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Lara Spencer, “Good Morning America” anchor and Riverside, CT resident, has taken her passion for thrift store shopping to the next level with her new book, “Flea Market Fabulous.” Find out how to hit a tag sale properly and create stylish interiors with affordable finds. How does she do it? With a keen eye — … Read more

Artist Michael Michaud captures the beauty of nature in these pewter trivets from Table Art, handmade in the U.S. Through November, the Domestic Dry Goods Company in Rye Brook, NY, is giving 15 percent of the sale of the trivets (Italian Herb and Birch Bark designs) to our featured charity: The Food Bank for Westchester. … Read more

Choose from six mix-and-match patterns to create an eclectic set of tumblers or match them all up. Any way you choose, these tumblers from William Yeoward Crystal will take center stage at your next soirée. For more beautiful glassware selections from our Home editor Stephanie Horton, pick up a copy of Serendipity’s October issue, on … Read more

Capture graduations, weddings, birthdays and family gatherings in these Dupioni silk photo albums from Estelle Billot of Bedford Hills, NY. The albums are among a collection of upscale French handmade gifts inspired by her youth in France. For more about Estelle Billot and more locally made products, check out the July/August issue of Serendipity on … Read more

By Holly Parmelee When did you throw your first party? At our home in Michigan, my mom would throw a Christmas Eve party every year and I loved it. The first party I ever threw was when I was home from college and I begged my mother to let me take over the party. I … Read more

We are so excited about this year’s garden tour planned by the Garden Education Center of Greenwich — Grandiflora: The Glory of the Garden. The Serendipity sponsored event kicks off Wednesday, June 4 with a cocktail party at a private home in Greenwich from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at a property that is just as lovely as … Read more

We love this seaworthy platter from Fivestripes, the online boutique for gifts and home. Melamine and dishwasher safe, the Thomas Paul Amalfi Lobster Tray is the perfect compliment to a Memorial Day feast! Thomas Paul Amalfi Lobster Tray, $26, fivestripes.com

With spring, comes that burning desire to refresh and renovate! Our May covergirl Katie Brown’s new online decorating service, Personalized Lifestyle Solutions, you can get big ideas on a small budget. Choose from three levels: send a picture and get a tip, complete a questionnaire and get a look board, or provide images and dimensions of your … Read more

Our latest obsession? These beautiful linen/cotton Pastry Stripe Kitchen Towels from South Norwalk, CT-based Teroforma and available in new colors for spring: lemon/marigold yellow, apple/meadow green and sapphire/aqua blue. They’re the perfect way to add some cheer to your kitchen. Kiwi and pretty tray optional, but encouraged. $22 for a set of two, teroforma.com

The perfect planner is a hotly contested topic around this office. There are those who want a simple month-at-a-glace pocket calendar and others who like to map out their schedules in great detail. The Day Designer by Whitney English is a planner’s planner. Write out your daily plan hour-by-hour, include your top three “to dos” … Read more

This Solid Horn Table Lighter, available shortly from Hunting Season, manages to be both incredibly masculine (it would be perfect on a cocktail table next to a leather chair in the den – think scotch and cigars) and quite pretty (it would look equally at home on a coffee table next to your Diptyque candle … Read more

Serendipity staffers love paper (we’re a magazine, after all!) and our December story on thank-you cards gave us the chance to find some of the prettiest stationery around. This set from Smythson, which reads “Truly Wonderful”, is perfect for penning a note, or for giving as a holiday gift.