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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.

A World of Color • A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the people, places, and products that inspired our May/June issue

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Editor’s Letter

Editors’ BOOK CLUB • FOUR TITLES ON OUR READING LIST THIS SEASON

SPOTTED ON SOCIAL: STATEMENT STYLE

RAINBOW INTAGLIO CASES • LONDON DECORATIVE ARTIST BRIDIE HALL’S LACQUERED WALL ART PUTS A LUMINOUS SPIN ON ANCIENT ARTIFACTS.

Elizabeth Locke’s MICROMOSAIC JEWELRY

THE BEST OF BRITAIN

REFINED RAFFIA • Just in time for summer, designers of all stripes are putting ultra-urbane spins on the cool tropical native.

Time for Magenta • Red alert: Of-the-moment watches wow this season in sexy, saturated shades.

Best in Show • Ideal for displaying flowers clipped from the garden, these pretty vessels turn spring’s standouts into instant arrangements.

Sublime Scenery • Today’s top tastemakers are bringing the spirit of their surroundings to new product debuts.

COMING IN HOT • A bevy of bright pieces are lighting up porches and patios this season, landing their rightful spots in the sun.

Ray Booth’s Collection for Hickory Chair

WORLDLY WISE • From her shapely Victorian-inspired chaise in her London flat, textile designer Jennifer Shorto talks heavenly blues, antique textiles, and how looking at art fuels her creativity.

Advanced GEOMETRY • New-school spins on classic shapes give Art Deco- and Cubist-inspired patterns a bold renaissance.

SHAPING HISTORY • A look at the enduring influence of our most familiar forms

Making Their Marks • Geometric forms have given rise to some of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century.

EFFORTLESS ENTERTAINING • Designer Becky Boyle weighs in with essential entertaining advice for all to heed. After all, no one gives a good party quite like a Southerner.

Hidden Genius • At the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House, a pair of elegantly understated kitchens are packed to the hilt with secret smarts. Read on for the dynamite design details hiding in plain sight.

Change of Scenery • Wildly imaginative, vividly colorful, and meticulously detailed, today’s versatile, digitally printed scenic wallpapers are just as sublime as their panoramic predecessors.

The French MODERNIST • Interior designer Anthony Baratta reflects on the lessons and legacies of the iconic Parsons table pioneer.

The Chantecailles’ VANITY PLAY • The mother-daughters trio behind the luxury French cosmetics line shares their dressing table essentials, including a peek at their new de Gournay packaging that launches this May.

VIEWPOINT

Radiant Couples • Double the decadence with these pretty earring pairs, alight with kaleidoscopic gemstones and fanciful settings ranging from serpentine to sunburst.

A Star is Reborn • A 1920s Hollywood estate gets a second shot at the spotlight with an elegant, understated revival of its gardens.

Monumental Discoveries • Shrader shares his favorite SoCal shopping haunts for authentic imports and garden curios.

MAY + J UNE

A Walk on the WILD SIDE • Interior designer Katie Ridder turns demure Hamptons style on its head with an electric approach to a young family’s summerhouse, where yellow lacquered walls, brilliant Turkish patterns, and graphic modern art set a brave backdrop of color.

BALANCING ACT • Taxi cab yellow, turquoise blue, jade green, aubergine—those...