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Stars: They’re just like us, right? (Oops, wrong magazine.) Unlike mere mortals, bold-faced names can really bolster their bank accounts simply by unloading a premier property. Julia Stiles recently did so, pocketing $2.7 million for her three-bedroom duplex with two wood-burning fireplaces at 310 East 15th Street (she purchased it a decade ago for $1.995 million). In SoHo, Jonah Hill’s full-floor Howard Street loft was recently listed for $12,000 a month; it boasts 13-foot ceilings and a fireplace, but no doorman expecting a holiday tip. A few blocks away, Kirsten Dunst’s Canal Street penthouse has just been snapped up by a new tenant.

By Rebecca Morse | Diane di Costanzo

A decade ago when a Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum board member went shopping for a weekend getaway, adequate display space for her impressive art collection wasn’t uppermost in her mind. She had a New York apartment for that, so small and cozy was just fine. While the 1920s Colonial Revival she settled on may not have been her dream house (“It had no moldings, no charm, and I really didn’t love it,” she says), she purchased it anyway planning to give it some character and enjoy it as a retreat.

By Mindy Pantiel | Photographs by Keith Scott Morton

From the Central Park Zoo to the Museum of Natural History, Manhattan’s venues come to life. Plus rye and rhum.

By Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave

Most people would guess that the home of an architect and interior designer is always the biggest and baddest on the block. Not so when it comes to Campion Platt. Nestled in a neighborhood of iron-gated fortresses in the heart of Water Mill, the waterfront bungalow that he shares with his wife, Tatiana, and their three children is anything but amped up. “We’re the last holdouts,” he says. “We’re like the Clampetts!”

By Heather Buchanan | Photographs by Peter Murdock

In New York,where nothing is more valuable than having a little extra room to breathe, a few colosal listings have real estate insiders literally holding their breath. Ready to supersize it?

By Site Staff

If anyone knows how to put a stamp on something, it’s Ken Wyse. As president of licensing and public relations for PVH, he has helped the Fortune 500 company expand from a $300 million to a $9 billion corporation during…

By Heather Buchanan | Photographs by John M. Hall

These decorative accessories are fashionably great. See what our antiques expert has discovered this month.

By David Masello

A former butler serves up tales about his experience in domestic service.

By Lacey Henry | Illustration by Kathyrn Rathke

Every summer some spas from around the world come to New York and set up exhibits and demonstrations to give members of the media examples of the services they offer. This month we stopped by Gotham Hall and explored.

By Sharon King Hoge

Who would have thought a converted Quaker meetinghouse would make the perfect pad for pioneering ad exec Richard Kirshenbaum? Sometimes, things just click.

By Heather Buchanan | Photographs by Tria Giovan

At this year’s Red & White Ball top designers perfected their tablescapes for all to see. The annual event benefited the Metro New York North Chapter of the American Red Cross.

By Catriona Branca | Photographs Courtesy of Randy O'Rourke

A family-style beach house is transformed into the perfect in-town perch. The traditional six-bedroom shingle-style cottage was one of three being built in a highly sought-after neighborhood that’s just a fifteen-minute walk to town, five minutes to the bike path and beach.

By Jamie Marshall | Photographs by Terry Pommett

The summer looks to be sizzling this year while East End sales have continued the robust trend with 631 transactions worth $910 million in the first quarter of 2013.

By Heather Buchanan

Rita Veygman, fashion executive, and her husband, fell in love with a 2,525-square-foot loft. Fed up with an empty apartment, they called on Gentet to help them achieve their perfect home. A sophisticated blend between uptown, downtown, a little European flair with a New York attitude was exactly what they wanted.

By Carmela Ciuraru | Photographs by Peter Murdock

People who made a New Year’s resolution to augment their collections of art and antiques had the chance to attend a series of fairs held every January. The fairs gave dealers a chance to show off precious paintings and decorative arts. I had a chance to stop by several of them. Here are some highlights I found among all the booths, if you missed the shows this year, mark your calendars for attendance in 2014

By Sharon King Hoge

Beat the winter blues with a visit to three luxe waterfront retreats.

By Sharon King Hoge

The latest status symbol to take advantage of the East End’s ocean, sound, and bays? The mega yacht. Discover these floating Hamptons palaces and see which top designers are moving into town.

By Heather Buchanan

Internationally influential iconic art by Andrew Wyeth, an heiress’s Oriental palace, and a film about a splintered family dynasty are enticing audiences in New York City. Here are two exhibits and a film you might want to go see.

By Sharon King Hoge

With his new book coming out this month titled Forever Green, Nievera shares with us how to enjoy our gardens.
By sense of composition, textures and colors homeowners can create the ultimate sanctuary to enjoy for years to come.

By Alejandro Saralegui | Photographs by Michael Stavaridis | From Forever Green, published by Pointed Leaf Press

With his brand new book Forever Green, out this September, Mario Nievera talks of his natural gardens and approaches to creating unique landscapes.

By Alejandro Saralegui | Photographs by Michael Stavaridis | From Forever Green, published by Pointed Leaf Press

Decorator Kevin Byrne and art dealer Will Ameringer turn a Sag Harbor saltbox into an oasis of tranquility.

By James Servin | Photographs by Rick Lew

Meet the design leaders Deborah Berke, Sherrill Canet, Kerry Delrose, David Kleinberg, Mario Nievera, Scott Sanders who will be judging the 2012 HC&G IDAs.

By Site Staff