EATING & DRINKING ITALIAN-STYLE

Italian food is ridiculously easy to love (see: grilled pizza, page 28). Happily, a bunch of new books are here to keep the spark alive.

Little House on the Lake

A California designer got serious about her crush on the South when she bought a sleepy Alabama cottage and revived it with her signature laid-back style

Work Culture

More and more entrepreneurs are launching businesses that celebrate their heritage. These are just a few of the people helping others feel seen.

Texas Women on Fire

Meet the trailblazers redefining barbecue in the Lone Star State

Put More Pep in Your Step

Did we catch you midyawn? We get it. Life can be exhausting. Finish that deep breath and keep reading. These surprising tips will help you say so long to energy crashes.

BEST FACE FORWARD

Nothing rocks your confidence quite like acne, redness, and whatnot. These women had had enough-and found the right pros to help them. The results are way beyond skin-deep.

Emily Henderson Starts Fresh in a New-Old House

After a down-to-the-studs reno of her 1910 farmhouse in Oregon, the designer made the home her own using a few pieces she's had for years, lots of vintage treasures, and nearly every shade of blue that exists.

THE MAGIC OF MAYO

SURPRISING NEW WAYS TO LOVE THE SOUTH'S FAVORITE CONDIMENT

What to Wear Where

Whether you're headed out for a pumpkin spice latte, off to a tailgate, or being responsible and, y'know, going to work, here's how to get it right every time this fall.

JENNIFER HUDSON'S GOT THIS

And the talk show host/singer/actor/mom/philanthropist/ lots of other things wants you to know that you do too. Our editor in chief hung out with her, and that was the big takeaway: Jennifer Hudson is not only amazing, she's also your biggest fan.

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

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 MAKE A SWEEPING COMEBACK, IMMERSING INTERIORS IN FLUID PASTELS, AIRY FOLIAGE, AND TITAN SCALE

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

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

In a LONDON Minute

A divine feat of time travel, ROLEX'S new slimmed-down, dressedup wristwatch dials back to the impeccable English street style of 1908

THE NEW English MASTERS

From potters to carpet weavers, EIGHT ARTISAN-LED STUDIOS forging an innovative new class of British craftsmanship

ENCHANTED GLIN

Along the River Shannon, landscape designer Catherine FitzGerald grows her family's castle gardens into a living wonderland bridging generations

The Bold SPIRITS 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

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.

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

LONDON CORDIAL

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

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

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

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

Seeing the Light

An obsession with a rare vintage lamp helps one writer gain an understanding of glamour in the social-media age.

COUTURE COOKING

The kitchen can be much more than merely a room for dishing.

Game Changer

Mark Grattan crafts a bold retreat for two globe-trotting sports superstars come home to nest.

Neutral Party

For a pair of high-octane clients, designer Michelle R. Smith fashions a Manhattan oasis that's as luxurious as it is cool.

Gilty Pleasure

A rising design talent lends brilliant luster to an apartment in Paris.