Handpicked this week - February 18

Welcome to my Handpicked by Milk and Honey Group newsletter. For new subscribers, in this weekly newsletter, I share my top picks for the week - trends or particularly noteworthy designs. Each week I share an interior, a real estate listing, and a style item that I think is special. I hope you'll let me know what you think!

!!PRESS ALERT!!

Before I get into this week's picks, we are so beyond grateful to have one of our recent projects in Concord be picked up by multiple publications. Our first showing is in Architectural Digest Poland - just select English in your browser from the pop-up - and we could not be more honored to be included. This house and homeowner were so special since we really pushed the design - including many curated vintage furniture pieces. We would love to know what you think!

Photos: Ari Kellerman

We are very grateful to our press agent in Paris for this incredible opportunity!

1] Handpicked: INTERIOR

We are working on a project currently where the client is NOT afraid of color and pattern, which is insanely fun! So, because I am IN HER HEAD right now, I had to feature Laura Stephens, from the UK. Her work is bold and risk-taking, but still feels refined and restrained. Laura highlights the architecture of her spaces with bold colors, and throws in texture with paneling or moulding details. I particularly love her signature "foyer table" which seems to be a custom narrow shelf in each of her homes (take a peek!).

I love that this creative use of color really highlights the architecture and makes an older home feel modern. What do you think?

2) Handpicked: REAL ESTATE

​This house had me on the porch. The plaster work (I think it's plaster - hard to tell)! The incredible balusters! The gorgeous double-entry door! In Newton Highlands on a huge lot, this house is just waiting to be refreshed. The kitchen is a hot, hot mess and clearly needs to be rethought structurally as it was jammed into an odd corner. But the original details throughout and the charming carriage house!

Look at the original light fixtures, fretwork, and beadboard in this space! Who's ready?

3) Handpicked: STYLE

Continuing my British theme with design, I found Navy Grey this winter. I am always on the hunt for the perfect slouchy sweater and Navy Grey has more than a few that I adore. I also this year have embraced the sweater VEST, since I am often cold but don't like a bulky sweater under my enormous winter North Face puffer.

Which is your favorite?

That's all from our team this week - can't wait until next week!

X Isabella

Isabella Califano Ehrlich - Designer and GC
Milk and Honey Group

P.S. If you would like to consider working together, I'd love to hear from you! Just head to my website here and drop me a line.

Handpicked this week - January 28

Welcome to my Handpicked by Milk and Honey Group newsletter. For new subscribers, in this weekly newsletter, I share my top picks for the week - trends or particularly noteworthy design. Each week I share an interior, a real estate listing, and a style item that I think is special. I hope you'll let me know what you think!

1] Handpicked: INTERIOR

Ooooooooooh Emma Milne UK ! She is speaking my love language of incorporating old and new - I can't even with the old books next to the modern oak floors! I absolutely love the layering of textures; her attention to the individual qualities of various surfaces, especially woods, gives each space so much depth. The addition of tactile textiles - linen, velvets - makes her spaces feel timeless and comfortable.

Take a look through her Instagram and let me know your favorites!

2) Handpicked: REAL ESTATE

I almost passed out when I saw this historic house in Somerville. I need it. In fact, I was going to feature another listing this week until I was stopped in my tracks. The shingles! The diamond windows! The butler's pantry. I could go on... The George Loring house was built for George Loring, the architect who designed it.

I'm keeping my eye on this one. It just might have to be my first foray into development (here's hoping the price comes down!). Or, one of YOU can buy it as I would love to return it to glory!

3) Handpicked: STYLE

I hope you haven't forgotten my pro tip on Australian fashion! Since they're in the Southern Hemisphere, their spring/summer collections go on sale just in time for spring stateside. I am obsessed with Oroton and their caftan-chic style. Each piece has an opinion and the colors are beyond. Lilac with melon? Yes please.

All their pieces can be dressed up or down, and I just can't get enough of the high-contrast wrap belts! Also, they're great for transitional seasons - add tights, boots and a cardi and you're all set.

That's all from our team this week - can't wait until next week!

X Isabella

Isabella Califano Ehrlich - Designer and GC
Milk and Honey Group

P.S. If you would like to consider working together, I'd love to hear from you! Just head to my website here and drop me a line.

Handpicked this week - January 21

Welcome to my Handpicked by Milk and Honey Group newsletter. For new subscribers, in this weekly newsletter, I share my top picks for the week - trends or particularly noteworthy design. Each week I share an interior, a real estate listing, and a style item that I think is special. I hope you'll let me know what you think!

1] Handpicked: INTERIOR

I recently discovered Laura Stephens and love her pops of color with her decidedly British sense of style. I fell in love with this home she designed - the mash-up of the patterned wallpaper, opinionated paint color, and bold upholstery meant instant love for me! And the lighting - swoon! Her taste references traditional design but it all feels a bit cheeky which I love.

2) Handpicked: REAL ESTATE

This home in Concord isn't much to look at now, but the neighborhood is phenomenal. One of those old-fashioned communities where kids play in the street together - riding bikes and playing soccer - and neighbors bring over a casserole when you move in. Who doesn't want that? The exterior is tired but it's a blank slate just waiting to be refreshed!

It has some lovely light, which means it has potential! A new kitchen, new baths, and perhaps an expanded rear addition and you've got an amazing investment in coveted Concord!

3) Handpicked: STYLE

Having grown up around the water, the vernacular of the ocean has permeated Blakely Little's art. She founded Blakely Made and is inspired by the landscape around her - marshes in Charleston, her international travels, and her hometown of Annapolis. Her work is sun-soaked and dreamy but also has an Impressionist influence.

Blake's work is at home equally in a beach or lake house, but also as the grounding of a color palette in a suburban or city home (just imagine that sunset painting with a wall in Farrow and Ball, Dimity). What do you think?

That's all from our team this week - can't wait until next week!

X Isabella

Isabella Califano Ehrlich - Designer and GC
Milk and Honey Group

P.S. If you would like to consider working together, I'd love to hear from you! Just head to my website here and drop me a line.