When it comes to restoring and refinishing vintage and collectible wrought iron and metal garden tables, chairs, chaises, settees and fences, Patti DeFelice is an expert.I'd all but given up on resort vacations for my family. I just couldn't take the food. As the editor of Food & Wine magazine, I've grown accustomed to culinary adventures pretty much every day. But resort meals, with their overcooked pasta and tasteless chicken, managed to fall short of even my lowest expectations.Dear Jean and Richard: You recently offered some tips on reworking an old bath to mirror the styling of a 1920s house, but what if it’s a newer home and you’re not trying to match a certain era? — Tammy, Mills RiverSteve and Shannan Naiser were looking for a home that would grow with their family, so they recruited builder Dan Swigart to help them create their dream home in Goshen, Ky. The result is a Tuscan country home with lots of personal touches.After spending a day in the pandemonium of the Medina and taking in the nightly onslaught of music, snake charmers and hawkers in Djemaa el Fna, Le Foundouk is a welcome break. Revolutionary for the Cape, this combined home and antique collections enterprise in Brewster is an elegant take on classic European designs. When Cheryl and Larry Susemichel were looking for a place to call home, they were struck by the seclusion of the Shelby County area.A center gable and a deep front porch lend country charm to this home in Mount Airy's Harvest Ridge Community. Set on more than one-quarter acre , the home has three finished levels with five bedrooms plus an inground pool for outdoor entertaining.We last left Karyn Lovegrove and Peter Leak—she a Los Angeles art dealer, he a music manager for Dido and Martha Wainright—at their Los Feliz home, heavy on racy paintings and photography.Dr. Alberto Giannotti speaks with fondness of his days growing up on the second floor of an authentic "Florentine palace."