Best of Rhode Island 2010 Editors' Picks

Before founding the Cottage, Nancy Hemenway worked for the innovative Design Research (D/R) store in Cambridge, where Jacqueline Kennedy shopped. The Cottage feels like an elegant summer home for a first lady, tastefully filled with modern-chic necessities. Expect to find hand-painted bowls and serving plates by local artists, custom-made furniture shaped from recycled wood, rows of sleek Iittala glassware for parties, and other irresistibles, like linen pillows and New England style cookbooks, at prices that range from modest to almost-Camelot levels. It's a worthy splurge.