Home, Garden & Design
Inside moves out
Summer entertaining on Cape Cod is all about easy, relaxed gatherings in outdoor living rooms. Summer is coming and after the winter New Englanders have endured in 2015, nothing could…
Summer Flights of Fancy
I am writing this by our kitchen window in our Centerville Cape, looking out over a perennial bed first planted by my husband’s great-grandmother close to 100 years ago. The…
Worth Its Salt
This bayside retreat is small in size, but big in casual style and ingenious comfort. Cape Codders have a complicated relationship with salt. We call our vintage sea captains “old…
Island Dream
HGTV’s spectacular 2015 Martha’s Vineyard “dream home” is a fitting reflection of the island’s historic and scenic allure. Designed by highly regarded Martha’s Vineyard architect Patrick Ahearn, this lovely island…
Country Ease in Eastham
Colorful touches like playful bold fabrics and rustic country-style decorative accents add pizzazz to classic Cape-style interior and exterior spaces… Interior designer Kelly McGuill’s concept for an Eastham Cape is…
Home Sale Staging Artistry
An interior designer transforms care-worn homes for sale into high profile showcase listings. Call it theater in the square. Beth Odence, home stager extraordinaire, is in her design center, a…
Green Living
In 2015, green living has come out of the shade on Cape Cod and the Islands. Everywhere you look, there are sustainable options for those who want to protect and…
A to Z Coastal Resource Guide
How to find a landscape architect for a small seaside lot with stunning views, but a challenging permitting process. Where to look for authentic Colonial-style lighting—once used on ships—for your…
Ocean of Thanks
One of our coastal region’s culinary stars—the simple scallop—adds memorable seaside flavor to Thanksgiving feasts from appetizer to entrée. Fresh scallops are a seasonal pleasure on Cape Cod and Islands…
Shore Oasis
An Interior Designer’s Transformation of an Entire Waquoit Bay House Wins a Homeowners Heart. Can you fall in love with a home twice? This Mashpee homeowner did. The first time…
2014 BRICC Awards
The red carpet was rolled out last month to 200 guests who attended the 2014 BRICC (Building and Remodeling Industry of Cape Cod) Awards at the Ridge Club in Sandwich.…
Winter Bright
The palette of Cape Cod’s landscape has a surprising beauty in the winter, both in perennial gardens and in our natural and cultivated landscapes. In the flower gardens, beauty remains…
Seaside Decorating for the Holidays
Fanciful octopuses with glittery tentacles dancing on a hallway table. Holiday tablescapes brightened by silvery starfish. Tiny wooden squirrels peeking out of autumnal mantel garlands. And all the glory of…
Heartfelt Home in Hyannisport
“Sweet” is the adjective Douglas Dick, principal of LDa Architects and Interiors of Cambridge and Chatham, often employs when describing the late nineteenth-century Hyannisport cottage he renovated for a world-traveling…
The Porch Life
Porches carry us away from our solitary computer screens and cell phones. On porches, the world flows by and for once, we don’t have to comment, tweet, or post. We…
An Osterville Oasis
When architect Doreve Nicholaeff of Nicholaeff Architecture & Design was chosen to design a sprawling summer compound on Osterville’s “Gold Coast,” she knew that the main house, guest house, and…
When Past Shapes Present
The dogwood tree—the site of an occasional family pig roast on summer days—was one untouchable sacred cow, recounts Mark Hutker, speaking of a home he and Gregory Ehrman, a senior…
Inspired by the Bay
A beautiful summer cottage overlooking Cape Cod Bay is a shining example of the success that can happen when a homeowner’s vision meets a build and design team’s creative ingenuity.…
