Colleen Richmond

IMAGINE A COUNTRYSIDE TERRACE CELEBRATING THE FIRST HARVEST, A FRENCH MUSIC SALON, OR A MEDITATION ROOM THAT SUBTLY SHIFTS COLOR AS YOU WALK BY. NOW PICTURE ALL OF THESE SPACES—AND MORE—TUCKED INSIDE A SIX-BY-EIGHT-FOOT CUBE. Room by Patrick Mele W elcome to Rooms With A View, New England’s most inventive design event, where vision and virtuosity meet within the confines of three sheetrock walls. For thirty years, this beloved showcase has transformed the South- port Congregational Church...

courtesy The Colony Hotel If Wednesdays in Palm Beach had a dress code, it would be whisper-elegant with a dash of playful surprise. The Colony’s much-loved  Living Room Series  is back — and with it, the island’s most effortlessly stylish mid-week ritual. Every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., The Colony’s iconic Living Room transforms into a live salon — equal parts cocktail hour, culture club, and Palm Beach house party. Guests mingle over martinis and moody jazz while designers, editors, and...

If self-care had a Fifth Avenue address, it would be the Guerlain Spa at the Waldorf Astoria. Reopened within New York’s most storied hotel, it’s pure golden-hour glamour—French luxury, Manhattan polish, and the kind of hush that makes you forget there’s a city outside. Here’s the little secret everyone’s whispering about: Guerlain now offers a  day pass . For $150, you can slip into what  Elle Decor  calls “New York’s most gilded escape.” Translation: hours of marble, mirrors, and...