12 SUMMER 2026 il Campo TO THE TRADE AT SHARRIS.COM from the editor PERSONAL EFFECTS Knock, knock. There’s a particular intimacy to a designer’s own home. It’s where experimentation becomes instinct, professional polish collides with real life and the rules they so assuredly champion for clients often show up too — either fully embraced or quietly abandoned. In this issue, HOME PRACTICE , we step inside the personal spaces of designers who have turned the lens inward. Some homes are lifelong dreams realized slowly over time; others are spontaneous departures from what their owners thought they wanted. What unites them is a sense of authorship that feels especially direct, revealing what matters most — comfort over perfection, memory over trend, restraint in one room and complete abandon in another — a kind of creative honesty that can be harder to access in commissioned work. There’s also something reassuring in seeing even the most design-literate among us continue to revise, rethink and live alongside unfinished ideas. Consider this our house call. Thanks for welcoming us in! THE GRAY BRIGADE Summer at our Cape Cod family home, circa 2016 - my late father, Joseph; mother, Cynthia; brother, Cary; late sister-in-law, Mindy; and my husband Steven Mandel. U R B AN RETREAT TO THE TRADE AT SHARRIS.COM also: SUMMER ENTERTAINING Good food, good company and a reason to linger. From chef-driven kitchens to effortless outdoor gatherings, these stories capture the pleasures of sharing a home — and a meal — during the most sociable season of the year. MADE GOODS SOLENE BOWL SET meadowblu.com