Shopping for Settees

What to do when you want more than the single seat offered by chair, but you haven’t got room for a sofa? Consider a settee. Unlike a deep sofa that you sink into, a settee is usually lighter and leggier. That means it can squeeze into any number of spaces. “A settee is essentially a…

The Quest to Make Submarines More Affordable

On the protected southern coast of Curaçao, a tropical island in the Leeward Antilles 40 miles north of Venezuela, sits a massive, Cold War-era Dutch naval ship, housing something remarkable. The boat serves as the Caribbean outpost of U-Boat Worx, a builder of personal submarines based in the Netherlands, which hopes to bring its underwater…

Jumpsuits and Silk Pajamas

Say goodbye to the heat wave: Nordstrom hosted a sunset dinner at Amber Waves, a nonprofit farm in Amagansett, N.Y., on Aug. 12 in support of its sustainable farming. Attendees at the outdoor dinner wore bright summer dresses — and maybe some bug spray. The designers of this year’s Hampton Designer Showhouse were honored at…

The Deep Roots of Weleda’s Skin Food

Calendulas look like daisies, smell like marigolds and possess powerful phytochemicals that can mend skin. At a garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Astrid Sprenger’s blond bob and turquoise pendant swung in the sun as she picked the fiery orange flowers by hand. “It’s one of the only plants you can put on open wounds,” she…