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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 in a marsh. On either side, there were lots of houses, many built in the…
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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 waves, a famously difficult thing to do. “Artistically, there are a lot of possibilities,” S…
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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 pastels, the meditative quality of stroking color across paper, the emotional connecti…
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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 on Cape Cod, the heart moves outside. Family gatherings,…
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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 offers stunning 360-degree views of the island from atop a roo…
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Paradise Found
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 Lower Cape home is based on the fool from the Tarot deck of cards. In…
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Classic Chic
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 started as tent sites and slowly evolved over decades, as…
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