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Posted Jun 25 at 10:59 PM in by Kendra Keelan
Headway is being made on the renovation of BDG publisher Melanie Perillo’s 1790s charming antique home in Sudbury. We’ve been following this process for awhile now, and it’s exciting to see the project take shape.
An essential phase just reaching completion is the insulation. We recently caught up with Anderson Insulation’s Patrick Ford, the Sales Manager on site, to see just how Melanie’s...
Posted Jun 21 at 12:03 PM in by Sandy Giardi
“Mark Sikes is one of the biggest names in the design world right now,” says Katie Marshall, store manager for Surroundings Home, and she is thrilled to carry some of his products at their Mattapoisett showroom. His collection for Blue Pheasant elevates outdoor entertaining. “Everything in this collection has a classic, crisp, clean feel with lots of blue and white and natural wicker,” says...
Posted Jun 20 at 4:10 PM in by Kendra Keelan
The Preservation Society of Newport County presents the Newport Flower Show June 21-23. Each day, guests are offered wonderful opportunities to enjoy the most elegant horticultural and floral designs, special garden showcases, free lectures and presentations, activities for children, and shopping at the Oceanside Boutiques and Gardeners’ Marketplace. This Flower Show came to be when American...
Posted Jun 19 at 2:45 PM in by Kendra Keelan
Designers and homeowners have been asking for this for years, and now Sub-Zero has fulfilled their wishes with the new smaller version of their wildly popular PRO 48...the PRO 36! The boldest, most iconic design yet is now available in a 36-inch-wide model, allowing for a fit into almost any kitchen. This new model has only .3 cubic feet less refrigeration than its predecessor, offering 18.4...
Posted Jun 14 at 3:56 PM in by Sandy Giardi
While it’s true that petals have power, area landscape architects are also cultivating woodland and contemporary gardens that are devoid (or nearly devoid) of flowers. Instead, these high-end Boston and Cape Cod landscape professionals are using contrasting swaths of green, playing with the height and sway of natural grasses and shrubs, and making a statement with stone.
a Blade of Grass
In...
Posted Jun 13 at 10:18 AM in by Sandy Giardi
There is outdoor living, and there is outdoor living. For about nine months now, we’ve all yearned to be in spaces that soak up the sun, the sky or the sea. We take a look at some incredible outdoor spaces by Boston and Cape Cod’s top landscape professionals, architects and builders.
Nantucket Playground
Landscape architecture and outdoor furniture by Gregory Lombardi Design Incorporated;...
Posted Jun 12 at 7:35 PM in by Kendra Keelan
Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders (PSD), a fully integrated architecture, construction, landscape architecture and property services firm, was honored with a Chatham Preservation Award on May 19th at the Wayside Inn. This award, sponsored jointly by the Town of Chatham Historical Commission, the Town of Chatham Historic Business District Commission and The Chatham Historical Society, is...
Posted Jun 11 at 9:22 PM in by Sandy Giardi
"Building in the city is not for every contractor," says co-founder Eric Adams of Adams + Beasley Associates. "There's a huge amount of risk and liability to manage projects in the urban context gracefully."
Building successfully in the city requires planning that’s as finely tuned as a Swiss watch. It means securing parking permits for cranes and lining up police details (even when the city has...
Posted Jun 6 at 5:10 PM in by Kendra Keelan
Newport, Rhode Island, is known as one of the Northeast’s best walking cities, and its Newport Secret Garden Tour is a seasonal highlight. This annual, self-guided walking tour June 14-16 takes garden enthusiasts through the private oases of Newport’s historic Point section, which is known for its classic architecture and old-world sensibility.
Featured in June’s Fine Gardening magazine,...
Posted Jun 4 at 9:00 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Van Halen sang about them, but we're guessing David Lee Roth wasn’t referring to Palmer custom sink legs when he was belting out the rock anthem “Drop Dead Legs.” We’d contend, however, that this new bathroom staple, available at Moniques Bath Showroom, among other locales, is heavy on sex appeal. Lately, the statuesque sink legs are popping up in powder rooms and in master baths everywhere and...
