRESS • On holiday in the English countryside, Editor in Chief Steele Marcoux discovers the work of trailblazing botanical artist MARIANNE NORTH and traces the petals on a fanciful journey around the world.

The Bold SPIRITS of SPEYSIDE • Scotland’s famed whisky region reemerges as a stunning epicenter of Celtic craft. Single malt in hand, writer Tracey Minkin joins gallerist and author Hugo Macdonald to discover its decorative arts bloom.

Portrait Mode REVISITED • A new guard of English painters leads a resurgence of the deeply personal art form, capturing faces and figures in a fresh light.

FLOWERS & GARDENS

ENCHANTED GLIN • Along the River Shannon, landscape designer Catherine FitzGerald grows her family’s castle gardens into a living wonderland bridging generations.

Perennial Bloomsbury • The creative troupe that ruled the English countryside in the early 1900s had a muse wilder than its lifestyle: the Charleston garden, reborn here in four riotous arrangements.

Minding the Manor • How are Ireland’s old noble houses seeding their future? At Ballyfin Demesne, it glimmers in the forests, parklands, gardens, and a way of life that goes back centuries.

ARCHITECTURE & DECORATION

LONDON CORDIAL • MIXMASTER LORENZO CASTILLO DECKS A CHELSEA TOWNHOUSE IN IMMERSIVE PRINTS, RADIANT SEATING, AND A WELCOMING SPIRIT THAT TIPS TO THE WILD SIDE.

A PASTORAL PLAYGROUND • Out of an ancestral millhouse, designer MARY GRAHAM raises a new family home in the country, alive with checks, florals, and ruffles.

Estate of Play • MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD revives a romantic Georgian country home in Ireland, deploying grand artistry, craft, and levity in the footprint of local traditions.

AGED TO Imperfection • In the Cotswolds, Oka cofounder SUE JONES stirs an alluring cocktail of old and new in an agrarian compound, now her forever home.

The Sourcebook

AMERICA’S ENGLISHMAN • From wide-eyed novice to decorating nobility: how Mario Buatta’s journey to mad Anglophile draped a nation in chintz, silk, swags, and a legacy of humor and optimism