Home, Garden & Design
Eden by the Sea
Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and her husband, Paul, could have chosen any exquisite corner of the globe as the summer holiday retreat for their growing family. They were the original post-war power…
A Grand Synergy
A Pleasant Bay home combines the best of nature with Polhemus Savery DaSilva’s architectural innovation, creating a showcase for the homeowners’ art and furniture collections—and a cherished retreat for their…
Reap What You Sow
Starting your own vegetables from seed is time consuming—but worth the work—for Cape Cod gardens The pleasure of vegetable gardening never grows old. Even on Cape Cod—where variable soil conditions…
Spring Eternal
A photo essay on the perennial pleasure of spring flowers that thrive on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Spring comes so slowly to the Cape and Islands. The frigid…
Hydrangea Happy
Almost every Cape and Islands landscape features Hydrangeas, from the classic blue “Mophead” varieties, on to the newer cultivars in a range of colors and sizes. In today’s nurseries there…
Lyrical Island Treasures
For those unfamiliar with the craft, the art of etching or carving designs into whale’s teeth (ivory) or bone is known as scrimshaw, and those who practice this art are…
A Seamless Connection
A distinctive home in cummaquid is the foundation for a new cape cod design/build team. Tucked away at the end of a small road off Route 6A in Cummaquid is a…
Family Fun-ctional
A resourceful Osterville homeowner helps an architect and a builder design her multi-generational kitchen. Imagine a new kitchen that is comfortable, spacious, and user-friendly for adults. Now, picture that same…
Chatham Charmer
Tim Smith, owner of Minglewood Homes, puts a fresh face on a timeworn 1930s Cape cottage. Sitting vacant for years, a 1930s Chatham cottage was in dire need of some…
A True Cape Colony
Highfield Hall’s House and Garden Tour celebrates the genuine Cape resort of East Falmouth’s Menauhant. When it was conceived in the 1870s, the plan for the summer colony of Menauhant…
Sonoma Fine
Longboard Vineyards showcases California’s Russian River Valley at a superb Alberto’s Ristorante wine dinner. Spring Wine Tasting with winemaker Oded Shakked Featuring wines from Longboard Vineyards First Course Seafood Sampler…
Island Eclectic
Tamara Weiss brings a whimsical sensibility to a new Midnight Farm location on Martha’s Vineyard. An island fixture for 18 years, longstanding Martha’s Vineyard home goods shop Midnight Farm has…
Woven In Time
After decades of honing her craft, Michigan resident Kathleen Myers finds her place among the master lightship basket weavers of Nantucket. A craft that started at sea off the coast…
Harmony of Light & Space
Polhemus Savery DaSilva design and build a unique coastal home for a Chatham Family that flows inside and out. A family with three school-age children wanted to build a new…
A Beautiful Abode
Interior designer Liz Stiving Nichols offers an eclectic mix of furnishings and accessories in her shop in Vineyard Haven In 2010, Martha’s Vineyard interior designer Liz Stiving Nichols opened a…
A Timeless Retreat
Architect Bruce Miller restores an authentic Cape cabin in the woods of Wellfleet. It’s not every day you come across a property that evokes a sense of charm and nostalgia…
Grandeur Restored
With the second renovation of a Shingle-style house on the water in Sagamore, a couple finally find their dream home. When a young couple was looking for a summer home…
A Breath of Fresh Air
This Cape Cod kitchen’s redesign combines traditional quality with innovative green features “The only thing that’s missing here is that renovation smell!” This is a common exclamation by friends visiting…
