Home, Garden & Design

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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…

Summer 2015

Riding the Wave

By Mary Grauerholz | July 14, 2015

Jeanne Rosier Smith’s paintings capture the ever-changing grandeur of the ocean. For Jeanne Rosier Smith, painting is an immersion of all the senses. She loves the visual richness of her…

Summer 2015

Hot Trends for Cape Kitchens

By Erin Murray | July 14, 2015

Outdoor kitchen professionals provide customized design and installation services for homeowners looking to move their summer menus—and fun—outside. The kitchen is the heart of the home, but when summertime arrives…

Summer 2015

Where Summer Memories Begin

By Mary Stanley | July 14, 2015

Expert architectural concepts and clever interior designing ideas combined with a homeowner’s special flair for details net an island paradise for a multi-generational family. A sprawling home on Nantucket that…

Summer 2015

Paradise Found

By Laurel Kornhiser | July 14, 2015

An old Cape home comes alive with magical architectural and design touches by a visionary team. It’s called “Fool’s Paradise,” and, indeed, the weathervane balancing on a finial atop this…

Summer 2015

Classic Chic

By Mary Grauerholz | July 14, 2015

An elegant new beachside community reflects the Cape’s cottage colony legacy. One of Cape Cod’s most striking cultural markers—the beachside cottage colony—was born a century ago. The quirky little communities…

Early Summer 2015

Nurturing Beauty on the Wing

By Erin Murray | June 30, 2015

Horticultural experts and dedicated local volunteers help create and preserve the habitat of beautiful butterflies.   Sandy earth, fresh salt air, ocean waves—all bathed in warm sunshine. The unique and…

Early Summer 2015

Seaside Magicians

By Mary Grauerholz | June 30, 2015

Mackenzie & Company is transforming coastal interiors with a whimsical, yet sophisticated sense of color and texture—and some fun touches of the unexpected.   Serendipity seems to follow Angela Hamwey…

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