Archive for Kaui Goring

The Pert Locker

April - May 2011

Plastic Hangers Be Gone! No Skeletons to Hide with a Well-Designed Closet Photography by Olivier Koning CLOSET ENVY. Everyone’s got it these days, from celebrities with their own stylists to the fashionista moving into her first apartment. Gone are the days when closets were an afterthought. “They are very personal and serve as an emotional…

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Garden Decor

October - November 2009

Sculptures and ornaments add priceless character to local lawns Island gardens and yards are often little more than grassy lawns, hibiscus hedges and a smattering of fruit trees largely meant for home consumption. Hothouses, lathed for shade, hold cherished private collections of orchids and anthuriums. Japanese homestyle gardens with koi ponds, clumped grasses and strictly…

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Garden Restored

February - March 2009

Bask in the history and beauty of the Philpotts McGrath Garden As charming as the idea may be, not everyone is up to the task of restoring a nearly 100-year-old garden. The property, when interior designer Mary Philpotts and her husband, John McGrath, first saw it, was certainly beautiful, fronted by the street and an…

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