INVITING PORCHES AND VERANDAS

FRESH FEATURES

A green room with a portrait hanging over a fireplace, a stuffed bookshelf, and a velvet couch.
Celebrating New Orleans’ Bohemian Soul
In an excerpt from their new book, BOHEMIAN SOUL: THE VANISHING INTERIORS OF NEW ORLEANS, writer Valorie Hart and Photographer Sara Essex Bradley draw back the curtains to celebrate the houses and owners who embody the essence of New Orleans' style and free-spirited character.
A table is set with a floral tablecloth, flowers, and orange and pink napkins.
A Winning Mahjong Party
Nashville natives and renowned hostesses Mary Hollis Huddleston and Katie Jacobs put their expertise to work as they plan an afternoon gathering centered around a popular pastime.
Kat Mulford and Lee Lesley stand in front of samples of Modern Matter Hardware.
Material Moment
Modern Matter co-founder Katherine Mulford takes us on a tour of the luxury hardware company’s early beginnings, the successes along the way, and its road map for the future.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Woman sets a table inside a barn with chickens and a cow.
Home on the Ranch
With the purchase of the Texas farmland she shares with her husband, designer Denise McGaha returns to her roots and finds the inspiration for her newest collection.
Photo the screened porch at McCurdy Plantation. Designer James Farmer chose a gray floor and light blue ceiling, and furnished it with two rocking chairs and a bed swing covered in blue pillows.
Inviting Porches and Verandas
Late spring and early summer days draw us outside to entertain or just relax with a drink and a copy of FLOWER magazine. We’ve gathered more than two dozen idyllic porches and verandas featured in our pages to inspire your outdoor space refresh—or maybe just your daydreams.

Gardens

Flower How-To’s

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Tropical Twist

Lesley Frascogna of Tulip invites us into her home in Madison, Mississippi, to create an arrangement that uses traditional flowers like roses and tulips mixed with more exotic leaves, ferns, and orchids

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Rust to Riches

Garden and landscape designer Charlie Thigpen crafts a recycled chair planter, giving a salvaged find new purpose as a whimsical container for flowers and foliage

Travel

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Ballyfin Is An Irish Gem

A visit to Ballyfin, a Regency mansion-turned-hotel in the Midlands of Ireland, evokes past days of leisurely living in the countryside with its lush landscape and impeccable interiors

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