Home, Garden & Design

C.H. Newton Builders, Inc.

By Susan Dewey | January 6, 2016

Cape & Islands Architects and Builders If David Newton ever questioned his innate love for building beautiful homes from start to finish, being a father nailed down how great it…

Cape Associates

By Susan Dewey | January 6, 2016

Cape & Islands Architects and Builders At the heart of Cape Associates’ 44-plus successful years in business lies a deep dedication to the Cape community. The company’s third-generation President and…

AP Kimball Construction

By Susan Dewey | January 6, 2016

Cape & Islands Architects and Builders To the team at AP Kimball Construction, a challenging project is the best kind of project. “We like challenges; we don’t always look for…

Annual Home 2016

Cape Cod HOME celebrates 20 years

By Susan Dewey | January 6, 2016

From 1996-2016 In 2016, Cape Cod HOME achieves 20 great years as the Cape and Islands foremost shelter magazine! Looking back, we see decades of inspirational stories and gorgeous photography…

Sewing Sweetness

By Susan Dewey | November 17, 2015

The threads of this Cape Cod quilt-maker’s talent connect her to admirers far and wide. Tucked away on a wooded hillside in Dennis, Joyce Harvey’s small brown house does not…

Photo by Josh Shortsleeve

Living color for all seasons

By Carla Belkin | November 17, 2015

An interior decorator shares a coastal color palette for that most important of spaces—the living room—that reflects Cape Cod’s beauty, all year round. In a traditional coastal palette, pale peach,…

Simple Gifts

By Mary Stanley | November 17, 2015

Crown Point Cabinetry creates distinctive custom-designed cabinetry reflecting America’s famous Shaker style and framing this home’s simply beautiful seaside views. When a home is located near the water, the architect…

Photo by Jennifer Dow

Blitz Build Blessing

By Haley Cote | November 17, 2015

In just five days, the Cape community comes together and builds a home for a family in need. On the first fall morning of the year—a hint of summer’s warmth…

Welcome Home

By Susan Dewey | November 17, 2015

Cape Cod and Island designers frame the beauty and diversity of coastal décor with five beautiful designs that herald in our festive season. Welcome to five splendid Cape Cod HOME…

A Meal to Celebrate | Cape Cod LIFE Nov/Dec 2014

A Meal to Celebrate

By Judy Shortsleeve | October 14, 2015

Hosting a festive holiday celebration—whether Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, or any other holiday—always involves the preparation of a hearty and delicious meal. From turkey, stuffing, and candied yams to tasty seafood…

Autumn 2015

Trending Countertops

By Mary Stanley | September 16, 2015

Go from drab to fab with exciting new options from engineered stone to stainless steel. No other project can transform the interior of a home quite like a kitchen renovation.…

Autumn 2015

New, Tried, and True

By Haley Cote | September 16, 2015

Kitchen designs for 2016 are an intriguing blend of classic styles and out-of-the-box contemporary ideas. It’s often said that the kitchen is the heart of the home and to interior…

Autumn 2015

A Botanical Dreamscape

By Susan Dewey | September 15, 2015

At the end of a cul-de-sac in Falmouth, this magical garden landscape is a 30-year labor of love. When Marcia and George Chapman bought a new house on a cul-de-sac…

Pint-sized Perfection

By Susan Dewey | September 15, 2015

A beachside landscape brings big pleasure with all the latest outdoor entertaining amenities—on a tiny lot above Buzzards Bay. Great vacation landscapes on Cape Cod come in all shapes and…

Autumn 2015

Big Ideas for a Small Space

By Mary Stanley | September 15, 2015

A resourceful architect builds his own home on a challenging Osterville lot by thinking outside the box and making the most of nature’s whims. Strategically positioned on a small lot…

August 2015

One Man’s Trash is this Man’s Treasure

By Ellen Albanese | July 30, 2015

At Chatham’s Atlantic Workshop, Scott Feen transforms lobster pots, boat rudders, and pretty much anything else into custom furnishings and decorative pieces Scott Feen hates to throw anything away. In…

Summer 2015

By the sea, by the sea

By Susan Dewey | July 14, 2015

Editor’s Note When I was a little girl, we lived on a long street that ran alongside the Mount Hope Bay. The street was about a mile long and ended…

Summer 2015

Capturing the Ocean’s Moods

By Mary Grauerholz | July 14, 2015

The artist shares her secrets The magnetic effect of Jeanne Rosier Smith’s paintings en plein air (French for “in the open air”) is most obvious when she is depicting ocean…