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.

Full - Bodied BURGUNDY • A medieval favorite in royal portraits, religious art, and court dress, deep noir red returns to the spotlight in new fabrics, fringe, and wallcoverings.

THE SEASON’S HOT LIST • Market favorites with rattan rosettes, sports car–inspired upholstery, and more: See “Best in Show” (p. 56).

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BEACONS of CHANGE • In our annual spotlight on trailblazing women, VERANDA recognizes five extraordinary leaders shifting conventional approaches to everything from landscape architecture to luxury hospitality.

BEAUTIFUL DISCOVERIES • Well-crafted pieces for wish lists include bone inlay boxes, handmade dessert plates, and tea and spice spoons carved of sterling silver.

Shop Bells JINGLING… • …Ring, ting, tingling, with the promise of retail bliss. Here, we dreamed up five perfect “boutiques” with gifts galore for everyone on your list.

A Lustrous Renaissance • A fresh flurry of silks in boundary-pushing patterns—think bolder stripes and sweeping pastoral scenes—signals a daring new era for the world’s preeminent weavers.

Grand Strands • Decadent new high jewelry necklaces captivate with creative expression—thanks

BEST in SHOW • Jaw-dropping debuts in furniture, lighting, and accessories redefine the classics, from a palazzo-inspired sconce to a must-see modular chaise.

Finest Hours • Swinging sautoirs and sapphire-studded bracelets, hidden dials and high-shine lacquer: The season’s jewelry-inspired timepieces shimmer with heirloom-worthy style.

WANDERLUST & JOURNEYS • Bursts of late-season color light up a village in Burgundy, turning the region’s famed vineyards golden yellow.

THRILL of the CHASE • What discoveries await when you follow your passion around the globe? Three modern explorers set out for the French countryside, Austria’s design-rich capital, and a far-flung archipelago in the Indian Ocean to find out.

Vineyard-Hopping in Burgundy • Oenophile Adam Erace bikes the Côte de Beaune in search of the makers redefining the region’s famed wine traditions.

Wildlife-Spotting in the Seychelles • Aquatic adventurer Tracey Minkin cruises some of the world’s most remote atolls for rarely seen creatures of land and water.

Modernism-Hunting in Vienna • Design junkie Victor Maze strolls Austria’s capital, tracing the footsteps of Wagner, Frank, and other rule-breaking visionaries of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Painting the TOWN • MAISON MARIE DAÂGE’S NEW ATELIER IN THE LOIRE VALLEY INSPIRES ITS LATEST COLLECTION—AND A BRIGHT NEW GENERATION OF PORCELAIN ARTISANS.

HOUSES & GARDENS • Layers of lighting cast a warm glow across author Annie Meyers-Shyer’s Los Angeles dining room. The table’s evergreen garland weaves through displays of homemade candied fruits. Lantern, Matthew Cox.

HOLIDAY CLASSIC • This Oak House author Annie Meyers-Shyer spins seasonal magic in her 1940s LA Colonial with handmade decorations and a less-is-more approach to family merrymaking.

Spreading CHEER in TANGIER • AMERICAN EXPATS FRANK DE BIASI AND GENE MEYER HOST A SPIRITED CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER AT HOME IN MOROCCO, WHERE TRADITIONS OLD AND NEW ARE JOYFULLY WOVEN TOGETHER.

Skip the Butler if You Must… • …But keep the reading lamps, the lilac soaps, the chilled water by the bed. Columnist Markham Roberts on the luxuries that really matter when welcoming...