Articles by Suzanne Ennis

New York architect Nate McBride was making the hourlong ferry ride from Rockland, Maine, to the island of North Haven when the site of a retreat he was designing on the island came into view. As he pondered how to keep the new home from overwhelming t…

Home bar designs are as diverse as alcoholic beverage options — and can have similar flavor profiles too. A clubby corner clad in walnut and brass is as strong and rich as a Manhattan, a pastel niche with a marble countertop is as sweet and effervesce…

Concealed butler’s pantries are grown-up versions of secret forts beneath staircases and real-life equivalents of magical lands accessed through wardrobes. It seems a lot of us are looking to add magic to our lives, because these and other sneaky spac…

Powder rooms may be petite, but they can make a big impression on guests — and they’re a ton of fun to decorate. One of the easiest and most effective ways to fill one with personality and style is to cover it in wallpaper. In the photos below, see ho…

Eat-in kitchens are combined kitchen and dining areas that are closed off or otherwise separated from other spaces within the home. They offer many of the benefits of an open-concept kitchen, but they have some advantages. For example, both designs le…

If you stand at your bathroom sink for makeup application, skin care, hair styling or all three, you may find yourself leaning forward to get a closer look in the mirror or wishing you could rest your legs mid-blowout. And if you share that sink, your…

By the time interior designer Sara Swabb purchased a circa 1900 semidetached row house in Washington, D.C.’s historic Georgetown neighborhood, insensitive renovations had stripped the home of many of its original details and, with them, much of its ch…

By the time interior designer Sara Swabb purchased a circa 1900 semidetached row house in Washington, D.C.’s historic Georgetown neighborhood, insensitive renovations had stripped the home of many of its original details and, with them, much of its ch…

If lighting is jewelry for the home, then the furnishings industry’s High Point Market in North Carolina could give Tiffany & Co. a run for its money. At the recent fall market (Oct. 14-18), lighting showrooms were dripping with dazzling looks — s…

Since the pandemic ushered in a revolution in home furnishing trends, the rate of change seems to have settled into more of an evolution from season to season. In fact, the looks at the fall 2023 High Point Market (Oct. 14-18) in North Carolina, which…