Veranda commissioned Melanie Acevedo to shoot the cover story for its July/August issue—which spotlights the airy Los Angeles home of interior designer Windsor Smith—as well as a feature on interior designer Lisa Jackson‘s 100-year-old Southampton, New York, cottage and a portrait of fashion executive Gigi Grimstad for the magazine’s “Personal Luxuries” column. Here’s a look…
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The Los Angeles home of interior designer Windsor Smith. Photo by Melanie Acevedo for Veranda, July/August 2013 issue.
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Fashion executive Gigi Grimstad. Photo by Melanie Acevedo for Veranda.
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Interior designer Lisa Jackson’s 100-year-old Southampton, New York, cottage. Photos by Melanie Acevedo for Veranda.
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