During the late afternoon and early evening hours of May 3, art, chocolate, bourbon and fine residential design converged under one roof to help a local organization.
The “Art, Bourbon and Chocolate” event, held at Stonehouse, a newly constructed Bentley Homes carriage home community on South Union Street in Kennett Square, raised funds for the Garage Community & Youth Center in the borough.
The event invited “Whiskey Whisperer” Mike Jasinski, chocolate sommelier Estelle Tracy and local clothing designer David Ferron to showcase their skills, and featured artwork by local artists Ellen Catanzaro and Katee Boyle.
Deanna Johnson of Marche teamed up with Tom Bentley of Bentley Homes to design the Annapolis model, and sales professionals from Bentley Homes gave tours to the more than 100 guests who attended the event. Johnson tailored her designs to second-home buyers, and filled the homes with original art, comfortable furniture, and family heirlooms... READ MORE
Marche, like so many shops along State Street, are businesses whose parts are both seen and unseen. In store after store, the goods and merchandise are meticulously placed in well-lit spaces, according to the exactitude of the store’s owner, but the old bones of an old town are hidden down below, in basements that reveal an intricate but failing system of pipes and plumbing.
Frontline | Style | by Theodora Malison-Webb
Must Have - For the Home…
March is synonymous with spring cleaning. Give your décor a lift by adding some lively hues reflective of the season. “Wish,” a simplistic yet powerful original work by artist Susan Hable, has us yearning for warmer days. $890. Available at Marché, 123 E. State St., Kennett Square, (610) 444-1452, shoppemarche.com.
