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Posted Sep 19 at 3:30 PM in by carly stewart
Explore the latest in window and door technology.
Chelsea, MA - JB Sash & Door recently opened their new 3,000-square-foot Marvin Windows and Doors showroom and design center. Contractors, architects and homeowners can now experience the innovative products from Marvin and Integrity, and leading door companies including Therma-Tru, Upstate Door, Simpson, TruStile and Jeld-Wen.
Boston's...
Posted Sep 19 at 2:08 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Breaking Ground
Top (L-R): Sarah Lawson of S+H Construction; Allison Iantosca of F.H. Perry Builder; Bottom (L-R): Renée West of Kistler & Knapp Builders; Kate Durrane of Columbia Contracting Corp.; Cara Meneses of ARCHWRIGHT | Fine Home Builders; Eleni Kaplan of E.K. Sanford Builders
SARAH LAWSON has always had "a love for houses and design," as well as an appreciation for the technical side...
Posted Sep 18 at 1:55 PM in by carly stewart
Everything about Dowel Furniture
An online destination for designer-created dining and occasional chairs, is steeped in tradition.
All the chairs are made in the family’s factory, which has been crafting furniture for high-end U.S. brands for over 30 years. Inspired by their family’s trade, siblings Ray Hallare and Joanne Hallare Lee created an internet based niche where customers can acquire...
Posted Sep 18 at 10:42 AM in by Sandy Giardi
Goodbye for Now!
Understandably, it would be hard to leave builder CM Ragusa Builders’ adaptation on a Shingle Style home a stone’s throw from the beach in the Little Boar’s Head section of New Hampshire. Though the residents have a few other homes in other parts of the country, this one is a favorite, says President Chris Ragusa, and it’s easy to see why.
Designed by TMS Architects, with...
Posted Sep 15 at 3:01 PM in by carly stewart
Amazing Products and Places
ABOVE: A New England coastal home reflects a love of Eastern architecture with this Asian inspired teahouse overlooking Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.Architecture by Andreozzi Architects
Learn more here: Inspiring Teahouse by Andreozzi Architects
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A 700-square-foot modern conservatory houses a private collection for a bonsai enthusiast. It includes a comfortable...
Posted Sep 14 at 12:45 PM in by Sandy Giardi
O Captain, My Captain!
When a Captain’s House on Martha’s Vineyard that was built in the 1870s had fallen into complete disrepair and couldn’t be salvaged, Colonial Reproductions stepped in to return the charmer to its former glory. The new owners, who had another home on the Vineyard, were afraid that a new build wouldn’t have the character or dignity of the original home, so they snatched it up...
Posted Sep 12 at 12:57 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Flip Flop
Video of A private vacation home located on the beach in Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard.
Patrick Ahearn FAIA, who grew up on Long Island, often talks about the summers of his youth. He’d head out to the white sand beaches of Montauk on a two-lane country road, surf the ocean’s Gulf Stream waters, fish on the bayside and hang out by the beach shacks that dotted the coast. “It...
Posted Sep 11 at 11:56 AM in by carly stewart
Air. Fire. Water. Earth.
These ancient elements have always held power, but they become all the more dynamic when combined with Cape Cod’s spectacular scenery. Builders, architects and landscape architects who inhabit the idyllic peninsula and its islands are harnessing their raw energy and aesthetic like never before. Here follows our ode to the elements, and to the trade professionals...
Posted Sep 11 at 10:48 AM in by carly stewart
CEDIA Announces 2017 Americas Home Technology Professional Award Winners
DC Home Systems was chosen among fifteen projects honored at the CEDIA 2017 Celebration in San Diego. Award winners have completed the best work by home technology professionals this year.
Congratulations to DC Home Systems for taking home the awards for Best Home Cinema; Level IV - $500,000 & Over and Best Special...
Posted Sep 8 at 3:42 PM in by Sandy Giardi
The New Classics:
Westerly
When a client with a keen eye for modern sophistication approached Andreozzi Architects to create a Shingle Style beach house in Westerly, Rhode Island that would be respectful of the New England vernacular, the neighborhood and the region, the firm knew they would have to shake things up a bit. Indeed, Andreozzi Architects was told “to do something a little more...
