Home, Garden & Design

A Home for the Future, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Residence Redux: A home for the future

By Julie Craven Wagner | January 24, 2018

Drum roll please… We are excited to introduce our “Home for the Year,” where we will examine the private and public spaces throughout the home and gain insight into the…

Family Fundamentals

By Julie Craven Wagner | January 23, 2018

For McPhee Associates and M. Duffany Builders, the lessons learned over two generations prove that nice guys finish first Bob McPhee took a chance in 1972 when he went into…

Design for all time, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Design for all time

By Haley Cote | January 23, 2018

Patrick Ahearn’s ‘Timeless’ highlights the architect’s decades worth of work and altruistic approach to design Before becoming the accomplished architect he is today, Patrick Ahearn first had dreams of a…

The Next Wave – Alison Alessi & Meghan O’Reilly, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Next Wave: Alison Alessi & Meghan O’Reilly

By Haley Cote | January 22, 2018

Alison Alessi & Meghan O’Reilly, A3 Architects If the world of TV and film is any indication, when two women band together, they’re unstoppable. Take Laverne and Shirley, for instance,…

Treehouse Lodge an adventure, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Treehouse Lodge an adventure

By Deb Boucher Stetson | January 22, 2018

In this installment of our Building Business series, we share the story behind a newly renovated motor lodge in Woods Hole that’s redefining family vacations Treehouse Lodge is the perfect…

Inspiration in Bloom, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Inspiration in bloom

By Julie Craven Wagner | January 22, 2018

Inventive touches to a Cape Cod home lead to a successful business Twenty years ago, Peter and Marsha Malone were like many young families who looked forward to the occasional…

What’s old is new again, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

What’s old is new again

By Haley Cote | January 22, 2018

Minglewood Homes revitalizes a historic home in Chatham’s Old Village There’s an inherent charm to an older, historic house—the past is ever present. You can imagine all of the life…

Not Your Grandma’s Beachside Bungalow, Annual Guide 2018 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Not Your Grandma’s Beachside Bungalow

By Allyson Plessner | January 22, 2018

Nantucket designer Donna Elle breathes new life into a ‘Sconset cottage that offers a new backdrop to a lucky young family Julie Forgaard’s newly renovated Siasconset bungalow stands unassumingly among…

Newly Nostalgic, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Newly Nostalgic

By Julie Craven Wagner | November 20, 2017

Designer collaboration: We worked with two local designers to transform this family home into a nostalgic holiday scene from years past. Read the inspiration behind the designs and learn more…

The Next Wave – Kelsey Birchenall, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Next Wave: Kelsey Birchenall

By Haley Cote | November 13, 2017

Online only: Read more from our interview with Kelsey Birchenall Kelsey Birchenall, Longfellow Design Build Within the last two years, Kelsey Birchenall has gone from designing office spaces as a corporate…

Building Homes and History, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

‘Blitz’ project builds home and hope

By Allyson Plessner | November 13, 2017

For the third time, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod teams up with Habitat for Humanity to change a family’s life in just one week Remember in…

Changing Spaces, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Changing Spaces

By Julie Craven Wagner | November 13, 2017

  A family moves from one home to another, taking their belongings and their memories Online only: Extensive photo gallery The process of creating a home is the deliberate layering…

A Warm Welcome: The Meeting House At Redbrook, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Building Business: The Meeting House at Redbrook

By Chris White | November 13, 2017

Plimoth Plantation, the second permanent English settlement in America, was also an early example of an intentional, planned community, though its needs and vision were both more severe than its…

World of Wonder, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

‘Holidays at Highfield’ creates a world of wonder

By Allyson Plessner | November 13, 2017

“Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a…

Timeless Treasure, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Timeless treasure on Nantucket

By Haley Cote | November 13, 2017

A Nantucket home embodies classic design Legendary interior designer Albert Hadley once said, “Decoration is really about creating a quality of life… That’s what all this is about, not just…

Shorethings: customizable flooring options, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Shorethings: Customizable flooring options

By Cape Cod Life Publications | November 9, 2017

This article was written by Elizabeth Shaw and Kristina Atsalis In this special edition of Shorethings, we highlight five unique flooring options from top local companies Utilize these customizable flooring options to create…

If these walls could talk, Winter 2017 Cape Cod HOME | capecodlife.com

Closet design tips and trends from the pros

By Allyson Plessner | November 9, 2017

With all of the options for organization and convenience, why shouldn’t your closet be one of the best rooms in your house? Be it a tiny space to hang coats…

Is this your year to downsize?, November/December 2017 Cape Cod LIFE | capecodlife.com

Is this your year to downsize?

By Deb Boucher Stetson | November 5, 2017

A  conversation with three local real estate professionals Downsizing has long been a factor in the real estate market on Cape Cod and the Islands, where retirees may choose to…

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