Veranda

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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Wild Prospects

OBJECTS & ARTIFACTS • Twenty-four–karat gold ladybugs, bees, and butterflies fluttering from Italian glass to fine porcelain conspire with ceramic songbirds to bring a lush tableau into the wild.

a WALK on the WILD SIDE • VIVID, VIBRANT, AND UTTERLY UNTAMED, FLORA AND FAUNA SPRING TO LIFE ON THE LATEST TEXTILES, WALLPAPERS, AND TABLEWARE.

KARMA CARNELIAN • Rolex channels the Romans with its latest Oyster Perpetual timepiece, ablaze with a natural stone dial.

RARE Specimens • Nature’s drama comes into dazzling focus in delicate jewels that mimic the vivid colors and sinuous shapes of petals, shoots, and tendrils.

SET in STONE • IRISH CRAFT WORKSHOP ORIOR HONORS CELTIC LANDMARKING TRADITIONS IN NEW PLANTERS GROUNDED IN LOCALLY QUARRIED LIMESTONE.

LANDSCAPES in MINIATURE • In a geologic sleight of hand, the abstract patterning of jasper and agate conjures painterly vistas, from deserts to mountain ranges. Here, modern jewels frame the scenes in gold, platinum, and gemstones.

ART & CRAFT • Whale tails, Atlantic cod, saltbox houses, and fishing punts abound in Christopher Farr Cloth’s new collection of Fogo Island–inspired wallpapers and fabrics.

Fogo Island’s CRAFT AWAKENING • In a remote settlement off the Canadian coast, locals engage the world in a maker movement turning pride of place into an economic engine.

Blooms Eternal • A new guard of decorative artists immortalizes foraged botanicals in contemporary resin furniture.

MONUMENTS to the LAND • Oxfordshire sculptor DAVID HARBER shapes ravishing reflections of the garden in steel and stone sundials and mirrored statuary.

FORCES OF NATURE • In abstracted, organic forms, STUDIO RENN’S avant-garde jewelry becomes brilliant meditations on succulents, seeds, and more.

FLOWERS & GARDENS • Containers overflowing with echeveria and trailing portulacaria stand at the entry of a Southern California Period Revival garden’s restored fountain and original rose beds, replanted with six fragrant varieties.

WILD KINGDOMS • The winners of our fifth annual garden awards prioritize harmony with nature and serenity in outdoor sanctuaries.

THE JUDGES

Striking Reflections of the Landscape • A glassy pool and plentiful meadows bridge a modern abode with its neighboring nature preserve.

An Epic Comeback Story • A legendary writer’s Southern California garden returns to its 1930s European-inspired heyday.

A Grand Salute to the Countryside • A traditional ha-ha and romantic meadow grass inspire lively repartee between a historic farmhouse and its garden.

FOREST FANTASIA • In the 17th century, Dutch painter Otto Marseus van Schrieck turned his brush to a new kind of nature study: the undergrowth, or sottobosco, of the woodland floor. Here, the mystical beauty of his still life subgenre flourishes in three kindred arrangements.

By LAND & by SEA • A pair of immersive journeys—aboard luxury rail coaches on a historic Canadian passage and a refitted 1960s survey vessel tracing an Indonesian archipelago—brings travelers deep into the wilderness.

CULTIVATING COMFORT • The secret to bringing the outdoors in? Investing in fresh air for all seasons

ARCHITECTURE & DECORATION • A cobalt velvet tête-à makes for a sociable centerpiece in the living room of Atlanta’s...