Collecting the Cape
“When you’re going to renovate a house, always hire an architect you’ve known for 50 years,” say the owners of an exquisite Cape in Brewster. Although the owners present this advice as a joke, the nature of their relationship with architect Kevin Lichten actually did…
Read MoreStaying a Step Ahead
The future is now. Our homes have the ability to anticipate what we don’t know. Shelter. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term as, “a position or state of being covered and protected.” In recent times, our homes have offered exactly that: a place where we…
Read MoreIt’s Easy Being Green
From the cozy three-season porch of their charming Sandwich home, Judith and William Holt are saving money, energy and the Cape’s most enviable resource: the environment. In Judith and William Holt’s stylish kitchen, the phrase, “A watched pot never boils” is never used. Like much…
Read MoreTo the Rafters
The very first design decision was to remove almost 1,000 square feet of living space from the home. The new owners loved that the late-1940s Cape directly fronted a large sweep of Buzzards Bay. But the upstairs consisted of a warren of small dark rooms…
Read MoreThere’s a Class for That!
Architect Patrick Ahearn shares his vast knowledge, insight and experience with an online audience. Edgartown has a rich commercial core thanks to restaurants, shops, waterfront views and classic New England architecture. But, Edgartown would not look or feel the way it does today without the…
Read MoreAnd That’s the Tea
The Dunbar House in Sandwich brings the elegance and fun of a classic English Afternoon Tea to Cape Cod. You walk through the doors of the old building, greeted by a dark wood bar, low ceilings and tapestries of gentlemen on fox hunts. The creak…
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