Portugal Escape: Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s Farmhouse, Plus Four More Favorites This Week
I have been low key obsessed with Portugal for weeks now, and I blame Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent. Their new Architectural Digest feature sent me down a rabbit hole of stone farmhouses, azulejo tile, and vinho Verde, and I am not sorry about it. Here is what caught my eye this week.
1. Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s Portuguese Farm
Architectural Digest recently released the full Open Door tour of Nate and Jeremiah’s 400 year old farm in rural Portugal, and it is the kind of home that makes you want to sell everything and move to the countryside (I say this every time, I know). The couple spent nearly five years restoring the 18-acre property, which came with a chapel, an old bakery, and a two-story stone farmhouse, and it is now home to goats, sheep, and even a few peacocks. What gets me is the why behind it. Jeremiah is Portuguese, his parents are Portuguese, and this place is a love letter to that heritage, a true multigenerational home where his mother now lives in the renovated bakery. Brent told AD it was the hardest project he has ever shared publicly because it is so personal. I felt that. The best interiors are never really about the furniture; they are about what a place means to the people in it.
2. Favorite Portuguese Recipes from Food and Wine
Steve and I have a genuine love affair with Portuguese food, and La Salette in Sonoma is our go to. If you have not been, you need to fix that immediately. It sent me looking for more, and now I cannot wait to try a few of these recipes from Food & Wine.
3. Portugal Inspired Outfits of the Week
If we were visiting Nate and Jeremiah’s Portuguese farmhouse we might be wearing…
4.Portugese or Portugese Inspired Ceramics
5.What’s Coming on Cindy Hattersley Design
Leslie and I have been busy lining up some genuinely inspiring people for you across our Readers, Wellness, and Ageless Style series. Coming up in our reader spotlight, we have someone speaking candidly about anti-bullying. For Wellness, we are sitting down with Brooke and Leila from Patina Home and Garden, and Susan Feldman & Phyllis Berger, the podcast duo everyone over 60 seems to be talking about right now. And for Ageless Style, we are featuring Tim Conlin one of the hottest creators in mature men’s fashion (your partner will not want to miss this one).
Coming Soon my tastemaker edit with one of my favorite brands Mersea (they are having a big sale this weekend by the way), where I will share my favorite fall picks. I will keep you posted on the release date.
My Christmas collab with Chicos that we filmed a few weeks ago in NYC.
If you missed any of my Sunday faves, you can find them here!
That is the week in Portuguese daydreaming. If you have been to Portugal or have a recipe I need to try, tell me in the comments. I am taking notes for a trip I have not booked yet. Now let’s pop over and visit Mary Ann and Annie for their Sunday favorites.
What a magnificent place! I visited a friend in Portugal, the Algarve coast, years ago and fell in love with their style and way of life. Every day we woke up to fresh lemon water that had soaked all night and then fresh seafood, tapas, and delicious meals were plentiful. The ease of living shows in Nate’s abode and I bet that amazing table could tell a few stories. Thanks for this post, Cindy!
You should make Portugal your next trip. We’ve been twice in recent years …but I would like to go again in a heartbeat.
I love your outfit for visiting Nate and Jeremiah!