Author: Peter N. Shelton

The design duo at Kobel & Co. starts a new project by asking lots of questions. “We spend time up front,” says Elizabeth Bennett, who co-owns the firm with Mallory Robins. Before grabbing samples, sourcing furniture or developing a strategy, Bennett and Robins want to really understand how their clients live—and how they want to live. “How do you want this house to feel? How do you want your guests to feel? What are some of your favorite places that you have been to that you love?” Bennett asks. Then, armed with a bounty of intimate details, they christen each…

Six amazing new hotels for epic weekend getaways from KC WORDS Martin Cizmar, Mary Henn, Rob Henrichs, Natalie Torres GallagherPHOTOGRAPHY Zach Bauman, Josh Beecher, Caleb Condit, Rebecca Norden St. Louis, MO Book the Look St. Louis’ Angad Arts Hotel is one of the most unique in the country.  MARTIN CIZMAR Walk down the hallway on the first floor of the Angad Arts Hotel in St. Louis and you’ll see pages of poetry hanging from the walls.The pages are from Quarantine Chronicles by St. Louis poet Jared C. Lewis, who started writing a poem a day in March 2020, including a…