56 AUTUMN 2026 ASPIREDESIGNANDHOME.COM 57 In Boston’s Back Bay, designer Lisa Tharp’s own pied-à-terre proves that a home built for receiving is a home built La Dolce Vita in the Back Bay for connection Made for long conversations: the Bernie sofa in mohair from Bright Chair Company, warmed by an ottoman reupholstered in Dual Terre de Sienne by Martin Group through Stitch NYC. A vintage Maison Arlus sconce from France casts its glow on “Audrey” by William Quigley, a portrait Tharp won at auction, proof that even a room for one holds two happily. The fireside seat of honor belongs to a Ralph Pucci daybed restored in chocolate velvet, its open silhouette chosen so Tharp’s guitarist husband can play freely for guests. A 1962 articulating lamp by Goffredo Reggiani, from Gurari, swings into reading position, while Thomas Junghans’s bronze Janus I, from M Fine Arts Galerie, keeps watch from a Global Views skyscraper pedestal. TEXT CARA GIBBS PHOTOGRAPHY JOSE MANUEL ALORDA INTERIOR DESIGN LISA THARP LOCATION BACK BAY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS