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Posted Mar 19 at 9:33 AM in Tips & Trends by Kendra Keelan
As a five-generation deep business, Plymouth Quarries has established itself as a leading resource center for your hardscape, masonry and landscape needs. For 105 years, Plymouth Quarries has been expanding to offer everything from stone and brick to mulch, soils and decorative stones. New ideas are always at the forefront of their business, as is a quality product.
Just in time for the first...
Posted Mar 15 at 12:33 PM in Events by Kendra Keelan
The always anticipated Boston Design Week returns March 27-April 7 to delight design aficionados with a wide spectrum of programs and events conceived with four main themes in mind: “Designing Boston,” “Design and Social Impact,” “Professional Focus” and “Bauhaus100.”
Open to the public and mostly free of charge (with RSVP), this year’s 12-day festival is the most diverse yet, offering over 80+...
Posted Mar 14 at 4:44 PM in Inspiring Projects by Kathleen Parente
In an ode to spring and vitality, we go beyond the clover green of St. Patrick’s Day to highlight the many faces of this versatile, feel-good hue. From Kelly and electric lime to soft jades, and moss and meadow greens, this tone runs the spectrum, to be sure. Green is an instant mood-lifter; it’s blissful in a serene wash and downright unstoppable in apple.This buoyant couch provides a shock of...
Posted Mar 13 at 1:14 PM in Events by Sandy Giardi
Join ARTEFACT HOME|GARDEN and BDG at ARTEFACT’s stylish new digs in the South End for a Boston Design Week 2019 event exploring the topic of “Sustainable Luxury” March 27.
Moderator Colleen Barry, CEO of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty joins panelists Tom Verellen, founder of Verellen Furniture; John Day, principal at LDa Architecture & Interiors; and Gregory Lombardi, founding...
Posted Mar 12 at 11:05 PM in News by Sandy Giardi
Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley has plans to be an even greater green escape and enrichment center. Board of Trustees members Finley Perry (pictured above left), retired owner and founder of F.H. Perry Builder, and Lynne K. Bower (pictured above right), owner of Stonegate Gardens, have revealed that a master plan has reached completion that will ...
Posted Mar 8 at 10:50 PM in Tips & Trends by Kendra Keelan
Sellers! With the spring real estate market on the horizon, your home needs to stand out to buyers. “Image is everything,” says Laura Meier, owner of Black Horse Real Estate, Inc. in Sudbury, so it’s important to prepare your property to look as desirable as possible from the inside out.
"When comparing your home against others, potential buyers will see its condition as a direct reflection on...
Posted Mar 7 at 10:38 PM in Shopping by Sandy Giardi
Sounds Good Corporation, which has been designing and implementing tech and audio solutions in the background for over 16 years, has emerged on the scene. Their experience showroom in Waltham, a small but impactful space designed to allow clients to see, touch and hear Sounds Good’s capabilities, has grabbed the attention of the tech consumer. Since opening the new space last October, “the...
Posted Mar 5 at 1:17 PM in Events by Sandy Giardi
Thanks to the Clarke family, our co-hosts at 7 Tide, and their stellar staff for a successful launch party to celebrate BDG’s new PRELUDE Magazine. Top-of-their field professionals in the home industry turned out in droves on a cold night last week to warm up in the multifaceted and cutting-edge design destination.
Left to right: left: Toy Prayoonrat, Deborah Haines, Blake Clinton and Matt...
Posted Mar 1 at 8:15 AM in Shopping by Kendra Keelan
Thanks to Chatham Design Center, homeowners can have the same access to premier design resources as interior designers do. Owner Melinda Loftus Headrick has taken measures to give DIY-ers a little help from the pros, with the conception of the Chatham Design Center and its expansive design library.
As their motto is “you design...we do the rest,” the Chatham Design Center is pleased to offer...
Posted Feb 27 at 9:50 PM in Lifestyle by Sandy Giardi
When we asked to photograph landscape architect Gregory Lombardi of Gregory Lombardi Design in his environment, he suggested meeting at Historic New England’s Lyman Estate in Waltham instead. While it isn’t his own backyard, it holds meaning for him; Lombardi is on the board of Historic New England and on its Preservation Committee.
This marquee property, however, is one of his favorites, both...
