Home, Garden & Design
Cape Cod HOME celebrates 20 years
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
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…
Living color for all seasons
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
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…
Blitz Build Blessing
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
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
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…
Trending Countertops
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.…
New, Tried, and True
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…
A Botanical Dreamscape
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
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…
Big Ideas for a Small Space
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…
One Man’s Trash is this Man’s Treasure
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…
By the sea, by the sea
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…
Capturing the Ocean’s Moods
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…
Riding the Wave
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…
Hot Trends for Cape Kitchens
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…
Where Summer Memories Begin
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…