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Style by Design

Cape Cod Home  /  Early Summer 2025 /

Writer: Julie Craven Wagner / Photographer: Peter Julian 

Style by Design

Cape-Cod-HOME

Cape Cod Home  /  Early Summer 2025 /

Writer: Julie Craven Wagner / Photographer: Peter Julian 


By opening Alex & Co. in Osterville, Alexandra Slote realizes her dream of creating a full-service design center in Osterville.

Interior designer Alexandra Slote knows a thing or two about what it takes to create a home on Cape Cod. The talented and experienced designer has appointed, furnished and finished homes for clients for almost 20 years, and in 2022 when she and her husband built a new home for their family, she quickly discovered the Cape didn’t provide a solution for many of her needs. “When we built our house here in Osterville, I was looking for a variety of things, and for me it is literally a part of my DNA, my first choice is always to support local businesses,” she explains. “Despite how hard I tried to shop locally, I just couldn’t find anywhere to buy things right then and there. And I thought, ‘Gosh, Osterville really needs a place where people can stop in and buy things off the floor; finish their houses; or even just get ready for guests and get whatever they need.’”

After finishing their house, Slote says their realtor called in response to her request to find office space for her Boston-based interior design business so she could work while on the Cape. “Our real estate agent called us and said, ‘I’ve got more than office space. I’ve got an entire building that just came up.’ I went and looked at it, and immediately thought, ‘That’s it. That’s going to be a store.’” The space at 857 Main Street in Osterville village had been the home to Checkerberry Interiors for decades. The iconic property had become a mainstay in the quiet village, not only for the welcoming broad steps that...

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Julie Craven Wagner

Julie Craven Wagner began her experience with Cape Cod Life in 2010 when she joined the sales team after 10 years of working with local businesses on the Cape and Islands with WMVY. In addition to sales, she is the Associate Publisher/Editor of Cape Cod LIFE, Cape Cod HOME, and Cape Cod ART. Growing up on the Outer Cape has given her a unique perspective of life on Cape Cod, from tip to bridge, and that is reflected in her appreciation and presentation of stories found within the pages of our publications. Julie lives in North Falmouth with her husband, Eric, and their yellow lab, Enzo. When she finds free time, she enjoys her Cape Cod life sailing on Buzzards Bay, spending time on the beach in Wellfleet, or exploring Martha’s Vineyard.