Spaces: Focal Points

Learn the latest from Rhode Island's home and style scene.

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Dana Rae Laverty,

Hope Blooms

Photography by Corey Sherman

With a considerable amount of elbow grease, Realtor Jess Powers has transformed the former Howland-Gould General Store in Hope into the Hope Collective, two floors of co-working, filming, performance and community space, bordered by thriving gardens and picnic areas carefully tended to by LuLu Locks, the site’s operations manager. The lovingly restored 1826 Greek Revival was the general store for the Hope Manufacturing Company during the 1800s. A Tiny Bits of Joy workshop with the crafty Angela Zampell and a Stitch and B*tch needlecraft meetup are planned for March 14 and 22, respectively. For more information, visit the Hope Collective’s website. 48 Main St., Hope, the-hope-collective.com

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Here Comes the Sun

Photo courtesy of Discover Newport

Millions — yes, millions! — of daffodils will start blooming in Little Rhody next month. Here are the best places to see cheerful Narcissus varieties come April. Newport’s Daffodil Days (newportinbloom.org) take place April 1–30, with 1.3 million flowers carpeting the City by the Sea, along with a pooch parade, classic car parade, decorated storefronts and more. See dozens of varieties of daffys at Bristol’s Blithewold (blithewold.org) beginning April 12, where up to 30,000 flowers will illuminate the seaside estate, and don’t forget to meander through Wickford Village (wickfordvillage.org) for its Daffy Dog parade, a sip and stroll, food and drink specials and more.

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Summer Spaces

Photo courtesy of Monacelli Publishing/Photograpy by Read Mckendree

Photo courtesy of Monacelli Publishing/Photograpy by Read Mckendree

Peek into the timeless waterfront homes that dot the state’s coastline in Summer by the Sea: Cottages from Watch Hill to Little Compton by noted architect Thomas A. Kligerman. More than 200 luminous photographs by Read McKendree lead readers through family cottages and grand nineteenth century estates — including Kligerman’s own Weekapaug home — with Kligerman’s expert commentary and personal perspective. The book will be published March 4 by Monacelli.