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Après-Sea
A family enjoys their Soake Pool, ensuring their time outdoors is as special as it is indoors.
Layers of Time
Color and texture guide Marc Kundmann’s quest to find beauty in all of life’s imperfections.
Let the Good Times Roll
When a husband/wife custom builder team create their own home on Nantucket, the sky’s the limit for their creativity and craftsmanship.
Shuck It, Let’s Get Oysters
Local underwater farmers are combining environmentalism and sustainable practices whose results aren’t only beneficial to where we live, but what we eat.
Girl Power
Increased accessibility and new technologies are smashing the gender barriers in recreational boating and fishing.
Passion Project
Interior designer Trevor Fulmer indulges his own sense of style in his Provincetown pied á terre.
The Accidental Gardener
A move from NYC to the Cape sows the seeds for a whole new world of growth and exploration for one intrepid homeowner.
Nature’s Palette
Meet five landscape professionals in this round-up of talent & learn what unique offerings each has to help you turn a tired yard into your personal oasis.
Cleansing Tides
A new report of the quality of the waterways and ponds on the Cape reveals concerns as well as a path for hope.
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Online Exclusive: From Four Friends to Founders
Young entrepreneurs create a drink inspired by summers on Cape Cod.
Online Exclusive: Heating Up
Pain D’Avignon celebrates new Chatham, Hyannis and Osterville locations with flair.
Online Exclusive: Love, Cranberry Bogs, and Murder… Oh My!
Local author, Lenore Bavota, writes a gripping tale based in Sesuit Harbor.
Online Exclusive: Coastal Hospitality
Michael Martir, CEO and Managing Partner of Coastal Hospitality, Cape Cod’s newest hospitality group, is making waves in the local restaurant industry.
Girls Got Gills
After nearly 10 years of coordinating programming for young girls interested in sharks and marine life, coordinators of the Gills Club are seeing their efforts pay off in incredible ways.
Away in Autumn
Enjoy your next off-season vacation or staycation at AutoCamp Cape Cod! This fall we were lucky enough to enjoy a staycation at Falmouth’s newest attraction: AutoCamp Cape Cod. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by…
Back to the Garden
At Chatham Bars Inn Farm, June represents the culmination of renewal and the first Farm-to-Table Dinner of the year.
Coast Versus Coast
Local chef and restaurateur Ben Porter takes center stage on the Food Network’s new show, Beachside Brawl.
Remembering a Wash-A-Shore
Cape Cod native Tom Dirsa honors the memory of his late father, Joseph Dirsa.
At The Helm: Meet Sarah Chace
Mashpee Commons was originally conceived by Buff Chace in the early 1980s. Today Buff’s daughter, Sarah Chace, is at the helm.
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Online Exclusive: From Four Friends to Founders
Young entrepreneurs create a drink inspired by summers on Cape Cod.
A Study in Perseverance
Best-selling author, and local Cape Codder, Lisa Genova owns the story-telling space between intellect and intrigue.
A Bridal Bouquet
It was nothing short of a kaleidoscope of colors for florist Hira Rafiq’s own wedding.
Nothing by Half-Measure
The Arthurs combine Irish and Cape Cod traditions in a beautiful spring ceremony.
Crafting Dream Coastal Celebrations
Locals and visitors alike have chosen Cape Cod time and again as the place to begin their union. The breathtaking coastal views, upscale venues and the extraordinary and creative vendors intersect to make a Cape Cod…
Stones With Stories
Cape Cod residents are giving cemeteries a new life, rather than death, with projects to restore and uplift historical graveyards.
Bewitching the Cape
Witches on the Water rings in the spookiest time of year with their annual paddle for charity.
Locals and visitors alike have chosen Cape Cod time and again as the place to begin their union. The breathtaking coastal…
But if you teach a man to fish… he’ll write a book about it. For fishermen and best-selling authors Adam…
CAPE COD HOME
Perfectly Preserved
A team of professionals band together to restore, reconfigure and re-envision a beloved Cape cottage.
Après-Sea
A family enjoys their Soake Pool, ensuring their time outdoors is as special as it is indoors.
A Brilliant Team
A dream collaboration between Schneeberger Collective, Acampora Interiors and KVC Builders results in a home born from imagination and execution.
For the love of the land
With Falmouth always in his heart, the son of a local farming family with a rich heritage returns to build his dream home.
A Kempt Kitchen
A new home on an old property in Harwich Port boasts a stunning new kitchen perfect for entertaining for years to come.
A Welcome Addition
With the final iteration now complete, a family home in Chatham is ready to enjoy the fruits of labor.
Rates vs. Rewards
Market conditions and limited inventory have created a housing market that seemingly leaves few options. Unless of course you have the right professionals guiding your way.
Shorelines: The Ocean Calls and I Must Go…
A captivating coffee table book showcases the beauty of several local Cape Cod beaches.
Shorethings: Design Intersection
Two respected architectural and design firms merge to make one dynamic impact on the region.
Looking to build a home that was FEMA compliant, deMartin Dunham Builders skillfully designed an innovative and stylish coastal home for a Dennis family.
A3 Architects, Inc. gives a West Barnstable home an update that preserved its historical integrity while modernizing it for today’s homeowners.
A robust hydrangea season is upon us! As we delight in their dazzle, read up on how to ensure we experience their magic in the seasons ahead!
CAPE COD ART
Artist Profile: Jeff Adams
Although Jeff Adams has been creating ceramic works of art for decades, in the last four years he has focused his full attention on establishing ANJL Ceramics in North Scituate Village. ANJL Ceramics is an…
Artist Profile: Paul Batch
If Paul Batch’s paintings were compiled into a slide show, sitting in the dark, as the saturated tonal hues of his landscapes progressed from slide to slide, allowing ample time to digest the scenes, one…
Artist Profile: Steve Bowersock
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle People stop to gaze at the piece hanging before them—a red A-Frame house with a kite…
Artist Profile: Elizabeth Lazeren Daglio
When Elizabeth Lazeren Daglio begins a painting, she covers the canvas with a dark ochre wash and begins to rub out spaces she wants to highlight, then begins to compose where the dark areas will…
Artist Profile: Marie Fischer
Marie Fischer was born with a passion for art, but it wasn’t until she was in the ninth grade that she got her start. While she spent a month bedridden with illness, drawing provided an…
Artist Profile: Lizbet Carroll Fuller
Life on an island is many things, and for those who live there year-round while raising a family and making a living, restful and recuperative are probably not adjectives that adequately describe their day-to-day activities.…
Artist Profile: Justin LaRocca Hansen
Justin LaRocca Hansen sat in front of gold-framed watercolors and an unmissable Ms. Pac-Man machine. He held a paintbrush in his left hand while his hair swept to the right side. Balance was everywhere except…
Artist Profile: Whitney Alexanderson Heavey
If you were to close your eyes and someone were to utter the words ‘Daydream’, ‘Summer Surf’, ‘Drift’ and ‘Running Downwind’ to you, what images would you conjure up? Would they be of lazy ocean…
Artist Profile: Sarah Hinckley
It could be said that Cape Cod is in Sarah Hinckley’s bones. Born and raised in Cummaquid, she has an ancestral lineage on the Cape dating back to the mid 1630s. She started painting at…
Some artists are identified by the color palette they use, others by the brush strokes or how they make their…
A newly opened nonprofit performing arts center in Orleans shares inspiration and education with all.
CAPE COD GARDEN
Rain Gardens Matter: Simple Steps for the Cape Cod Homeowner
Sandwich’s Horsley Witten Group provides steps and tips for an easy and beautiful way to help the environment.
Sea & Soil and Frost & Found
Two floral designers interpret their passion for flowers and the natural world with unique perspectives.
Blooming at the Water’s Edge
Landscape Designer Maria Hickey sets a seaside embankment ablaze with blooms!
Encompassed by Nature
Sudbury Design Group transforms a tranquil property on Fox Island in Osterville, a project that reflects the natural allure of this Cape gem.
From the Ground Up
Martha’s Vineyard landscape and garden designer, Tara Gayle, has a plan to heal the earth and enhance its beauty.
Heirlooms of Passion
The Chatham Bars Inn Farm in Brewster brings the resort’s commitment to quality and locally-sourced produce to their retail farmstead.
Visions of Light, Line & Space
Moving to Cape Cod enabled designer Dorrit Kingsbury to apply her talents to a New England landscape.
By King or Storm
Two Cape growers, Sandwich’s Bob King and Provincetown’s Stormy Mayo, share the straight scoop on growing magnificent Dahlias.
Creating Buzz…
Pollinators are more than a natural addition to a summer garden, they are critical to the food production for every living creature on earth.
Spotlight: Light & Living
Add drama and interest to your landscape with the flip of a switch. Light & Living, now with a third showroom in North Eastham, has become the leader in both interior and exterior lighting excellence.…
Martha’s Vineyard landscape and garden designer, Tara Gayle, has a plan to heal the earth and enhance its beauty.
Two floral designers interpret their passion for flowers and the natural world with unique perspectives.
Sandwich’s Horsley Witten Group provides steps and tips for an easy and beautiful way to help the environment.
