The lasting beauty of perennials
Perennials—which can thrive in a garden for generations—add enduring color, scent, and texture to coastal gardens Perennials are perfect partners for coastal environments, loving moist, ocean-warm air and the seaside’s…
Du Pain & Du Vin
A wine dinner at Pain D’Avignon is a francophile’s—and a Cape Codder’s—delight. In every season, Pain D’Avignon is a favorite with Cape Cod diners who love fine French cooking—especially classic…
It’s a ChappyWrap!
Martha’s Vineyard memories are woven into these stylish—and so cozy—blankets created by two entrepreneurial mothers. Everyone remembers their favorite childhood blanket. It protected you from whatever it was that lived…
Island Modern
Interior designer Liz Stiving-Nichols turns traditional into contemporary by bringing the outside in. When a young family stumbled upon a Martha’s Vineyard home for sale surrounded by open fields and…
Cottage Charm
A small 1950s Martha’s Vineyard camp is recreated with a cottage-style seaside vernacular in mind. Off Martha’s Vineyard’s beaten path, an understated 1950s camp cottage sat quietly in disrepair on…
Our Kitchen’s Blooming
A kitchen in an antique Cape comes alive in the hands of talented local professionals. In our old Cape house, the original kitchen was once the most important room in…
Natural Progression
Expanding an Osterville home to fit the needs of a growing family. When Jim Righter and Jacob Albert, architects of Albert, Righter & Tittmann (A,R&T), began designing a small family…
Treasuring The Dunes
An Osterville interior decorator works with Bunny Mellon’s family to restore a famous Oyster Harbors cottage. The Dune House has long been a cherished seaside retreat for family and friends…
From Land & Sea, CSA
Community Supported Agriculture is a win-win solution for Cape Codders in search of fresh fare. If you’re having trouble finding local fish on Cape Cod, you aren’t looking in the…
Cotuit shop sells antiques, vegetables, and much more
A Cotuit couple’s shop is a celebration of their many passions. “Being involved in the basics is not a bad thing,” declares Anne Barrett. She would know. Anne and her…
Falling for Foliage
Long after summer’s flowers have faded away, foliage plants keep fall gardens alive with color and texture September and October are glorious months on Cape Cod and the Islands, when…
Hydrangea Days
Pink, green, purple, white, red. Dwarf, tree, shrub, and climbing. Besides the classic blue beauties, there’s a hydrangea out there for every landscape. Hydrangeas have long been loved as Cape…