Charles Curkin

1 week ago | elledecor.com | Charles Curkin

Leave it to Rolex to make beige cool. Following a succession of Oyster Perpetual releases over the past several years featuring bright, bold, kooky dials—most notably the graphic bubbles motif of the OP Celebration in 2023—the Crown is toning things down. Way down. The new OP collection trades saturated color for a pleasant pastel range, including pistachio, lavender, and the aforementioned beige. It’s less a statement piece than a mood: calm, measured, maybe even a little introspective.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Charles Curkin

“I’m sure I was baptized in pilsner.” So explains Patrick Cool of his thirst to recreate an English pub beside the pool his family was adding to their Montreal yard. The veteran of the Canadian beverage industry is married, however, to Mélanie Cherrier, founder of Blanc Marine Intérieurs, a Montreal firm known for classic and tastefully contemporary design. And when Cool showed Cherrier a Pinterest photo in which someone had turned a work shed into a pub, she balked. “It was tacky,” she recalls.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Charles Curkin

For many of us, the season for outdoor living is tragically short. Here, the interior design moves that make a destination of what pros are now calling your ‘exterior room.’ A patio is a terrible thing to waste. So we asked several design experts how to make an outdoor space irresistible. One overarching strategy: Approach the deck or loggia with the same intentionality you bring to your living room.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Helena Madden |Charles Curkin |Rachel Silva

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Father’s Day is rolling around once again. This year, the holiday falls on June 15, so if you haven’t already picked up a gift or two for Dad—well, there’s no time like the present. The trick, of course, is knowing what to get him. Men can be notoriously difficult to shop for: either he buys everything he wants, or responds with an ambiguous "I don't know" when asked.

1 month ago | elledecor.com | Charles Curkin

Flying high requires more than a plane ticket. Patek Philippe knows this better than anyone, as evidenced by the decades of cultish fervor surrounding its World Time watches. Ever since the release of the reference 515 HU in 1937—the Swiss brand’s earliest known watch based on Louis Cottier’s groundbreaking movement, which allowed for tracking time zones around the world—it has been highly sought after by collectors, both on the primary market and at auction.