Cape & Islands 2011

An Edgartown home presents a demure façade that blends in quietly with its nineteenth-century neighbors, but a look inside reveals the sort of contemporary, sunny interior today’s families covet.

A quaint and cozy Nantucket cottage gets a renovation that makes it bright and breezy as a summer day.

Perfectly turned out in the Shingle style, a new house takes its place among its genteel older neighbors without a whisper of disapproval.

Husband-and-wife architects restore an eighteenth-century Nantucket house to its original, unfussy beginnings, creating a summer home that’s the very essence of island living.

Glazed with ancient deposits from the ocean floor, Woods Hole artist Joan Lederman’s ceramic pieces are a beautiful melding of earth and sea.

New England Home’s editor-in-chief quizzes the Nantucket-based architect about his role in the rebirth of a historical island treasure.

Inspired by beachy hues, three Cape and islands designers select items for the pool and patio

A sampling of the Cape and islands' best resources for the home.