CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens) - July 2011

Chatting with Bunny

Creative, inspiring, perpetually energized: Bunny Williams is our innovator of the year

2011 CTC&G and WC&G Innovation in Design Winners

We bring you this year's cutting-edge LANDSCAPES, sophisticated KITCHENS, playful INTERIOR DESIGN concepts, beautiful BATHS and transcendent ARCHITECTURE

Ingenious Design

Creative home solutions that every designer should know about

Cottages & Gardens Innovation in Design Awards

Connecticut Cottages & Gardens and Westchester Cottages & Gardens celebrated local designers and architects at the fifth-annual Innovation in Design Awards held in the Garden Pavilion in the Stamford Hilton Hotel.

Ring's End

Ring’s End and Connecticut Cottages & Gardens celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of the Darien Kitchen Showroom with an open-house cocktail reception and book-signing by Suzan Colón of her cookbook, Cherries in Winter (Doubleday, 2009).

Larchmont Historical Society House Tour

The Larchmont Historical Society and media sponsor Westchester Cottages & Gardens celebrated the annual Larchmont Historical Society House Tour with a cocktail reception at a beautiful private home in the Larchmont Park neighborhood

Resources & More for Connecticut and Westchester

Items pictured but not listed here are either from private collections or have no additional details

Deeds & Don’ts Connecticut and Westchester

Inside stories behind area real estate deals

Insight to Innovation

CTC&G asked our IDA judges: What project stood out to you and why?

Great Ideas From the Pros

C&G Editors hand-pick 10 design projects from IDA finalists that inspire—and delight!

Best Guests

Area design mavens weigh in with their top picks for personal thank-yous

Summer Wines

Perfect pairings for all occasions of the easy, breezy summertime

Build Me Up

IDA Awards dinner benefits Yale Building Project

Travel Planner

Insider tips and helpful websites for a trip to Chennai

Checkered Past

Exploring India's history on a trip to Chennai and surrounding regions

Considerate Quarters

Tips from an expert on how to make your house guests feel at home

Retail Therapy

C&G tells you where to shop throughout the summer

Summer Love

Celebrate the season with big and bold baubles

Martha Baker Landscape Design, LLC

A designer reworks three parcels to create the ultimate waterfront estate

If You Can’t Take the Heat…

Get over to Bedford Post’s new restaurant

Beinfield Architecture PC Architecture

Built to resemble a collection of ancient farmhouses, this country home in Sharon embodies a New England sensibility of simplicity and timelessness

Amanda Martocchio Architecture + Design, LLC

Sweeping views of Long Island Sound dominate this modernist home that's wrapped in traditional weathered clapboard

Beinfield Architecture PC Bath

Spa-like details make this Wilton bathroom a standout