About the Author

Kathryn O'Shea-Evans writes about design, travel, and food from her home base in Colorado's Front Range. She is a contributing editor at House Beautiful magazine and was formerly a senior editor at the Hearst Design Group and associate editor at Travel + Leisure. Her work has been published in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and she appears as a guest lifestyle expert on The Today Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, The Travel Channel, CBS, The Weather Channel, Fox & Friends, and MSNBC. Every summer, Kathryn teaches at the Columbia Publishing Course, at Columbia University's School of Journalism.

Veranda magazine is unparalleled in its commitment to luxury living and delivers the finest in home decoration, style, travel, culture, and more. It showcases the country's leading designers and travels far and wide to bring its readers some of the world's most fascinating interiors.