A house with a blue door, a secret garden, and a 140-year-old history, feels like something out of a storybook. Writer Meera Ganapathi and her filmmaker husband Ayappa KM have found their place in this Goa home. Cats, lamps, art, and history fill the space along with colour. “I didn’t want this house to lose its character,” says Meera. The home was thoughtfully renovated by Sonal Chowdhary of Whalesong. Meera didn’t want a neatly fenced Goa compound where no one ever knocked on your door. She wa

We are pleased to share our next episode in our Seasonal Stories with Susan Swain series. This episode highlights collector Becky Brewbaker, who received her first White House Christmas Ornament more than 30 years ago as a gift from a family friend, now Association President Stewart McLaurin. That first ornament sparked a tradition that has grown into a dedicated White House themed tree in her home. Today Becky and her family look forward to unboxing each ornament, reading the history in the boo