Home, Garden & Design
2016 BRICC Awards • Polhemus Savery Dasilva Architects Builders
Three-time award winner The idea of blending in while standing out is one that Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders (PSD) explores with every house they design and build. The Cape…
2016 BRICC Awards • Pastiche of Cape Cod, Inc.
Two-time award winner for Excellence in Interior Design Anyone familiar with Irina MacPhee, owner of Pastiche of Cape Cod, and her unique powers of transformation, knows that she is a…
2016 BRICC Awards • Lewis & Weldon Custom Kitchens
Three-time award winner for Excellence in Remodeling As in years past, Chuck Hart of Lewis & Weldon Custom Kitchens needed assistance carrying BRICC awards home after the 2016 ceremony. The…
2016 BRICC Awards • E.J. Jaxtimer Builder, Inc.
E.J. Jaxtimer Builder, Inc. of Hyannis offers custom building, landscape, millwork and property management services on Cape Cod. Now entering its 40th year in business, the company places emphasis on…
2016 BRICC Awards • Doreve Nicholaeff
Three-time award winner Pleasant Bay • Excellence in New Construction Utilizing a background canvas of four waterfront acres on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by Pleasant Bay, Doreve Nicholaeff,…
Rustic remodel in Brewster
McPhee Associates redesigned this Brewster home with client’s dreams in mind Down a long, winding driveway in Brewster, secluded from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, lies the spectacular…
‘Seaview Secret Garden’ is Osterville’s Avalon
A memorial garden provides a tranquil, hidden retreat filled with splendor. Just up the coast from Hyannis Port’s “Cape Cod Camelot,” a family has created a secret garden that would seem…
Tides of Change
A historic home on the Chatham waterfront gets a much-needed makeover. Merriam-Webster may not define the term as such, but a riptide is, in effect, an unforeseen tidal force that…
Osterville Captain’s Compound
Architect Patrick Ahearn reimagines Captain’s Compound as a Gatsby-esque Cape Cod cottage Jay Gatsby has grown in stature from a tragic character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic book, The Great…
Building Business: Hutker Architects’ new Falmouth office
In the first installment of our Building Business series, we take a look at the design inspirations—both architectural and mathematical—behind the new home of Hutker Architects The experience of entering…
Homes of the Modern House Trust
The mid-century modern homes of the Outer Cape, including those designed by architect Charlie Zehnder, are both imaginative and iconic Bauhaus (adj): Early 20th-century modernist design influence found in architecture,…
Celebrating Cape Cod HOME’s 20th anniversary (1996-2016)
In 2016 we are revisiting some of the homes featured in Cape Cod HOME’s first issue in 1996. During the 1990s, “going green” was considered cutting edge. Looking back 20…
Building a legacy, one step at a time
West Barnstable woodworker has crafted a niche making custom stairways and bannisters When was the last time you really thought about a stairway you were descending, the feel of the…
Appetizing Evenings are on the Menu
Wellfleet Preservation Hall’s “Food on Film” series combines the big screen with great-tasting cuisine Though the weather outside will likely be chilly, the screen will be heating up at Wellfleet…
A House with History
Storied Captain Elijah Cobb House begins a new chapter as the Brewster Historical Society’s home and museum Like novels, houses have chapters. The story of the Captain Elijah Cobb House…
A Place to Call Home
A renovated family house in Osterville now offers space for multiple generations Each spring, David Herrlinger meets his neighbors to trim the 160 cedar trees that dapple the floodplain between…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Cape & Islands designers create holiday splendor with their inspired Christmas tree designs Think of your fondest, most heartwarming holiday memories—surely many of those moments took place around the Christmas…
Create your own family cookbook
“Behind every recipe you love is a story you want to share.” With that philosophy in mind, longtime friends Bill Rice and Chip Lowell formed the Great Family Cookbook Project,…
