July – August 2014

Polly Lewis sign

An Affair to Remember

It’s some kind of magic. And the same holds true when a house is involved. Take the couple who profess…

READ MORE

Fancy This

Anyone who has ever driven the winding Route 127 along the North Shore of Massachusetts knows the pleasure of slowing…

READ MORE
Christopher P. Williams Architects

The Phoenix

At 6:30 a.m. on a cloudy May morning in 2012, David Frost drove to his job site, same as any…

READ MORE
Sheridan Interiors hallway wall

Young at Heart

The original plan called for a teardown and do-over. Down would come the turn-of-the-century barn, and up would go a…

READ MORE
Fiona Walker

Kids Stuff

“Decorate a kid’s room?” you ask. Sounds counterintuitive, right? Childhood passes in the blink of an eye, so why agonize…

READ MORE
Anne Neely Pond Park

Natural Talent

Anne Neely’s landscape-inspired semiabstract works invite reflection on the beauty and fragility of our environment.

READ MORE
Michael Savoia curtain edging

In Stitches

From his chic urban loft in Providence, Michael Savoia embroiders luxury textiles to furnish the interiors of our country’s most...

READ MORE
Artefact Home|Garden

Design Destination Artefact Home|Garden

Belmont, Massachusetts A couple of years ago, our friend Nora suggested that we might like to visit a home store…

READ MORE
Newport boathouse

All Hands On Deck

From boyhood, Arthur Curtiss James vowed he would one day sail around the world in his own yacht. Over the…

READ MORE

Gallery – Porches, Patios, Decks, and Terraces

Serene East and West meet gently on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where a depression in this shingled dwelling’s rocky…

READ MORE