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Posted Aug 31 at 10:48 AM in by Sandy Giardi
The New Classics:
Edge Hill Residence
For a new construction in the bucolic neighborhood of Wellesley Farms, Patrick Ahearn Architect designed a traditional new home that is seamlessly woven into the neighborhood fabric, entrenched and at peace with the surrounding homes that were built in the 1920s and 1930s. “We wanted the house to fit and feel like it was an original house,” says the firm’s...
Posted Aug 29 at 11:53 AM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
Family Retreat
Foley Fiore Architecture gave a multigenerational family new reason to descend on coveted Ram Island, New York, when they replaced a dilapidated cottage with a lively and lovely new vacation home overlooking Coecles Harbor. The traditional Shingle Style has a pronounced waterside gable, a lengthy deck and a coastal casual vibe that resonates from the...
Posted Aug 28 at 10:26 AM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
Bayside Gem
When a client had the opportunity to transform the Brewster vacation home they’d been renting for years into a seaside getaway all their own, they turned to LDa Architecture & Interiors to make it personal and functional.
The opportunity presented the best of both worlds for a family of four—a familiar turf that was already full of memories and a fresh...
Posted Aug 23 at 10:57 AM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
California-Style Dream
High atop a bluff in North Truro, Cape Associates has crafted a vision in red cedar and glass that epitomizes modern summer style. While the flat-roofed beach house may be more Hollywood Hills than ol’ Cape Cod, the coastal retreat is deeply rooted in its Northeastern site, and it is fabulous. Designed by Falmouth architect Jill Neubauer of Jill...
Posted Aug 22 at 3:03 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style
Killer Views
Architectural Design heightened the summer beach experience for the owners of a Shingle Style Cape Cod home on Nantucket Sound, and its views were the driving force behind the renovation. The vacation getaway in Mashpee hugs the water’s edge and certainly has location on its side—you couldn’t build on that site today. “You’d probably have to build 50 feet...
Posted Aug 21 at 1:52 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
The Maine Event
Rob Bramhall Architects’ charming cottage on the coast of Maine is proof positive that kids shouldn’t have all the fun. Awash with sunlight and a summer breeze sensibility, the multilevel vacation home is the grown-up answer to that childhood tree house, and it’s perfect. Perched atop a steep slope, surrounded by trees and wildflowers, this cheerful...
Posted Aug 21 at 12:13 PM in by carly stewart
The 2017 Fall Collection Preview at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Boston.
On Thursday, August 17, the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Signature Store in Boston hosted an open house to showcase their fall collection, 'New Traditional.' The event included a special VIP afternoon for designers where they were treated with hors d'oeurves, signature traditional cocktails with a 'new' twist and a private...
Posted Aug 17 at 2:28 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
Dedham Divots
Golf? Check. Pool? Check. Fire pit? Check. Meyer & Meyer Architecture & Interiors proves you needn’t drive to a second home to experience the highlights of the season. For a client with a home nestled by the tenth hole of a lauded country and polo club, the team only had to look as far as the backyard to conjure a vacation-style atmosphere.
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Posted Aug 16 at 12:30 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Summer Homes & Style:
Seacoast Sophistication
TMS Architects’ stone, cedar and stucco three-story home in Hampton, New Hampshire, captivated a buyer with its fine yet friendly bearing and oceanfront vistas. Naturally, when the new homeowners sought to make the three-story refuge their own, they also turned to the talents of TMS Architects to put their own stamp on the interiors of this...
Posted Aug 14 at 2:16 PM in by carly stewart
Gone are the days of open-air showerheads mounted to the shingles. Outdoor shower designs have soared into spa territory, with refreshing new settings to rinse off that salt and sand.
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Landscape Architecture by Sudbury Design Group; Photography by Jim Westphalen
A traditional Cape Cod landscape features a unique spiral outdoor shower with an oceanfront backdrop in Chatham.
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C.H. Newton Builders...
