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The interior of a shower with a silver mosaic tile wall

A mosaic wall in the guest shower picks up the texture theme.

Bathroom with dark wood, double-sink vanity. There are separate mirrors hanging above each sink. The countertops are white.

Reflective materials give the smallish master bathroom a sense of space.

Guest bedroom bed in dark green. The bed covers are white and gray. There's gray carpeting on the floor. Nothing hangs above the bed.

A guest room’s textured wallpaper echoes a serene palette of silvery gray with touches of deep green.

The master bedroom bed with a nightstand. The nightstand is topped with books, a barnacle and a plant

The master bedroom is a symphony of deep, rich blues set against a gray-blue grasscloth shot through with metallic threads.

The master bedroom sitting area with a blue velvet armchair and a blue and white accent pillow. There's a window behind the chair and you can see the skyline.

The master suite’s coral-inspired lamp and ocean-blue ombré velvet armchair reference the water views.

A view into a small kitchen with gray tile backsplash. There's a bar with two green barstools. Teo glass pendent lights hang above the bar.

The kitchen is a simple, modern, tactile marvel, with metal-trimmed leather upper cabinets and backsplash tiles of textured antique mirror.

Dining room with round table and four chairs. It's near a window, and you can see into the kitchen. Everything is in shades of gray and we can see the corner of a green chair.

The dining area is simple, with open cantilevered chairs, and a ceiling fixture that helps to define the space.

A gray fireplace with a wave pattern design. There's a dark gray armchair with a blue accent pillow.

The floor-to-ceiling sculpted fireplace wall is a show-stopper.

The condo's living room with a gray couch featuring throw pillows in shades of green, blue and gray. There's a green armchair and the walls behind the couch are mirrored.

The living room is the apartment in microcosm: all contours and texture, mixed materials, muted jewel tones, water references, and modern moments—carefully composed in a painterly way.

Master bathroom with an oversized white tub. The only color in the room is a blue seat at the vanity.

A raised base conceals the plumbing for the master bath’s oversize freestanding tub.

Master bedroom with large bed in front of charcoal gray wall. The bed is clad in beige. There's a stool at the end of the bed.

The master bedroom features a custom headboard of dark-stained bamboo.

Dressing room with walnut closets and a walnut chest of drawers

In the dressing room, clothing, shoes, and accessories are all discreetly stored away in walnut cabinets and a dresser.

Powder room with walnut vanity, black bowl sink and white toilet

The polished wood vanity top in the guest bathroom is a rare irregular shape in the home.

Another view of the kitchen with walnut cabinets and white counters

A narrow opening between the kitchen and dining area was dramatically expanded to create the sense of openness.

Kitchen with walnut cabinets and three taupe barstools. There are green plants on the walnut shelves hanging from the gray tiled walls.

The range is the only visible appliance in the kitchen; all others are disguised behind the cabinetry.

Living area featuring walnut shelving, leather taupe chairs and decorative objects in metallic shades

The television sinks into a hidden alcove in the built-in cabinet, crafted by Woodmeister Master Builders, when it’s not in use.

Round, walnut dining table surrounded by taupe colored chairs with a view into the walnut kitchen

A walnut dining table and pale gray chairs adhere to the color scheme defined by the walls.

Gray and brown entryway with bench and vases of purple flowers

The entry greets homeowners and guests with a sense of calm.

View of living area with couch and chair, dining area and kitchen. Windows offer view of Boston skyline.

Designer Rina Okawa balanced the clean, geometric lines of the open floor plan with the softness and warmth of natural materials, including walls of walnut and mosaic stone, quartzite kitchen counters, and a leather sofa and lounge chair.

A large mirror hangs above a blue desk. There's a green vase of flowers on the desk and an orange lamp. The same geometric blue, purple, green and gray wallpaper is on the wall behind the desk.

An eye-catching mirror enhances light and makes the compact guest room feel bigger.

Master bathroom featuring stand alone bathtub, glass shower, potted plant and a photo of a bookcase above the bathtub.

“You never see a bookcase in a bath, that’s why we love it,” says Josh Linder about the master bath’s photo.

Guest room with a bed featuring a mustard colored headboard, white duvet and a black-and-white striped bench at the foot of the bed. The wallpaper behind the bed is a geometric pattern in shades of purple, blue, green and gray.

Bold patterns and bright colors happily coexist in the guest room; the photograph is by David Heitholt.

Powder room with white sink, white toilet, wallpaper that mimics malachite and a piece of modern artwork showing pink lines.

Green-as-malachite wallpaper revs up the powder room.

The back patio featuring an orange fence, orange high-backed chairs, a couch with orange cushions and three round white tables

Festive flashlights lined up along the patio fence add nighttime ambience.

A sitting area featuring a green sectional couch, skylights, white walls, glass hexagonal tables and a shag rug in shades of green, blue and purple.

Bee drawings in the sunroom are mounted on wallpaper intended to represent the insects’ busyness.

Kitchen with dark brown cabinets and white countertops. Cookbooks line the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.

A colorful lineup of cookbooks stands as a design element in the kitchen.

An office area with a white desk, a black chair with spikes on the back and another large piece of art in rainbow stripes. On top of the desk is a black lamp with spikes on the base and two red glass orbs.

Spikes and spiky items—the Pyrus lamp and a metal-studded chair inspired by the British punk fashion movement—are a fun theme throughout.

The living area featuring a couch upholstered in wide green and green-blue stripes, floor-to-ceiling windows that look out over trees, a pale taupe couch, a wood credenza and a large piece of art featuring rainbow-colored stripes

Nodding to the home’s traditional past, the living room’s decorative moldings remain.

Blue door opens to an entryway featuring a brown side with an Hermes change tray and a vase of flowers. Above the table are six prints featuring Brooklyn scenes

A grid of lively Brooklyn street scenes greets visitors as they enter.

A sedate red-brick front hides the home’s true personality.

A gray bird bath with red fall foliage in the background.

The Ucello birdbath with fieldstone finish has a basin of hand-turned brass.

Bowl-shaped water featuring with water spilling out of the spout. The sky, clouds and trees are reflected in the water in the bowl.

This Terrina bowl in bluestone finish with a spillway spout measures 32½ inches in diameter.

Lunaform owner and artist Phid Lawless in blue jeans, a green jacket and a blue ball cap stands next to his brown French bulldog. There are two copper-colored urns behind him.

Phid Lawless and Frankie in front of extra-large Banded Ebro urns.

A bowl-shaped planter displayed in a black iron stand on a deck surrounded by forest

Morgan’s Cauldron, a bowl planter in limestone, measuring 23 inches tall and 37½ inches in diameter.

A natural-colored urn with a green plant in it. It's on a table and behind it are brick planters and green foilage.

The 30-inch-tall Pico planter.

A copper, urn-shaped planter with the forest in the background

Ellipse Pico, a 44-inch-tall planter with a liquid copper finish.

A reddish-colored urn turned on its side under an overhang. There's green foliage in the background.

The Borghese urn is 48 inches tall.

A gold-toned urn in an iron stand with boulders and trees in the background

Isola, a 52-inch-tall amphora in a limestone finish with liquid copper streaks.

A blonde-wood staircase with a blurred person walking down the stairs. To the right of the staircase is a book shelf filled with books.

A healthy home supports a healthy lifestyle. Photo by Chris Cooper. Architect: Lake|Flato. Build: Bensonwood.

An open kitchen with a cook standing at the counter. The cabinets are white and the countertop is gray. There are three gray barstools at the counter and seven white pendant lights hanging from the ceiling.

The kitchen in this Texas home has a relaxed modern atmosphere through the use of natural and reclaimed materials, ample lighting, and a prefab shell with passive house standards. Photo by Casey Dunn. Architect: Aamodt/Plumb. Builder: Risinger Build. Engineer/Prefab Shell: Bensonwood.

Master bathrooms with dark-wood vanity, large, white, stand-alone bathtub, and a glass shower. There are three wood-framed windows in the room, letting in plenty of natural light.

Natural lighting and materials in this master bath create a timeless sanctuary. Photo by James R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

Another living area with a dining table, a kitchen featuring a wine refrigerator and a gray bar with three bar stools, and a couch. There is a row of decorative fruit on the table and arched, wood-beamed ceilings.

Even large spaces feel comfortable when Passive House design strategies are employed. This stained Douglas Fir timber frame is airy but still feels cozy. Photo by James R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

Master bedroom with a bed covered in white bedding. There's a ceiling fan hanging from the pitched roof over the bed. Windows look out on the green yard.

The master bedroom occupies the cottage’s new partial second floor. Oversize window panes with black mullions frame the vista.

Living area featuring barn doors, an off-white sofa and a picnic-bench dining room table

Partial cathedral ceilings, a soft palette, consistent materials, and wide-board ash help the cottage’s single first-floor room seem larger.

The back of the cottage featuring an expansive green lawn in front of a river. There are Adirondack chairs facing the river and surrounding a fire pit plus two chaise lounge chairs facing the river

Windows abound at the rear of both cottage and studio, the better to gaze out over the water.

Kitchen with white cabinets and stainless-steel appliances. Pendant lamps hang from the pitched ceiling above a dining room table. Three windows look out onto the yard.

The kitchen is “all about the river views,” says architect Jim Estes, with big windows and a minimal interior palette that features custom painted cabinets, Caesarstone countertops, and open shelving of white marble.

Green grass and lush green trees frame a studio, shed and the cottage, all painted in shades of white with gray roofs

A parking courtyard separates an entirely new shed and studio building, on the right, from the renovated cottage.

A rock wall in the foreground and then a studio behind a wood fence with horizontal slats. The two-story studio is surrounded by trees.

The door-sized windows of the studio, which replaced an old garage, allow for a view through to the river.

Front of a cottage with a low stone wall, green grass and purple flowers in the foreground

The renovation of the cottage included adding a partial second floor. Builder Rick Guidelli disassembled and rebuilt the brick chimney, covering it with stucco.

Vesper (2018), monoprint and pastel, 15″H × 15″W

Sea Creature 2 (2018), copper plate etching with hand coloring and collaged colored threads, 10″H × 16″W

Scroll 6 (2018), collagraph with inked dried seaweed and yarn, 19″H × 9¾”W

Leda 1 (2018), monoprint and collage on veneer plate, 16″H × 15″W

Escape 1 (2018), copper plate etching, black and white, 12″H × 6½”W

Bluff #4 (2017), monoprint, 12″H × 11″W

Beach Trail 1 (2018), monoprint, collage, and pastel, 15″H × 15″W

Natural lighting and materials in this master bath create a timeless sanctuary. Photo by James R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

A healthy home supports a healthy lifestyle. Photo by Chris Cooper. Architect: Lake|Flato. Build: Bensonwood.

Kitchen with wood cabinets in a gray tone. The counters are white and gray marble. There's a blurry person walking through the photo. Two metal pendant lights hang above the counter.

Indoor air quality has a direct relationship to occupant health. Photo by James R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

Living area of a cabin with wood-planked floors and a wood-planked ceiling. Floor-to-ceiling windows reveal a view of the surrounding mountains and trees.

By constructing the building components off-site, this off-the-grid cabin created little construction waste and had a minimal impact on the surrounding natural environment. Photo by Matt Delphenich. Architect: I-Kanda Architects. Builder: Bensonwood.

A view of a living area featuring a dining room table in dark wood, a natural-colored couch, a fireplace and a wood-beamed ceiling.

Passive House design strategies create a sense of calm from the moment you step through the front door of this contemporary cape style timber frame home. Photo by James R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

Modern living with high, wood-beamed ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a gas fireplace clad in stone.

This modern home features natural materials such as heavy douglas fir glulam timbers, long span beams and white oak flooring The home is built to Passive House standards complete with triple glazed windows, air source heat pump, Bensonwood’s OBPlus walls and an energy recovery ventilator for high indoor air quality. Photo by James. R. Salomon. Design|Build: Bensonwood.

Master bedroom with bedding in shades of white and taupe. There's a view of Boston Harbor outside the window.

Favorite pieces—like the wife’s father’s lounge chair and the couple’s headboard—were redone and incorporated into the master suite.

A white couch with throw pillows in oranges and purples. There is a large painting of tulips in a vase above the couch. The tulips are pink and red. There's also a cocktail table with a vase of orange flowers.

The family room’s accent colors were inspired by the tulip painting in the homeowners’ art collection.

Looking into the kitchen we see white cabinets and an eat-in bar with bar stools covered in purple vinyl. There are eggplants on the white countertop.

The kitchen features vinyl-covered bar chairs for worry-free eating.

Display case in the dining room near the glass dining room table surrounded by chairs with purple cushions.

A built-in of stainless steel and faux-ostrich vinyl makes a striking display for art pieces.

A painting of Sophia Loren on the cover of Vogue magazine hangs above a dining room table with purple chair cushions

A sultry Sophia Loren ups the glam factor in the dining area.

A broader view of the living room featuring the view, a neutral colored couch and a large painting with a white background and black rosebuds hanging above the couch.

Pops of color amid a sea of neutrals keep the living room warm and inviting.

Living room in soft pastel colors with large windows looking out over Boston harbor. There's a painting floating on the window.

An absence of window treatments, a low-backed sofa, and streamlined swivel chairs play up the show-stopping view from the living room of a condominium in Boston’s Seaport District.

A kelly-green bedframe with white bedding and a white monogrammed pillow

A bold green bed stands in contrast to a bedroom’s sedate white walls.

Office with a window seat and brown desk

Work meets play in the upstairs office space, where a mismatched desk and chair are all business, while book breaks can be taken in the window seat.

Office with dark gray walls, built-in book shelves and a brown sofa

Framed banners enhance the masculine feel of the office, where a sofa tucks into a custom-built nook.

a large white bathtub with brass fixtures sits in front of a window. There's a photograph of palm trees on the gray wall.

An Empire tub, grounded by a herringbone tile floor, is the centerpiece of the master bathroom.

Girl's bedroom as seen through a doorway trimmed in white wood and black and white wallpaper. There's a white bed with a white monogrammed pillow.

The younger daughter’s bedroom is viewed here from a shared bathroom clad in Fireworks wallpaper by Albert Hadley.

Guest bedroom with gray bed and a black and white photo of palm trees

A kaleidoscope sculpture by Boston-based artist Damien Hoar de Galvan adds a splash of color to a guest bedroom.

Kitchen with a white island and dark wood, backless bar stools. There's a tray on the counter stacked with red bell peppers, bananas, kale and turnips

The brass fittings of the custom range hood are matched by similar accents in the pendant lights. Backless counter stools slide in unobtrusively beneath the island overhang when not in use.

Bright dining area with large windows, black table and a brass and glass lighting fixture

Design and durability unite in the casual dining area where a Verellen table is paired with Eames molded plastic dowel-leg chairs. The light fixture above provides minimal distraction from the views of the backyard.

Power room with mirror framed in white fake wood. The wallpaper looks like green fronds.

A faux bois mirror in the powder room is the perfect partner to the Tropical Isle wallpaper from Schumacher.

Mirrored bar with glass shelves for liquor. There's a bowl of lemons and limes on the counter and brass elephants on the bar back.

A trio of brass elephants trumpet their presence behind the mirrored bar.

Bar room with gray-blue walls, a painting of a nude woman on the wall, and green armchairs

The bar room’s decor is built around the artwork on the wall, with a complementary color scheme, traditional moldings, and an oval captain’s window.

Hallway with sconces and are collection on the walls

The home’s central hallway serves as a gallery for the owners’ collection of original artwork, as well as providing access to each of the first-floor rooms, with larger doors to public spaces and smaller openings to more private areas.

Cozy living room with a brown couch and a wood and marble fireplace

Thematic bronze sconces by Visual Comfort flank the living room’s formal fireplace; the art over the mantel is by interior designer Jill Goldberg.

Dining area with large, dark wood table on top of a rug in shades of coral and blue. There's a chandelier above the table that looks like a bunch of clear glass grapes.

Reproduction loop dining chairs find spherical echoes in a cast-resin sphere chandelier and the Peter Dunham fabric on the head chairs. A weathered linen tea rose–hued wallcovering by Phillip Jeffries complements the vintage rug.

Child's bedroom with wood bed, bookshelves, chest of drawers and leather seats at the end of the bed

Red accents pop against the pale blue background in a boy’s bedroom.

Children's nursery with a white crib tied with orange bows. Pictures of animals hang above the crib. There's a white chair next to the crib and a floor lamp with a white shade.

Broad stripes on the ceiling give the nursery a look that’s cute but not cloying.

Bed in master bedroom with wood frame and canopy, pale green table lamps, bench at the end of the bed

Soft greens and neutrals keep the master bedroom feeling serene.

The basement was reconfigured to create a rec room and den for family fun.

Homework room is painted light gray with orange and white patterned accents

The library was turned into a playroom and homework center, with open shelving and a bright pin board above each desk.

Cheerful kitchen with white cabinets, white chairs at the table, which is topped with a white pitcher filled with orange flowers

A backsplash and countertops of statuary marble marry gray and white tones in the new kitchen; the breakfast area’s chairs, swamped in the flood, were restored and repainted.

Traditional dining room table in dark wood with a chandelier hanging above and taper candles on top

Gates brought a new level of comfort to the dining room with luxurious velvet-upholstered host chairs that complement the existing dining set. A custom wood and lacquer buffet balances the traditional style of the dining room with some contemporary lines.

Detail of a leather chair next to a fireplace. Behind the chair is built in bookshelves displaying colorful books and art objects

Designer Erin Gates updated the room by swapping out the wood fireplace mantel for a surround of marble and limestone and adding twin built-in bookcases.

Living room with light gray couch, rectangular coffee table, abstract art above the couch and built in bookshelves

Neutral tones and simple, comfortable furnishings make the living room a favorite place to unwind.

Living room with fireplace, light gray couch, white side table, leopard-print accent chair, tree, yellow bench and yellow accent pillows

Splashes of yellow burst against the pale gray and white of the family room. A custom Stark rug with a geometric pattern ties everything together nicely.

Stairway in the entry with a chair at the bast and a wood chest

The entry is a study in black and white contrasts. The wool stair runner looks like sisal but is easier to clean.

Master bathroom with dark gray vanity, light gray floors, two mirrors over the double sink and off-white walls

A bedroom was converted into a master bath, complete with mosaic marble floors and medicine cabinets framed with trim that mimics the home’s window casings.

Bed in master bedroom with a portal window and wallpaper on the walls and ceiling. Blue lamps on the side tables.

To introduce architectural character into the bedrooms, each was given its own niche; the one in the master was embellished with lacy Weitzner wallpaper.

Sitting area with gray couch, brown leather chair, metal and stone coffee table, blue accent pillows, wood chest of drawers, window covered with taupe drapes

The master bedroom includes a sitting area.

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