People & Businesses
2018 Annual Guide: Lower Cape
Get an inside look at the people and places that make up the towns of the Lower Cape. For each, you’ll find Photo Ops (great places to bring a camera…
2018 Annual Guide: Mid Cape
Get an inside look at the people and places that make up the towns of the Mid Cape. For each, you’ll find Photo Ops (great places to bring a camera…
2018 Annual Guide: Upper Cape
Get an inside look at the people and places that make up the towns of the Upper Cape. For each, you’ll find Photo Ops (great places to bring a camera…
Residence Redux: A home for the future
Drum roll please… We are excited to introduce our “Home for the Year,” where we will examine the private and public spaces throughout the home and gain insight into the…
Family Fundamentals
For McPhee Associates and M. Duffany Builders, the lessons learned over two generations prove that nice guys finish first Bob McPhee took a chance in 1972 when he went into…
Design for all time
Patrick Ahearn’s ‘Timeless’ highlights the architect’s decades worth of work and altruistic approach to design Before becoming the accomplished architect he is today, Patrick Ahearn first had dreams of a…
Next Wave: Alison Alessi & Meghan O’Reilly
Alison Alessi & Meghan O’Reilly, A3 Architects If the world of TV and film is any indication, when two women band together, they’re unstoppable. Take Laverne and Shirley, for instance,…
Treehouse Lodge an adventure
In this installment of our Building Business series, we share the story behind a newly renovated motor lodge in Woods Hole that’s redefining family vacations Treehouse Lodge is the perfect…
Inspiration in bloom
Inventive touches to a Cape Cod home lead to a successful business Twenty years ago, Peter and Marsha Malone were like many young families who looked forward to the occasional…
What’s old is new again
Minglewood Homes revitalizes a historic home in Chatham’s Old Village There’s an inherent charm to an older, historic house—the past is ever present. You can imagine all of the life…
The Artful Home
Gallery owners and artists across the region offer guidance and expertise for homeowners looking to buy art for their home “You’ve got to find something in your private environment that…
Not Your Grandma’s Beachside Bungalow
Nantucket designer Donna Elle breathes new life into a ‘Sconset cottage that offers a new backdrop to a lucky young family Julie Forgaard’s newly renovated Siasconset bungalow stands unassumingly among…
Island Artisan: Jennifer McCurdy
Martha’s Vineyard ceramicist creates porcelain perfection In the basement studio of her waterfront Vineyard Haven home, ceramic artist Jennifer McCurdy is transforming clay into extraordinary, rather ethereal works of art.…
Newly Nostalgic
Designer collaboration: We worked with two local designers to transform this family home into a nostalgic holiday scene from years past. Read the inspiration behind the designs and learn more…
Next Wave: Kelsey Birchenall
Online only: Read more from our interview with Kelsey Birchenall Kelsey Birchenall, Longfellow Design Build Within the last two years, Kelsey Birchenall has gone from designing office spaces as a corporate…
Cape Cod Life General Store Partner Profile: First Harbor Company
Roped in: First Harbor Company’s handcrafted wreaths are tied to tradition Heritage is important to Marblehead resident Tom Peach. A descendent of one of Marblehead’s founding families, Peach takes great pride…
‘Blitz’ project builds home and hope
For the third time, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod teams up with Habitat for Humanity to change a family’s life in just one week Remember in…
Changing Spaces
A family moves from one home to another, taking their belongings and their memories Online only: Extensive photo gallery The process of creating a home is the deliberate layering…