Shaker interior

Glamorous Lives & Stylish Places

Eleven international designers and studios have produced a range of simple furniture and homeware based on the American Shaker movement

PITTSFIELD -- Walnut arms curve smoothly in a chandalier. A wooden clasp glides apart, and a brown oak box opens to show a row of teabags. Shakers did drink tea. But here with a sewing table and golden-grained wall cabinet stands a computer desk.

One of NYC's best new restaurants, The Commerce Inn takes inspiration from Shaker design. It presents a fresh look back, and style ideas to apply at home.

When you hear the word ‘beach house’, especially in conjunction with the location of Martha’s Vineyard, I don’t know about you but I immediately think of a house straight out of a Nancy Meyers film –

Noted recently on Instagram: a snug family farmhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, replete with small wintertime pleasures. "Our home is an old farmhouse built

A while back, on a cold wintery morning, I drove from southern Maine through increasingly rural back roads to Canterbury, New Hampshire, then up the crest

Shaker cabinets at Enfield, NH

Restoration of this stone house has taken decades of respectful work by its owner, a designer who is inspired by Shaker design.

Spend a day exploring the Village and experience the many reasons the Shakers called it the "City of Peace". Farming was at the heart of all Shaker communities. Through agricultural experimentation and wise use of technology, the Shakers made their farms into models of efficiency and innovation. Hancock Shaker Village is still