Happy Preppy

If you’re anything like us, you’re totally excited about fall–and even more excited about all the new styles to accessorize with. In our opinion, there’s no outfit that can’t benefit…

If you’re like us, you love a practical, roomy, everyday bag you can use to cart around work files and supplies, a wallet or smaller purse, your emergency hair and…

  We’ve been having a blast bringing you a weekly dose of Annie’s shopping and product tips, entertaining ideas, how-to’s, decorating advice, and inspiration. So we’re pleased as a spiked…

When choosing a high-contrast palette for a room, it doesn’t get much easier on the eyes than blue and white. This classic combination can go bold (think cobalt and snow)…

A plate of warm, gooey mac and cheese is, as Julia Child put it, the stuff of life. Okay, so maybe the famous tippling chef didn’t actually say that, but…

Sure, we know that rope—that hardware-store mainstay—is good for tons of practical uses, like hauling supplies, strapping down an overflowing car trunk, hanging laundry, and docking boats. But when we…

Designer Ellen O’Neill proves that less is more with her graphic approach to Hamptons style. We’re all about pops of bold color and graphic prints against a white background, low-maintenance…

Ditch the pink and kelly green–we’re reimagining preppy for the twenty-first century.   This peppy bed is equal parts fun and function.  Both pretty and practical, with eye-goggling colors and…

We’re on a gardening binge, and can’t resist showing off this perky planting. Not to get all flowery on you, but here in our home base of the Berkshires, we…

Make your own signal flags in a few easy steps, for a bit of preppy pop. Sure, signal flags actually serve a purpose; in maritime shorthand, they help warn sailors…