Hand cast sterling silver vertebrae cuff links
by Zimbabwean artist and RISD graduate Vayshalee Naran, $125
Heir Antiques, Providence
Covet: Rabbit Vertebrae Cuff Links
Real Estate: 44 Bradford – Site of Urban Showhouse
The opening of Ricardo Rodriguez’s Urban Showhouse (April 29 to May 9) is nearing. While I can’t wait to see the house, located at 44 Bradford Street in the South End, fully decked out by designers Jonathan Adler, Andrew Terrat, Dennis Duffy, and Lisa Kreiling, the space is pretty fantastic on its own. Ricardo showed me it a few weeks ago, while it was still under construction; it cleaned up nicely!
44 Bradford Street. A great, wide open corner lot, tucked just behind Shawmut (Formaggio, The Buttery, Hudson, what could be better?), surrounded on two sides by Peters Park.
Here’s the listing:
One-of-a-kind brand new construction single family home in the perfect South End location. Surrounded by Peters Park, this corner home offers the most amazing light and views with three exposures, oversized wraparound windows, open and contemporary floor plan and finishes, approx. 2340sf, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, custom cabinetry, imported custom doors, three outdoor spaces including a unique side garden and an expansive roof deck, and garage parking for 2 cars. $1,995,000
And more photos:
Main level living room
Lower level kitchen and family room
Master bedroom
View
Master bath
Master Bath
Roof deck
Roof deck
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Dining Decor: Menton by Barbara Lynch
Photo: Justin Ide
Boston chef and restaurateur Barbara Lynch‘s new Fort Point restaurant Menton (rhymes with Vuitton), opened on Saturday. Yesterday her publicist sent along some official interior photos. (You can see the artsier shots on photographer Justin Ide‘s blog.)
As fitting for a high-end, special occasion spot (she’s hoping diners will wear jackets), the décor, designed by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz, is subdued. Looks like the entry has some nice details, and the Moroccan style lighting in the dining room keep it from coming off as dull.
It’s named for a small French village near the Italian border, and according to the press kit, “The cuisine is a marriage of refined French technique and soulful Italian cooking.” There are two menu formats: a 4-course prix fixe menu for $95 and a 7-course chef’s tasting menu for $145. Pricey.
Photo: Justin Ide
The palette is composed of earthy greens, grays, and browns, with accents of silver, bright white, and black. A Murano glass chandelier hangs above a silver leather reception desk. Iranian carpets cover the floor of the lounge.
Photo: Justin Ide
The main dining room features Italian wood veneer-clad walls, traditional black slat back chairs, glittering banquettes, and natural linen and white cotton table cloths
Photo: Justin Ide
The main dining room features paintings by Matt McClune, an artist and onetime bartender at Lynch’s No.9 Park, who is n ow based in the Burgundy region of France.
Photo: Justin Ide
Painter Matt McClune, who has a BFA from Mass Art, is represented locally by the Howard Yezerski Gallery at 460 Harrison.
Photo via Grubb Street Boston
The kitchen has marble mosaic floors and a stainless steel Molteni cooking suite, imported from France. Apparently it was a huge deal to get it into the space, since it’s all one piece.
There’s a view of the kitchen from the chef’s table, a glass-fronted room at the back of the kitchen. The space includes a silver banquette runs the entire length of the room, Philipe Starck ghost chairs, a faux-bois floor, malachite wallpaper, and stark graphite drawings of trees and flora by Dean Brown. Nineteenth-century reproduction French garden mural wallpaper covers the hallway leading to the private dining room. I wish I had a pictures!
Photo: Justin Ide
M E N T O N
354 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts
617.737.0099
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Read my interview with Lynch on her new cookbook Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition on eBay’s new style site The Inside Source, where Lynch names her must-haves for every kitchen.
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TV Alert: Sixx Design on Bravo
The husband and wife design duo behind Sixx Design, Robert and Cortney Novogratz, plus their brood of kids (two sets of twins, a couple of singles, and a new baby), have landed a TV gig. Nine by Design premieres Tuesday at 11pm on Bravo, then moves to its regular time at 10pm.
The series follows the couple over the course of six months, during which they worked on six large-scale design projects including a 24-room hotel on the Jersey Shore, a 10,000 square foot glass house on the West Side Highway and a home conversion of a gun shop located on the edge of Soho.
With any luck, this reality docu-DIY will focus on the team’s talents as taste makers rather than the antics of their ever growing family, though apparently Cortney goes into labor with the newest addition at the end of episode one. I’m definitely tuning in and hoping to get a taste of the magic behind their funky interior transformations. And besides, I need a new show; a girl can’t exist on Gossip Girl alone.
For more on Sixx Design you can read the NYT article from last spring.
And here’s a sampling of their work:
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Event Alert: Fashion Writer Derek Blasberg at Barneys
Derek Blasberg
Derek Blasberg, fashion writer and pal of PYTs (his NYC book party was hosted by Lauren Santo Domingo and Chloe Sevigny) is popping by Barneys at Copley Place this Saturday, 2pm-4pm, to promote his new book, Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady.
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