With so many companies these days knocking off iconic furniture designs, it is so refreshing to find a gallery that carries unusual vintage and modern furnishings. Pascal Boyer Gallery has been in Chelsea for four years and consistently brings in great finds from France and Italy that are both refined and ostentatious. Pascal looks to Gio Ponti, Jacques Adnet, and Vladimir Kagan for the most timeless designs, but he also has a knack for designing his own custom furnishings in a range of mediums.

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Reducing cooking time by up to 30%, Thermador’s 30″ Masterpiece stainless-steel oven makes cooking and baking a speedy process. The oven preheats in less than seven minutes, which is pretty amazing considering its size- 4.7 cubic feet of cooking space. 

Using Thermador’s True Convection baffle system, the oven allows hot air to flow precisely and evenly around food for even cooking and no flavor transfer. 

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As we anxiously await Election Day and the whole fate of the country seems to hang in the balance (and hopefully not the chads), it’s important to shine a thousand points of light on a neglected figure in the race – Joé the Designer. (Note: the stylishly placed accent over the e.) Historically, when a new president moves into the White House, his first lady can consult with her style advisors (a.k.a. Joé the Designer) and take on the traditional role of adding her own decorative taste to the commander-in-chief’s abode…or not.

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Michael Devine knows design. He spent six years covering the design world for HFN magazine, before he traded his editor’s hat in for a design shop, Michael Devine Home, in Kinderhook, NY. That was two years ago when he stumbled upon a charming 1840s storefront that he renovated and filled with his favorite design items.

The cornerstone of his collection: fabulous hand printed fabrics. “The fabrics are inspired by the art of stenciling and classic design motifs interpreted in a modern way,” says Devine. “They lend themselves to either traditional or contemporary interiors.”

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