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In Harwich Port, a summer home reflects a lifestyle firmly anchored to the harbor.
168 Harbor Watch
A couple and their design team go to great lengths to ensure this Orleans vacation spot defers to its setting.
184 Summer Dreams
A young family makes the most of the season in a Martha’s Vineyard cottage revamped to suit their active lifestyle.
196 Memory Lane
Recollections of childhoods on Nantucket drive the design of a next-generation family retreat.
210 Tried and True
New and old merge in this remodeled early-twentiethcentury cape in Chatham.
Summer 2025
96 Good Bones
A historic home is reborn thanks to a thoughtful homeowner and passionate design team.
Walker Architects takes inspiration from the past to craft a modern dwelling on the Cape.
Susan Stacy gives new meaning to the phrase finders keepers.
Favorite finds from some of the Cape & Islands best shops. Plus: let the games begin!
A reimagined Falmouth vacation home expands to make space for a growing number of friends and family.
110 Small Spaces
Polhemus Savery DaSilva returns to a decade-old home to create a whimsical pool pavilion.
A Cape Cod heritage company evolves to meet the desires of an increasingly design-savvy clientele.
126 The Scene
A summer soiree on Nantucket serves seasonal fare with design flair.
132
Shop Visit
Jarves & Main is part lifestyle store, part design studio, part art gallery, all beauty.
138
Artistry
Joe Diggs finds peace at his childhood home in Osterville.
144
Required Reading
After fifty-seven years, Nantucket Looms releases its first book.
The Good Life
222
On the Market
These three exceptional properties on the Cape and Islands are looking for new homeowners.
230
Style Scene
Mark your calendars for the best design-related events of the summer.
Editor’s Note
Resources 238 Advertiser Index 240 Last Look
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Welcome
When does it truly feel like summer to you? Is it when you stow that last piece of luggage in your packed car or the relief you feel when you finally cross the Cape Cod Canal? Or maybe it’s your first step (followed by an immediate shoulder drop) on island after disembarking from ferry or plane
Despite the geographic and sometimes aesthetic confines of building a home on the Cape and Islands, the combo of weathered shingles and salt air is unquestionably intoxicating. And after eighteen years of covering the region, we still find plenty t hat ma kes our design hearts sing. One South Yarmouth home may very well be the oldest we’ve published—the original saltbox structure dates to 1660. In desperate need of rescue, the home wound up in good hands with a design team that endeavored to preserve as much as possible; my favorite moment was the clever use of old lath-and-plaster boards to appealingly graphic effect.
Other homes in this issue draw on a more recent history and pay homage to the modern structures that sprouted across the Outer Cape in the latter half of the twentieth century. The practice was both sensitive to the land and to the ideals of the bohemian vacationers who flocked to the area for inspiration. Today, the same qualities attract many weekenders looking to commune with nature and bask in that special Outer Cape light.
W hate ver, or whenever, it is that marks the beginning of summer for you, we hope this issue plays a part in making it the best one yet. Thanks for reading!
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Contributors
When Greg Premru isn’t photographing residential and commercial projects in New England, he’s fishing its waters. So when he was asked to shoot “The Power of Place” on page 152, he was immediately drawn to the garage turned fishing shack. “It’s a Cape fisherman’s dream come true: timeless storage for your favorite rods and gear, plus space to prep for your next outing. And it totally helps that your boat awaits at the dock outside your door.” Premru’s favorite fishing grounds? Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.
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ZEN LIFE
Attention, design students! Studio North, a weeklong intensive workshop on Martha’s Vineyard, is back for its twelfth season. Guided by architects Keith Moskow and Robert Linn of Cambridge-based Moskow Linn Architects, participants will design and construct a complete prototype structure. Last summer’s team built a pocket-sized meditation chapel that the students dubbed the Zen Den. moskowlinn.com/studio-north
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Hutker Architects’ third book, New England Coastal: Homes That Tell a Story, offers thirteen case studies supporting the firm’s philosophy: build once, well. Led by founding principal Mark A. Hutker, the Falmouth-based firm demonstrates its commitment to honoring vernacular traditions and the cherished regional landscape in vibrant photography and thoughtful essays. hutkerarchitects.com
After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross in 2024, Kate Lagassé, whose parents own the building firm The Lagassé Group, immersed herself in writing and photography. With a strong interest in the visual arts, she was excited to tell the story of Nantucket Looms in “Lasting Legacy” on page 144. “Having the opportunity to focus on Nantucket Looms’ first book felt truly special. I learned about a creative legacy that has transformed the lives of artists and island residents, and a story embedded in the community’s history.”
Jenna Talbott portrait by Jessica Delaney. Greg Premru portrait by Will Premru
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INSPIRED INTERIORS
Here There&
Cape Crusade
A historic home is reborn thanks to a thoughtful homeowner and passionate design team.
Text by MARIA L A PIANA | Photography by JARED
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The second-floor family room showcases the home’s original post-and-beam joinery. The casual sitting area features a combination of Holland & Sherry and Pierre Frey fabrics. The playful hooked area rug is from Steven King Decorative Carpets.
The first time the interior design team saw Paddock House, it was hoisted several feet in the air to facilitate the pouring of a new foundation. “So much had been stripped from its shell that it barely resembled a house at all,” remembers Natalie Lebeau, principal designer for SLC Interiors.
FROM ABOVE: The first-floor sitting room shows the original rafters and exposed timber framing. In the multipurpose breakfast/game room, the table, chair, and apothecary chest are from Mulligan’s. After learning that the homeowner wanted to repurpose the old lath-and-plaster boards rescued from demolition, the design team used them throughout the entryway and open staircase to create a graphic “wallpaper.”
CLOCKWISE
She was with the firm’s founder, Susanne Lichten Csongor, on that day in 2019, right after longtime clients commissioned the Boston-based designers to renovate the interiors of their recently purchased South Yarmouth home.
Dating to 1660, the house had a seafaring pedigree (an early owner, Ichabod Paddock, was a prominent figure in the whaling industry). And while
the 2,675-square-foot structure was in a fragile state, to say the least, says Csongor, “the beauty of the original exposed timber ceiling shone through, and we instantly knew that we’d want to highlight that feature in our final design.”
With the house gutted, everything was slated for change—from floor plan to furnishings. The result: a saltbox reimagined for twenty-first-century living.
room is a
The breakfast/game
favorite gathering place. New supports were created from antique heart-pine beams found in the cellar. Its many movable pieces include pedestal-style tables and painted case goods.
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“It’s a fresh, livable take on classic Americana,” says Lebeau. The project, completed in 2022, was executed so beautifully and faithfully that it won the 2024 Bulfinch Award for Interior Design, a prestigious honor given by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
The designers worked closely with the homeown-
er, a longtime enthusiast of historic preservation. “It helped that he has fabulous taste and a deep love for home renovations,” says Csongor.
The heavy lifting was directed by Driftwood Cape Cod’s John Richards, renowned for his passion for historic homes. “We did everything we could to save everything possible, including all of the flooring,”
The overall feel of the kitchen remains true to its humble seventeenth-century origins, with distressed painted cabinets, open shelving, stools with rush seats, and a Shakerinspired iron chandelier.
“IT’S
A FRESH, LIVABLE TAKE ON CLASSIC
AMERICANA.”
—Interior designer Natalie Lebeau says Richards.
Design direction started with a reimagined historic palette. “We took rustic browns and indigos, made some more muddied, others more colorful,” Lebeau says. “We used patterns to illustrate them—from block prints and
ABOVE: In the primary bath, the vanity backsplashes were designed to mimic the backboard of a Federal-style chest. The room features stoneware sinks and hand-forged lighting, while a hand-painted blanket chest serves as a period-appropriate accent. LEFT: A second-floor bedroom is furnished with a mix of Early American pieces, including a Sheraton-style bed from Leonards New England.
wovens to embroidered fabrics.”
The designers opted for mostly custom furnishings for scale and durability. “They look old but are very comfortable,” says Lebeau. “Susanne found beautiful antiques to complement our choices, and we relied on Trefler’s [restoration services] to breathe new life into vintage pieces.”
In the end, it was the melding of old and new that proved most satisfying, says Lebeau: “There’s nothing like seeing bench-made furniture and modern fabrics live alongside lovingly restored antiques in perfect harmony.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
ARCHITECTURE: The Hopkins Company Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN: SLC Interiors
BUILDER: Driftwood Cape Cod
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Although the residence sits in a suburban lot bound by two roads, a sense of privacy prevails. Walker Architects designed the structure and curved driveway to retain an abundance of mature trees, and much of the street is screened by plant life.
The Merger
Walker Architects takes inspiration from the past to craft a modern dwelling on the Cape. Text by ALYSSA
BIRD | Photography by S ABRINA COLE QUINN
When Walker Architects was asked to envision a weekend retreat in Eastham for a pair of urbanites, a discussion about the area’s design history got the ball rolling.
“The outer reaches of Cape Cod have an interconnected tradition of two residential building types,” says project manager Jacob Hilley. “There are the simple barns and
ABOVE: The tallest of the three volumes is the great room, where the kitchen, living, and dining areas afford southern and western exposures; the owners commissioned a piece by John van Orsouw for the space. LEFT: Additional artists represented in the great room include, from left to right, Rolf Jahn, Nella Lush, and Joerg Dressler.
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houses skinned in a taut jacket of cedar shingles with minimal trim, and the later mid-twentieth-century mode rn homes built by Bauhaus émigr és and their follo wers featuring glass walls and flat roofs. Both designs acknowledge coastal weather with little fuss or upkeep required.”
The final concept for the
1,120-square-foot two-bedroom residence is a bit of both: it showcases the modern, International Style the clients favor, but it’s encased in natural wood siding instead of the white stucco often associated with that architectural language.
Siting the building took careful consideration, as the lot is an undulat-
The exterior features ipe plank siding and Alaskan yellow-cedar shingles, both of which naturally weather to silver. A footpath off the ipe deck leads to a nearby beach, and an outdoor shower provides a convenient rinse station before heading back inside.
The front door opens into the kitchen, where a custom bar-height walnut dining table with a honed absolute black granite top serves double duty as additional prep space. The Thos. Moser stools are from the clients’ own collection.
ABOVE: The primary bedroom is elevated above a natural depression in the landscape, allowing for a balcony off the room that’s approximately seven feet above grade. RIGHT: The materials palette of walnut and absolute black granite in the kitchen continues in the primary bath.
ing pine barren bound by two roads. In an effort to preserve the natural forest canopy while allowing for southernfacing windows and outdoor areas, the firm had the lot’s address changed from the southern street to the northern one at the lower end of the site.
Now, visitors approach from the north, ascending a drive until they reach a three-volume structure nestled into an existing ridge. One walks between the combination garage-and-office volume and the bedroom volume via a long, covered deck that culminates at the front door, located in the tallest volume containing the light-filled great room.
“The result is a courtyard-like space that’s sheltered from the rain but open to the early morning sun,” explains Hilley.
The glassy kitchen, living, and dining
Celebrating 30 Years
The covered entry deck is a well-used aspect of the home’s three-volume concept. “The space is carefully arranged to be open to early morning sunlight, covered to provide shelter from rain, and screened from the road by the garage volume,” explains Jacob Hilley of Walker Architects.
“OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE A HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE IT’S OUT IN NATURE DESPITE BEING LOCATED IN A SUBURBAN SETTING.” —Architectural designer Jacob Hilley
areas enjoy southern and western views of the landscape as well as a wraparound deck that cuts into the hillside. The third outdoor space is a balcony off the primary bedroom, which is perched over a ravine.
“Our goal was to create a house that feels like it’s out in nature despite being
located in a suburban setting,” says Hilley. “Weathered wood siding recalls the time-tested materials of old Cape Cod homes, while large windows carry the influence of the modernist structures that began to blur the lines between inside and out.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN: Walker Architects
BUILDER: Ambrose Homes
Cape Cod • Martha’s Vineyard • Nantucket
Collector’s Edition
Susan Stacy gives new meaning to the phrase finders keepers.
Text by KATHRYN O’SHEA-EVANS | Photography by GREG PREMRU | Produced by KARIN LIDBECK BRENT
A sculptural mobile dangles above the side-entrance table in Susan Stacy’s Cape Cod home. Paired with hand-stained wood floors and vintage shoe molds, it hints at the playfulness found inside.
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Every serious antiquarian knows that sometimes you must bide your time to get what you really want. For Boston interior designer Susan Stacy— who collects everything from hat molds to shoe molds, then turns them into decorative objets d’art—her Cape Cod house itself was the ultimate find worth waiting for. “I grew up not far from here, and I’d always admired it,” she says of the 1920s colonial revival. “It has presence: the way it sits way back from the road, it’s a classic old house.”
TOP: The family’s yellow labrador retrievers, Zeke and Ziggy, are just as much a part of the home as any antique or architectural flourish. RIGHT: In the family room, wooden hat molds—many of which Stacy found in Europe—act as de facto art on the bookshelves.
Originally purchased as a weekend getaway for her family, the home that presides over three lush acres became their full-time residence fifteen years ago—a move prompted by the unexpected passing of Stacy’s father and a desire to be closer to her mother as they sorted things out. What was intended to be a sabbatical year quickly turned into something permanent when her kids enrolled in school—and thrived.
The house had not been revamped much by previous owners—something Stacy saw as a gift. “Everything needed work, which was great in many respects because a lot of the architecture was intact,” she explains. Inside, the design story unfolds like a personal memoir, writ ten and edited over the years.
Case in point: the side-entrance mudroom, which sets the tone for the house with its graphic
A Balinese umbrella filled with twinkle lights—a memento from Stacy’s honeymoon in Indonesia—hangs above the dining table. For a sense of grandeur, she brought the table skirt to the floor.
The screened porch, a favorite gathering spot, includes a daybed swing made from a wonky Indonesian sofa Stacy found while she was out shopping with her late father.
“We lopped the legs off and made it into a swing,” she says.
“We watch movies out here…it’s kind of fun and old-fashioned.”
hand-stained wood floors—a DIY project Stacy finished with her sister-in-law. Throughout the home, vintage finds bring soul. A wall installation of antique shoe molds (each one is unique) and an impressive collection of hat molds are displayed with something nearing reverence.
Another standout moment is the powder room, where the black-and-white walls were hand-painted by Stac y, in collaboration with an artist friend. A carved wood mirror with an attached bowl adds both whimsy and function. “I fill it with flowers,” Stacy says.
While much of the home is painted Benjamin Moore Cloud White, the dining room is a decadent departure. Deep chocolate walls—Falcon Brown, also by Benjamin Moore—set a moody, inviting tone. “It looks like rich chocolate pudding,” Stacy says. Above it, yet another find, this one from Stacy and her husband’s honeymoon
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: On the porch, the combination of wicker and folding chairs offers flexibility, and kerosene lanterns glow beautifully at night. Interior designer and homeowner Susan Stacy arranges flowers in the dining room. In the powder room, Stacy and a friend hand-painted and waxed the walls in a block-printed way that’s reminiscent of Matisse.
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in Indonesia: a festive umbrella, converted for use indoors. “I had it shipped and then cut off the handle,” Stacy says. “I wanted it suspended.” She wove Christmas lights through the umbrella’s inner ribs—proof that sometimes the best thing about a ‘find’ is knowing just how to use it.
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
INTERIOR DESIGN: Susan Stacy Design
BUILDER: Brian Burbic Custom Homes & Woodworking
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects
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Cedar shingles are classic Cape vernacular, but a varied roofline lets the house deviate from the norm. The structure was essentially built around the owners’ existing in-ground swimming pool.
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Val and Doug have had a second home in downtown Falmouth for years, but as their children grew into teens and young adults and their circle of friends expanded, the family’s formerly cozy home began to feel increasingly cramped.
Val, with her background in interior design, enlisted Salt Architecture and its founders, Alissa Hike Harris and Chris Harris, to devise a new home. She says she gravitated toward the firm based on its expertise in creating beautiful but uncomplicated spaces. “With a visually clean slate, I added unexpected and unusual
ABOVE: Hydrangea and other plantings by Bernice Wahler Landscapes frame the front of the house, with a gravel path creating a sense of arrival and mitigating the home’s perpendicular orientation to the street.
RIGHT: A glass-walled passage connects the living spaces to the garage and includes a changing area and coat closets designed and built by carpenter John Russo.
and comfortable.
“THERE AREN’T A LOT OF CURVES IN THE HOUSE, SO THIS WAS A PLACE TO BRING ONE IN.” —Architectural designer Alissa Hike Harris
Kuba woven seagrass pendants in the living room sway in the breeze when the French doors are open in the summer. Durable carpets, sturdy furniture, and copious use of stone and wood combine to make the space both stylish
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ABOVE: The curved second-floor balcony adds warm elegance to the home’s otherwise linear design. LEFT: Exposed rafters serve a dual purpose, nodding to the area’s traditional coastal architecture and allowing warm sunlight into an outdoor shower. The adjacent sunroom is a favorite three-season space for morning coffee.
finishes, lighting, and furnishings, and voilà, dream house!” says Val.
In truth, the project wasn’t quite that straightforward. For one thing, building in a flood zone eliminated the possibility of anything below grade. Salt Architecture and builder S.G. Custom Homes also had to work around an existing swimming pool, and the lot demanded an unusual orientation of the much larger new home relative to the street.
But the collaboration between owners and contractors yielded a residence that gels both physically and aesthetically with its Cape Cod environment
“It’s an established neighborhood, and while the house is architecturally different, it definitely fits in,” says Scott Goldstein of S.G. Custom Homes.
Clever elements, such as the tall oak ceilings on the first floor and exposed rafters on the exterior, add personality to a structure that otherwise prizes flow and functionality over flair.
ABOVE: The large kitchen island is more than a dining and food prep area: it’s also the locus for family gatherings and parties—and has even served as an impromptu dance floor. The tray ceiling helps delineate the kitchen space and provides continuity with the rest of the home. BELOW: In the dining room, Russo’s custom wet bar complements the rustic table by Arhaus. The owner sourced most of the furnishings and fixtures from secondhand shops.
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An arced second-floor balcony overlooking the living room is perhaps the most visually dramatic moment in the home. “There aren’t a lot of curves in the house, so this was a place to bring one in,” explains Hike Harris.
The larger bulk of the house is mitigated by a varied roofline and a glass-walled mudroom between the living area and garage, the lat ter of which includes a second-floor home office. Common spaces like the kitchen, living room, family room, and screened porch are scaled for entertaining and situated in proximity to pool and patio,
with outside views informed by the family’s familiarity with the location.
Yet, “Some of our favorite spaces are the ones we didn’t plan for,” says Val, like a small kitchen nook that “gives us a different perspective of both the backyard and of the kitchen.”
For the family, the new home supports their long-term goal of spending more time on the Cape. “It’s a home that is beautiful but not precious,” says Val. “We put it to the test all year long, and it performs perfectly every time.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
ARCHITECTURE: Salt Architecture
BUILDER: S.G. Custom Homes
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Bernice Wahler Landscapes
A double lot allowed for the construction of a larger replacement house, but nearby neighbors in the downtown setting necessitated the thoughtful placement of windows and landscape screening to maintain privacy.
This Cape Cod pool pavilion’s fireplace is purposefully oversized and aligns with windows in the home’s new family room so it can be enjoyed from inside the house (and from the pool).
Fish Tale
Polhemus Savery DaSilva returns to a decade-old home to create a whimsical pool pavilion.
Text by ERIKA AYN FINCH | Photography by BRIAN VANDEN BRINK
No one would accuse this Cape Cod pool pavilion of being ordinary, even at first glance, but like the Magic Eye pictures of the 1990s, the more you look—or if you tilt your head juuuuust so—the more details you begin to see. For instance, did you notice the sharks?
“The homeowners wanted a fun, lighthearted place for entertaining—something that was consistent with the character of the existing house,” says design principal John DaSilva,
with a grill and double burner, sink,
and wine refrigerators, and an ice maker.
referring to the couple who purchased a home his firm, Polhemus Savery DaSilva, designed nearly a decade ago. “They liked the idea of using whimsical details. If you look at the ends of the rafters and brackets that comprise the cantilevered pergolas, you’ll see shark faces.”
Those parallel pergolas, whimsical elements in their own right, serve a purpose: they shade the pavilion’s alfresco dining area and kitchen. Inside, the red-cedar-clad structure houses a vaulted-ceilinged sitting area and a granite fireplace that is visible from the home’s new family room addition, also designed by PSD. (That room’s ceiling trusses also feature, you guessed it, shark faces.)
ABOVE: The bottoms of the pergola brackets are held above the bluestone terrace, points out architect John DaSilva, so that the cedar doesn’t absorb standing water and become stained. LEFT: The outdoor kitchen, with its convenient pass-through to the pavilion’s interior, is equipped
beverage
“WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAVILION AND OUTDOOR SPACES FLOWED SEAMLESSLY.”
—Landscape architect Rob Calderaro
The entire structure, which DaSilva and PSD senior landscape architect Rob Calderaro both refer to as a “jewel box,” sits in front of a newly built pool with an integrated spa. A bluestone terrace anchors it all. “We wanted to make sure that the pavilion and outdoor spaces flowed seamlessly,” says Calderaro, “and utilizing a consistent paving material, bluestone, inside and outside the pavilion was a big part of making that work.”
When PSD designed and built the original home, those owners elected to use a side yard for outdoor living, leaving the fallow backyard with its fifteen-foot slope untouched. The new owners, however, craved privacy that the side yard couldn’t offer, which
meant bringing in a lot of backfill to level out the land so it could accomodate the pool and pavilion.
Calderaro says the backyard wound up exceeding his expectations, and DaSilva describes the process as rewarding. “It feels good when a new owner understands what makes a house we created special,” he reflects. “It feels even better when they trust us to be good stewards and extend that character.”
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ARCHITECTURE, BUILDER, AND LANDSCAPE
DESIGN: Polhemus Savery DaSilva
INTERIOR DESIGN: Carolyn Thayer Interiors
TOP TO BOTTOM: A piece of driftwood found on a nearby beach serves as the granite fireplace’s mantel. On the other side of the fireplace wall is a powder room and storage; interior designer Carolyn Thayer chose all of the furnishings.
Keeping the Lights On
A Cape Cod heritage company evolves to meet the desires of an increasingly design-savvy clientele.
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LYNDA SIMONTON
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The company’s headquarters is in Orleans. It does double duty as a showroom and workroom.
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When Chris and Kelly Berardi visited The Nauset Lantern Shop the day after Christmas in 2019, it didn’t take long to know they’d found something special. “We walked out after a two-hour tour and said, ‘We can take this awesome product that’s been here for sixty years, and we can make it even better,’ ” recalls Chris. Since then, the couple—he’s a former carpenter and she has a background in
business—has brought new life to the iconic Cape Cod company, focusing on expanding design options while maintaining a legacy of craftsmanship.
A deep commitment to customer service and handmade quality is at the core of the business. Every lantern begins as raw sheet metal and is hand-cut, soldered, and finished
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Kelly and Chris Berardi in the showroom, where Chris holds a custom lantern that combines design elements from the Navigation and Nova lanterns. A lighting display shows the breadth of the company’s work, including table lamps and painted hanging lanterns. A tab is soldered onto a copper leg, which holds a lantern’s glass in place. Coppersmith Jim McVey works on a Masthead Wall Lantern.
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by a small team of artisans, including some who are jewelers by trade.
“Everything is custom-made,” notes Chris. “Each light is built for a specific home, a specific space. We talk with clients about their architectural plans, style preferences, and the natural light in the room. Every detail matters.”
The Berardis’ bespoke approach has become the shop’s signature, whether replicating a classic lantern or creating a contemporary piece like the Nova Onion (a nod to Villanova University, the couple’s alma mater). The Nauset Lantern Shop’s ability to tailor each fixture is what differentiates them.
“We can customize any light,” Chris explains. “It speaks to the homeowner.
It becomes part of their story.”
The coastal design landscape has become quite sophisticated, and the shop’s blend of traditional craftsmanship and
“EACH LIGHT IS BUILT FOR A SPECIFIC HOME, A SPECIFIC SPACE.”
—Shop owner Chris Berardi
modern creativity is resonating. Largescale lanterns are popular, as are historic forms painted in bright hues.
While the business has grown, the Berardis maintain a hands-on approach.
“We’re a small but mighty team,” Kelly shares. “When someone opens that box and pulls out their light, we want them to gasp a little. It’s a piece of jewelry for the home—beautiful, personal, and made to last.” The Nauset Lantern Shop, Orleans, nausetlanternshop.com
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Craftsman Ethan Craven rolls a piece of brass that will become a light canopy. The Navigation Post Lantern is seen here in copper. A coat of Benjamin Moore Sheer Romance gives the Tonset Hanging Lantern a fresh look. The lighting showroom displays a variety of lantern types and styles.
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Let’s Do Lunch
A summer soiree on Nantucket serves seasonal fare with design flair.
Text by JENNA TALBOTT | Photography by JES SICA JENKINS
Kit Kemp’s Time Teller, a fabric from the designer’s collection with Christopher Farr Cloth, adds a globally inspired pattern to a classic Nantucket setting.
Mill Point Seascape
Builder: McPhee Associates
Architect: Patrick Ahearn Architect
Interior Design: Roberta Sobran, Delicious Designs
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For a whirlwind week each summer, design and preservation are the plats du jour. Nantucket by Design, the Nantucket Historical Association’s premier fundraiser, attracts design luminaries from far and wide. Last July, the week’s festivities kicked off with a design-forward luncheon in a quiet corner of The Green Market Farm. Guests gathered at a table topped with famed British designer Kit Kemp’s Time Teller fabric by Christopher Farr Cloth, farm-picked wildflowers, and French-inspired tableware by Maison Margaux. Private chefs from Nantucket’s Fare Isle concocted a seasonal menu for added— and edible—eye appeal. nha.org
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The Green Market Farm is available for summer stays and special events.
Nantucket by Design cochair Marla Mullen Sanford keeps cool with interior designer Kathleen Hay.
Gary Searle of Christopher Farr Cloth (center) shares a laugh with interior designers Nina Liddle and Dee Elms.
Guests enjoy summer salads by Fare Isle private chef service.
Louisa Preskett Mobbs of Maison Margaux greets Michal Silver of Christopher Farr Cloth.
Tessa Cressman is the cofounder of The Green Market Farm.
Josh Steinwand of Studio 534 waves his Time Teller-inspired fan.
In Bloom
Jarves & Main is part lifestyle store, part design studio, part art gallery, all beauty. Text by
ERIKA AYN FINCH | Photography
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RYAN MAHEU
Leslie-jon Vickory wants you to think of her Sandwich shop, Jarves & Main, as a garden. Not necessarily literally—though there are delightful topiaries and those satisfyingly balanced Haws watering cans—but certainly figuratively. “The shop’s personality began to evolve about six months after we opened,” says Vickory, “and it became clear that the space celebrates life and home as metaphors for gardens that are constantly growing and creating.”
Vickory opened the 700-square-foot store, located on the corner of Jarves and Main streets, in 2022 after moving back to the area from Boston with her partner, architect Kahlil Hamady.
(The couple has a studio at the back of the boutique in addition to an office in Greenwich, Connecticut.) Vickory’s
ABOVE: Shop owner and interior designer Leslie-jon Vickory behind the counter at Jarves & Main in Sandwich. LEFT: Last year, the shop launched its own brand of home fragrances and candles, made in France. The scents are all named for elements from French classical gardens: Allée, Parterre, and Bosquet, to name a few.
career trajectory began in luxury residential construction before veering toward interior design in the early 2000s. Along the way, she spent seven years teaching at Boston Architectural College, and she and Hamady have led classes for the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art at its headquarters in New York City, at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, and in Paris.
It goes without saying that the Massachuset ts native has honed her eye for design, especially when it comes to heritage brands and items you might not find easily on Cape Cod. Case in point: Jarves & Main became stockists for British paint and paper company Little Greene last year.
Speaking of painting, Vickory creates drawings and watercolor renderings of many of her projects. Her work can be seen on the labels of the shop’s own line of made-in-Grasse candles and home fragrances. Shoppers might even catch her drawing at her drafting table near the front desk, a quiet moment that adds to an already tranquil sensibility. Jarves & Main, Sandwich, jarvesandmain.com
“THE SPACE CELEBRATES LIFE AND HOME AS METAPHORS FOR GARDENS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING AND CREATING.”
—Shop owner Leslie-jon Vickory
TOP TO BOTTOM: A custom cabinet is backed with Thibaut grasscloth and displays everything from Haws watering jugs to Bergs Potter ceramics and framed watercolors by local artist Áine Cole. Jarves & Main is located in a building that was constructed in 1870 as a dry-goods mercantile on the ground floor with a meeting hall on the floor above.
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ON A GOLDEN POND
By NATHANIEL READE
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Joe Diggs finds peace at his childhood home in Osterville.
Micha’s Pond Grande Sunset (2022), 60"H x 50"W, oil on canvas.
Joe Diggs’s early life on the Cape was not all Topsiders and lobster rolls. A descendant of Cape Verdeans, he struggled with subtle racism and the accidental death of his older brother. For years, he says, he “wandered around like a zombie,” traveled the world, and felt understandable anger about the victims of violent racism he saw in the news, like Rodney King and James Byrd Jr. Through it all, three things kept him going: sports, his love of painting, and memories of a pond passed down by his grandfather.
Just after World War II, Diggs’s grandfather, also named Joe, had built a cluster of rental properties on one side of Micah’s Pond in Osterville and created a refuge there for people with darker complexions. Diggs remembers summers in his childhood when those cabins were full of Black families who returned every year and became his friends. “Swimming and games, people on the deck playing pinochle late at night, drinking and laughing and carrying on. Once they got to the property,” he says, “it was total freedom.”
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Hemisphere (2022), 30"H x 40"W, oil on canvas. Micha’s Over Blue Void (2021), 36"H x 48"W, acrylic and oil on canvas. Artist Joe Diggs in his Osterville studio. Micha’s Pond Light (2023), 60"H x 40"W, oil on canvas.
Eventually Diggs concluded that he’d seen nothing in the world more beautiful than that pond, so he returned, took over the operations of the rental properties, and settled in to paint. “As an African American artist,” he says, “it’s easy to dwell on mistreatment. When I came back here, I realized that I have gold all around me—nothing but gems and jewels.”
When he looks out from his studio at the pond, he paints the various shapes he sees—leaves, branches, and tree trunks, and the spaces between them—and those shapes become opportunities for him to dive into abstraction, “portals back and forth through history and time,” as he describes it, that sometimes reveal to him spirits and ancestors. “They’re always there.”
Diggs’s paintings show a lifetime of mastery, a deep awareness of color, and a rare ability to bare himself emotionally. In an art world often overburdened with concepts and theories, he goes to a deeper, better place, letting love, gratitude—and sometimes anger—flow out of his unconscious and onto the canvas. It’s a level of creative honesty that’s rare. “This place brought it out of me,” he says. “It’s where I can tell my truth. Every step is hallowed ground.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joe Diggs is represented by Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown, bertawalker.com
To see more of his work, visit joediggsart.com.
Portrait by Russ Price
Lasting Legacy
After fifty-seven years, Nantucket Looms releases its first book.
Text by KATE LAGASSÉ | Photography by MATT KISIDAY
For more than five decades, island landmark Nantucket Looms has transformed cashmere, alpaca, mohair, and cotton into blankets, rugs, table linens, scarves, and sweaters. This spring, it celebrated the release of its first book, Nantucket Looms: A Legacy of Style (Rizzoli), which features projects from Nantucket Looms Interiors, the textile company’s fullservice interior design branch, born in 1998.
The book explores residences across the island, each curated in the brand’s signature palette and textiles, including the charming Cliff Road retreat, cheekily referred to as Beach Bucket. It also touches upon Nantucket Looms’ history and connection to the community.
ABOVE: Painter M.J. Levy
Dickson’s The Kerosene House lends color to Beach Bucket’s dining room and complements the rug and handwoven linen placemats by Nantucket Looms. LEFT: Nantucket Looms: A Legacy of Style was published by Rizzoli in March.
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mark Sutherland’s wooden model of an 1870s sloop is displayed on a bedside table in the Cliff Road home. In the enclosed porch, Nantucket Looms’ handwoven South African mohair and Japanese spun-silk throw drapes across an ottoman with a nailhead detail; the painting is by Jocelyn Sandor Urban. Nantucket Looms interior designer Stephanie Hall customized cotton- and linenblend draperies with a Romo border.
Andy Oates and Bill Euler inadvertently started a craft movement on Nantucket in 1968 when they opened the store. Their protégé, Elizabeth Winship, inherited the business after nineteen years and nurtured its reputation, passing it down to her daughter, Bess Clarke, who is now the CEO.
“It was really important for all of us to pay
tribute to Bill, Andy, and Liz, in particular, because we learned so much from her over many years,” says principal designer Stephanie Hall, who is a partner in the business alongside Clarke and master weaver Rebecca Jusko Peraner.
The book—and the shop—also spotlights local artisans. Nantucket Looms invites artists to bring their work to the shop before it opens on weekdays for the opportunity to sell their wares, a tradition that empowers local imaginations. “It’s special,” says Clarke. “It’s a business about the people, the staff, each other, our clients, and the artists.”
In addition to the year-round store, where shoppers can often hear the upstairs looms hard at work, and the interior design firm, the company also supports local high school graduates through a scholarship fund. It’s all part and parcel of a business that has spent fifty-plus years weaving itself into the fabric of the island. Nantucket Looms, nantucketlooms.com
Builder: Premier Builders Landscape: Hilarie Holdsworth
Photographer: Marshall Dackert
The POWER of PLACE
In Harwich Port, a summer home reflects a lifestyle firmly anchored to the harbor.
Interior designer Jocelyn Chiappone used a mix of patterns in a similar palette to bring cohesion to the open living area. “The lighter woods help draw the eye to the boats along the harbor,” she says. FACING PAGE: In the foyer, a Patterson Flynn star-patterned sisal rug nods to traditional Cape Cod style and complements the vintage seagrass bench.
Text by ERIKA AYN FINCH | Photography by GREG PREMRU
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Architect
Patrick Ahearn designed a whitecedar-shingle-clad home with doors and shutters painted Benjamin Moore Essex Green. A painting by local artist Odile adds a burst of color to the family room. A mahogany-and-glass pocket door brings privacy to the husband’s office, which is located off the foyer, and dialogues with the mahogany-backed built-in bookcase.
In New England, where “summer” is as much a verb as it is an all-too-short season, it’s not unusual for a family to return to the same town generation after generation once school lets out. But when a husband and wife approached their design team about replacing their existing vacation home in Harwich Port with one that would better reflect their boat-loving lifestyle, it was clear their connection to place was, in a word, specific.
The more formal, monochromatic living room features a sisal wallcovering from Cowtan & Tout and Quadrille drapery with a Schumacher trim. FACING PAGE: Soft coastal colors in the dining area don’t distract from the interior architecture and millwork. “The level of trim detail was extraordinary,” says builder Rob McPhee.
“The wife had grown up summering on this street, and they had rented there as a family for years before purchasing a 1960s-built home, which they’d lived in for eight years,” explains interior designer Jocelyn Chiappone of Digs Design Company. “They loved their neighbors and being a part of the ecosystem of the harbor, from its wildlife to its working waterfront.”
So the old house came down in a manner sensitive to the neighborhood and the environment; the wife’s father is a lifelong conservationist, and preserving a gnarled waterfront oak tree was paramount, says landscape architect Sean Papich. Add to those considerations a slew of FEMA requirements and an extraordinarily confined area, and you have a project that architect Patrick
ABOVE: Brass Ann-Morris pendants, rope-backed Hickory Chair stools, and preppy plaid GP&J Baker fabric on the chairs give the kitchen a sense of place. RIGHT: “The wet bar lives opposite the view, so we drenched it in ‘Digs Blue’ and added brass detailing and a teak-and-holly counter for a nautical touch,” says Chiappone. FACING PAGE: It was important to the homeowners to preserve the oak tree off the dining terrace, says landscape architect Sean Papich: “Aside from adding character, it also screens the home from the harbor.”
Ahearn says was one of the most challenging in his fifty-plus-year career.
None of that shows from the outside, though. Ahearn tailored the resulting two-story three-bedroom Shingle-style residence to look as if it’s always been there. As with any house so close to the shoreline, views were emphasized throughout. From the front door, guests can see all the way to the back of the home where copious fenestration in the open-plan kitchen, dining area, and family room offers close-up views of the harbor.
Ironically, one of the only rooms without a water view, the living room located at the front of the house, happens to be the wife’s favorite spot, says Chiappone. The layered space boasts areas for lounging and playing cards along with one of the home’s three fireplaces.
Architect Patrick Ahearn tailored the two-story
Shingle-style
residence to look as if it’s always been there.
For her part, Chiappone says it’s the laundry room, where the paint was color matched to the floral wallpaper’s blue background, that she loves most. “Instead of painting the trim blue, we decided to keep the shutters, panels, and base molding white,” she says. “The result reminds me of a summer day.”
Builder Rob McPhee has family that lives around the corner from the home, and his Cape Cod-based firm has completed many projects in the area. He says it’s the details, like the arched pocket door on the husband’s office,
that make this project stand out. “I really love the fact that they didn’t paint the pocket door,” he says. “Instead, it’s left as an accent piece.”
The husband, with his sea captain and harbor pilot lineage, will tell you it’s the outdoor spaces that are the biggest game changers. The home boasts its own dock, which leads to a bluestone terrace with an outdoor kitchen decked out with both wood and gas grills (and a cozy firepit).
From the terrace, descend four steps and walk through double carriage doors
ABOVE: Paint on the ceiling and cabinetry in the laundry room was color matched to the Quadrille wallpaper; the light is from Visual Comfort & Co. The bunk room above the garage features wall-to-wall carpet and storage cubbies as headboards. FACING PAGE: In one of the son’s rooms, the Raoul Textiles fabric inset on the Lee Industries headboard references the waves.
Carriage doors open to the bluestone terrace and outdoor kitchen. The homeowners gather with friends at the yacht-inspired Barlow Tyrie bar table; the galley kitchen includes a commercial ice maker and two refrigerated drawers. FACING PAGE: An avid fisherman, the husband played a big role in designing the garageturned-fishing-shack, which Ahearn clad in spar-varnished fir beadboard.
into the garage or, as Ahearn refers to it, the “man cave/fishing shack.” The space is clad in spar-varnished fir beadboard on the ceiling and walls, while the floor is herringbone-patterned brick. Storage for
fishing gear, a galley kitchen, and a yachtinspired bar table make this a prime location for gathering with neighbors.
“They can come off their boat with the daily catch, go straight into the
garage to clean it, and then cook the fish and steam the lobsters on the terrace,” Ahearn says. “It’s really a whole lifestyle.”
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“They loved their neighbors and being a part of the ecosystem of the harbor, from its wildlife to its working waterfront.”—Interior designer Jocelyn Chiappone
ARCHITECTURE: Patrick Ahearn Architect
INTERIOR DESIGN: Digs Design Company
BUILDER: McPhee Associates of Cape Cod
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Sean Papich Landscape Architecture
At the end of a day out on the water, the homeowners dock their center-console boat and haul their lobsters up the stairs to the New England fieldstone-wrapped outdoor kitchen where the shellfish is steamed and enjoyed almost within sight of where it was caught.
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WATCH HARBOR
A COUPLE AND THEIR DESIGN TEAM GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE THIS ORLEANS VACATION SPOT DEFERS TO ITS SETTING.
Text by FRED ALBERT | Photography by GREG PREMRU
by KARIN LIDBECK BRENT
This Orleans vacation home is surrounded by water on three sides and commands stellar views of Nauset Harbor. The property was cleared of invasive plants, but its windswept cedars remain, now joined by naturalistic gardens that extend to the edges of the pool.
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A permeable path leads to the window-lined pavilion joining the home’s two halves; a fieldstone wall divides the walkway from a rain garden fed by stormwater runoff. FACING PAGE: The entry hall offers a picture-postcard view of Nauset
Cobbled together from flotsam and jetsam, the dune shacks dotting the sandy banks of the Outer Cape have inspired generations of artists and writers. Eugene O’Neill, Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollock, and Norman Mailer are just a few of the creatives who have sought refuge there over the last century, inspired by the tranquility of these humble retreats and their primal connection to the land and sea.
Harbor out back. A Lindsey Adelman chandelier illuminates the floating oak staircase made by BLU BLK.
When Joel and Sally Hughes commissioned architect Mark Hutker to design a new house for their property bordering Nauset Harbor in Orleans, Hutker and project architect Jonathan Fox envisioned a place whose understated palette, compact footprint, and shed-like form would defer to the setting, much like the dune shacks.
“That’s our standard MO: to make houses feel as unobtrusive as they can be on such a delicate property,” says Hutker. He and Fox divided the 4,344-square-foot structure into a pair of two-story volumes linked by a window-lined circulation spine. A butterfly roof ascends fore and aft, providing extra height for the second-story windows, which sweep around corners to capitalize on the stunning 270-degree views. The roof also provides an angled perch for the expansive solar array concealed up there.
The exterior is notably spare. “The siding was all tongue-andgroove cedar, which has a very flat, clean look to it,” says builder Douglas Whitla. The cedar continues
Reclaimed oak covers the walls and ceiling in the dining room, defining the space within the open plan. The table was handcrafted by Jeff Soderbergh; the chairs are from JANUS et Cie.
CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: A custom sectional from Boston Upholstery & Design anchors the living room. Exterior siding wraps the walls of the kitchen, which features a Wolf range with a convection cooktop and a peninsula topped with quartzite. The quartzite falls partway down the side of the ebony-stained oak base; the stools are from Made Goods and the customized pendants are from Ladies & Gentlemen Studio.
“That’s our standard MO: to make houses feel as unobtrusive as they can be on such a delicate property.”
—ARCHITECT MARK HUTKER
inside, wrapping the walls throughout the first floor, whose muted palette was inspired by the weathered wood, lichen, and mosses that proliferate around the site.
Interior designers Stacey Sarber and Marissa Wolinsky echoed that approach in the finishes and fixtures. (Sally Hughes worked with designer Carol Sarason on the furnishings.) A Lindsey Adelman
chandelier resembling a string of clear glass barnacles straddles the two-story entry hall, emitting a beaconlike glow that’s visible to passing boaters. “We knew we wanted a statement there,” Sarber says.
The designers were careful to vary the textures, materials, and sheens inside, so nothing felt slick.
“Joel said that he liked modern, but didn’t want it to look like a dentist’s office,” Sarber recalls with
Stunning vistas surround the porch, whose openings accommodate both windows and screens. The JANUS et Cie seating is oriented around a two-sided fireplace that also services the dining room.
The bedrooms throughout are somewhat compact, so Hutker Architects designed built-in beds to conserve space. The jute pendant is from Bone Simple Design.
bemusement. Even the white tile walls in the primary bath were fashioned from a patchwork of textured pieces, to give the surface visual interest. The kitchen is devoid of upper cabinets, permitting more wall space for windows. “This almost feels like an outside room,” observes Hutker, who
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: “It seemed like the perfect spot to have a little fun,” says owner Sally Hughes of the family room, which sports a wavelike wallpaper from Phillip Jeffries. The owners wanted the primary bath to feel like an extension of the bedroom, so the architects divided the two with a freestanding water closet backed by a vanity; a wet room is visible at rear. “When you’re sitting in that tub, it’s like you’re outside,” says architect Jonathan Fox, who also provided an outdoor shower.
compensated for the loss of storage with an ample butler’s pantry. A peninsula topped with quartzite and lined with stools keeps friends and family close at hand but out of the cook’s way. “If you did an island here, it would become a circulation corridor,” Hutker notes.
Before construction started, Wilkinson Ecological Design eliminated the invasive plants
“I love the idea that the wildness extends right up to the edge of the pool.”
—LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CHRISTOPHER BUCCINO
that choked the site and obstructed views. Honeysuckle, oriental grape, phragmites, and other nonnatives were swapped out for summersweet, crinkled hair grass, and Eastern red cedars.
Landscape architect Christopher Buccino kept most of the plantings natural, using fieldstone
walls, rusted-steel enclosures, and grade changes to delineate spaces. “I love the idea that the wildness extends right up to the edge of the pool,” remarks Buccino, who channeled rainwater from the roof into scuppers, troughs, and underground pipes to irrigate the grounds and feed the rain gardens woven into
The goal was a modern house that fits in with the neighborhood, so the architects relied on natural materials and simple forms, which they crowned with a butterfly roof that collects rainwater through broad downspouts and distributes it across the property. the landscape.
Like the dune shacks that inspired it, the vacation home feels inseparable from its setting. “The outdoors just come into the house,” marvels Sally. “We feel like we’re living amidst nature.”
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ARCHITECTURE: Hutker Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN: Hutker Architects, Carol Sarason Design
BUILDER: Whitla Brothers Builders
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Landschop
A simple, uncluttered mudroom has pegs and cubbies to keep everything in its place. FACING PAGE: A handheld shower for hosing off salt and sand and pegs to hold damp towels are signals that this house is all about summer fun. White-cedar shingles give the house a classic look, and solar panels make it energy efficient.
Dreams Summer
A young family makes the most of the season in a Martha’s Vineyard cottage revamped to suit their active lifestyle.
Text by PAULA M. BODAH | Photography by JARED KUZIA
BELOW: It’s all fun and games in the living room, where the bay window nook holds an elliptical Saarinen table that follows the curve of the banquette crafted by Holmes Hole Builders. The vintage chair is laced rawhide. RIGHT: Designer Abby Yozell reupholstered the family’s existing sofa and lounge chairs in durable textured fabrics by George Spencer Designs and McLaurin & Piercy. The painting above the fireplace is by Martha’s Vineyard artist Jennifer Christy.
For the five summers they rented the Martha’s Vineyard cottage, the couple would talk about what they would change if the house was their own. So, when owners of the 1940s-built house decided to sell, the pair jumped at the chance to turn their remodeling dreams into reality.
Sometimes, to make a dream come true, you have to endure a nightmare or two, and that’s what happened when builder Gary Maynard and site supervisor
Marco Sanseverino took a close look at the cottage’s foundation. “The original intent was to repair it,” Maynard relates. “But there was decay in the framing and
the sills, and one thing led to another.”
Seeing opportunity in the challenge, the design team and their clients decided to lift the house four feet off the ground and replace the decaying frame and its crawl space with a full basement that holds a den, a guest suite, and plenty of storage.
Above ground, says architect Doug Jack (who was with Maryann Thompson Architects at the time but has since opened his own Boston firm, Nidify Studio), the footprint and basic layout of the two-story house remained the same. That doesn’t mean he didn’t make big changes, however. The old cottage comprised smallish rooms wrapped in knotty-pine paneling and sporting small multipaned windows. “It had kind of a dark, cabin feeling,” Jack says.
He took down walls for a more contemporary open floor plan, made doors taller, and installed larger windows with fewer panes, flooding the home with natural light. “It really
LEFT: Floating shelves across the kitchen windows are a unique touch. BELOW: An L-shaped banquette for casual dining creates definition between the kitchen and living room in the open floor plan.
FACING PAGE: Landscape architect Jesse Nicholson of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates gave the empty lawn a lush new look, creating a grand staircase off the porch and flanking it with native plantings that cascade down the sloping yard.
“It really was a full-on gut of the interior.”
—ARCHITECT DOUG JACK
was a full-on gut of the interior,” says the architect.
Outside, along with outfitting the house in new cedar shingles and a new roof with solar panels, Jack added a screened-in porch across the length of the ocean-facing side of the house. The home’s sunny, beachy look is the work of interior designer Abby Yozell, who took into account both the couple’s design sensibilities and their needs
as the parents of three active, athletic children.
“My client wanted a house that was easy to clean. She wanted to be able to just sweep the sand out the door,” Yozell says. V-groove wood floors painted white—“They’re so Vineyard-y,” says the designer—in the main living space and tile floors in the bathrooms fit the bill for effortless maintenance. Easygoing furniture wears durable fabrics in shades
A corner in the living room, with its Indian charpai bed and a woven drum stool from Palecek, is a favorite spot for relaxing with a good book and a cup of tea. FACING PAGE: Yozell painted the screened porch in shades of fresh green, opting for a subtle stripe on the floor. Sag Harbor woven dining chairs from Sutherland surround the Spanish-cedar table by furniture maker Joel Medeiros.
of blue that can hold up to sandy feet, wet bathing suits, and the muddy paws of the family’s 170-pound Newfoundland.
“The palet te was driven by the homeowner, who really likes blues, and then we added accents in orange and yellow for interest,” the designer says.
Custom pieces, including two dining tables, for indoors and out, by Dartmouth, Massachusetts, furniture maker Joel Medeiros, join unique finds like the living room’s vintage John Robshaw coffee table and a woven Indian daybed, giving the home a spirited personality that suits the young family.
Mom, Dad, and the kids eagerly await the day each year when they move from their suburban Boston home to the island for the summer. “It feels like such a special place,” says the homeowner. “It turned out even better than we ever imagined.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
ARCHITECTURE: Maryann Thompson
Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN: Abby Yozell
BUILDER: Holmes Hole Builders
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
ABOVE: The children, who range in age from nine to sixteen, have sweet dreams in their second-floor bunks. Visiting friends climb the ladder to sleep with a view of stars. LEFT: The basement den takes a bold turn with whimsical Good Fortune wallpaper by Ferrick Mason. FACING PAGE: The homeowner said, “My life is so chaotic. Give me a bedroom that’s super dreamy,” recalls Yozell. She obliged with soft neutrals, plush fabrics, and airy pendant lights from Modern Relik.
“The palette was driven by the homeowner, who really likes blues, and then we added accents in orange and yellow for interest.”
—INTERIOR DESIGNER
ABBY YOZELL
IT’S MORE THAN A LANDSCAPE
R. P. Marzilli builds and maintains the finest residential landscapes in New England, elevating outdoor spaces to cherished environments.
Dan Gordon Landscape Architects - Neil Landino Photography
The new four-bedroom house has a complex roofline with two gabled and one shed-style dormer facing the pool. Black-framed windows and doors add a contemporary element to the traditional facade of weathered cedar shingles and white painted trim.
Recollections of childhoods on Nantucket drive the design of a next-generation family retreat.
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GAIL RAVGIALA
Photography
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JANE BEILES
From concept through construction of this family compound, the owners and their design team spoke the mutual language of fond Nantucket memories.
The living room is a tranquil study in white and black. A 2,200-pound stone coffee table from homenature complements the over-grouted stone of the fireplace. Wood beams rescued from old buildings by Reclaimed Lumber & Beams in North Carolina add history and character to the room.
“Because of that, there’s a richness to the outcome we achieved,” says architectural designer Steve Roethke, whose own experience with island life began as a five-year-old boy building sandcastles during one of many family vacations. Now
a year-round resident, he lives his commitment to preserving the island’s special character through his architectural design and building business, S.M. Roethke Design.
His clients, a married couple with teenage chil-
dren, represent a second generation of summer residents. “The wife’s parents bought the property and built a house in the 1980s,” says Roethke. “The history of her experience there set this project up for success.”
With their extended family including brothers and sisters, cousins, and nieces and nephews, she and her husband wanted to expand beyond the existing colonial-style house in a way that encouraged gathering while also providing privacy for multiple guests.
Screened from the street by the existing house, a straightforward two-story structure, the new complex includes a four-bedroom house, a pool cabana with an office, and a garage all built around a swimming pool.
Interior design fell to Nina Liddle, a year-round resident whose deep ties to the island date to the nineteenth
“THERE IS A CONNECTION TO NATURE HERE THAT MANY PEOPLE DON’T GET.”
—Interior
designer Nina Liddle
ABOVE: In the dining room, built-in cabinets by Nantucket-based Cabko Cabinets & Design flank the door leading to the pool. LEFT: An eight-foot window above the kitchen’s black granite countertop opens accordion-style to the pool area. FACING PAGE: The kitchen island is topped with Danby marble quarried in Vermont. The backsplash behind the stove is natural stone over-grouted for a whitewashed look.
ABOVE: A French door in the serene primary bedroom leads to a private patio facing the woods at the back of the house; a built-in wardrobe, one of two, and window seat supplement the suite’s walk-in closet. RIGHT: An oak-slat wall adds warmth and camouflages a storage closet in the basement family room.
FACING PAGE: Handsome cabinetry in the entryway frames the door to a powder room.
century. “I have pictures of my ancestors on the train to Sconset,” she says. (The railroad was dismantled in 1918.)
“This island is very dear to my heart. There is a connection to nature here that many people don’t get.”
The unique built environment and natural beauty of this forty-eightsquare-mile island off the coast of Massachusetts gave the homeowners and their designers an appreciation of the role the Historic District Commission plays in assuring every building project on Nantucket, the entirety of which is a designated National Historic Landmark District, adheres to a strict set of design parameters.
Roethke complied with an exterior clad in traditional cedar-shingle siding weathered to a silver gray offset with white trim. “The clients’ vision for the
ABOVE: The pool cabana includes an office on the second floor and a wet bar and laundry room on the first floor. That’s the new house on the left. BELOW: An arbor defines the cabana’s outdoor space. FACING PAGE: Inside the cabana, the staircase of wood and black steel, fabricated by Keuka Studios of New York, is set in front of a wall of black-framed windows to create a striking focal point. It leads to the second-floor office where a glass grid frames the view.
interiors was cozy, textured, and monochromatic,” says Liddle. “The palette is beige, cream, and some gray with all-important black accents.” Pops of color come from the woodsy setting seen out the windows.
The new house features a central kitchen with an eight-foot-wide window that opens accordion-style to the pool area, creating a handy pass-through for outdoor snacks and meals. The firstfloor primary suite, located at the back of the house for added privacy, has its own outdoor patio facing the woods. Two upstairs bedrooms have balconies overlooking the pool. The fourth bedroom suite is in the basement where a large family room is a favorite spot to hang out on a rainy day.
The most dramatic space in the compound is inside the cabana. The frame of the building, a two-story box with a gable roof, is as simple as a child’s
RIGHT: A stepping-stone path leads to an outdoor shower alongside the cabana. BELOW: In the adjacent powder room, a wall-mounted stone sink is an industrial accent. FACING
PAGE: The three windows above the arbor allow a view from the upstairs office across the double-height sitting area to the pool.
drawing. It belies the sleek staircase Roethke designed as both “a perfunctory means to access the second-floor office and a sculptural opportunity.” Custom black metal railings make a bold statement against a double-height window wall that floods the space with natural light. Add Liddle’s simple white sofas, black and gray accents, and Codor Design cluster light fixture and “you have the masterful points that make a good space great,” says Roethke.
“People come to Nantucket to recharge and reenergize,” he continues. “This place facilitates that.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND BUILDER: S.M. Roethke Design
INTERIOR DESIGN: Nina Liddle Design
LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Miroslava Ahern Landscape Design Studio
www.robbramhallarchitects.com
The sunroom was in poor condition and needed to be completely rebuilt, so exact replicas of the moldings were produced, and the brick-andslate flooring was replaced. Interior designer Meg McSherry brought in comfortable, timeless furnishings like this Cisco Home sofa and custom coffee table. FACING PAGE: The barrelroofed portico that shelters the front entry also needed to be replicated.
TRIED and TRUE
New and old merge seamlessly in this remodeled early-twentieth-century cape in Chatham.
Text by ALYSSA BIRD | Photography by SEAN LITCHFIELD | Produced by KARIN LIDBECK BRENT
When a pair of homeowners commissioned architect Peter Haig to renovate an early-1900s cape in Chatham, the last thing he was trying to do was reinvent the wheel. “The clients had lived in the home for several years already, so it carried a lot of nostalgia for them,” says Haig. “They loved the house, but it was worn, and it had been added onto in a haphazard manner. We wanted to respect the old and keep the residence’s soul while re-enlivening it and improving its flow.”
ABOVE: Just beyond the sunroom, the living room contains a Lee Industries sofa, a cocktail table from Theodore Alexander, a Vaughan side table, and an Armadillo jute rug. LEFT: In the foyer, a seascape by Odile references the home’s location. FACING PAGE: In another area of the living room, which is painted Farrow & Ball Blue Gray, a pair of chairs upholstered in a Colefax and Fowler fabric and a custom Lee Industries ottoman provide a cozy spot by the fireplace; the vintage rug is from Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting.
“This home is a gathering place for multiple generations, and there could be twenty-five people and several dogs at any given time.”—Interior designer Meg McSherry
On the agenda: establishing a sight line of the ocean view across the street upon entry, replacing a rotted sunroom, incorporating a larger main staircase as well as a secondary convenience stair, expanding the six bedrooms and both primary baths, updating the kitchen, adding a family room upstairs, building a larger garage with an office above it, and further excavating the basement to accommodate a golf simulator, bar, and hangout space.
The original portion of the structure—including the kitchen, living,
dining, sunroom, and a guest room— was retained, while the later additions were completely replaced. “Sometimes, when a house has been expanded over time, the quality gets lost, and those areas were showing their age,” notes Haig, who took care in preserving the residence’s general plan and unique architectural features such as the barrelroofed entry. “The idea was to take cues from the original and match what was there for a more unified look.”
To help with that, Haig collaborated with construction firm Spencer &
The dining room’s original fireplace and the millwork surrounding it remain, while a new swinging door with a porthole window leads to the kitchen.
FACING PAGE: A favorite spot for enjoying lunch or playing games, the sunroom’s dining nook features chairs from Mainly Baskets Home.
had painted Farrow & Ball Lulworth Blue—are topped with cushions upholstered in a Kerry Joyce fabric. A painting by Maria Hayes adds a burst of color. FACING PAGE: The cheerful cabinetry in the mudroom, which doubles as a potting space, is painted Benjamin Moore Polaris Blue. The painting above the sink is by Nina Gagarin.
Company to duplicate the original roof molding using a composite material that looks like wood. For the new sunroom, located on the front of the home, the builders worked with an architectural restoration company to match the moldings. “It’s an exact replica of what was there, which was a significant undertaking,” explains Mat t Spencer.
In fact, the entirety of the residence features duplicated millwork. Spencer’s company even sourced wide-plank pine flooring from a local mill and stained it to emulate the patina of the original. And although the architectural details and general footprint remain, the overall feeling inside is much brighter and airier. “We essentially expanded on the plan that was there,” says Haig. “We focused on strengthening the circulation and bringing light into the corridors. And upstairs, we added more windows to take advantage of the water views.”
To carry the renovation across the finish line, the owners called on
ABOVE: Ocean views take center stage in the kitchen. LEFT: The breakfast nook’s banquette and Chaddock dining chairs—which McSherry
designer Meg McSherry, who filled the residence with a combination of custom and new upholstery along with a variety of antique furnishings—but nothing too formal or precious.
“This home is a gathering place for multiple generations, and there could be twenty-five people and several dogs at any given time,” says the designer. “The clients wanted a comfortable space that’s warm and cozy during all seasons.”
As such, McSherry focused on timeless patterns “that feel like they could have always been there” and a subdued palette inspired by overcast days by the water. “The client mentioned that on gray days the ocean is a beautiful periwinkle shade,” McSherry says. “The colors aren’t crisp, but rather complex and soothing. It’s almost as though they’ve been washed and are a little worn, just like a favorite pair of jeans.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: For details, see Resources.
An Indian block-print quilt covers the bed in a guest room, where a Vaughan table lamp sits atop a nightstand from Redford House. FACING PAGE: In the primary bedroom, John Robshaw linens swath a bed from The Beautiful Bed Company. The artwork is by Nina Gagarin.
ARCHITECTURE: Architectural Design Incorporated
INTERIOR DESIGN: Meg McSherry Interiors
BUILDER: Spencer & Company
“We wanted to respect the old and keep the residence’s soul while re-enlivening it and improving its flow.”—Architect Peter Haig
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The Good Life | ON THE MARKET
Text by LISA H. SPEIDEL
BY THE NUMBERS
12 CORREIA LANE, NANTUCKET
$10,995,000 6,325
Compound Interest
CURB APPEAL
A new build in the Surfside area, this Shingle-style family compound speaks to the classic Nantucket vernacular while keeping modern luxury top of mind. The central structures— the main house, a one-bedroom cottage, and a cabana with a full outdoor kitchen and dining area—frame the saltwater pool, creating a private backyard oasis. A two-car garage with space to dream above (guest quarters or a studio, perhaps?) is around front, off the circular drive.
WHAT’S INSIDE
If it’s possible to think of every creature comfort, this house is living proof.
From the practical (a first-floor en suite bedroom, a bunk room to accommodate visitors, a dog-washing station to keep Spot spotless) to the sublime (a coffee bar with a built-in Gaggenau espresso machine, a marble sunken enclosed firepit, a totally trickedout outdoor kitchen), this home checks every box. The property comes fully furnished, and it’s clear no detail was overlooked on that front.
FUN FACTOR
“Once you’re here, there’s no reason to leave,” says
listing agent Marybeth Gibson. The list of amenities is enviable: a heated saltwater pool and spa, a half-sized basketball court that doubles as a pickleball court, a full gym, a movie theater with reclining seats, a bar, and an outdoor pizza oven. If you do opt for a change of vacation scenery, Surfside Beach is close by, and the shops and restaurants that dot downtown Nantucket are only a few miles away.
CONTACT
Marybeth Gibson, 508-325-2897, Jessica Newman, 978-979-0588, Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty, Nantucket, themaurypeople.com, MLS# 92045
Photography by Luxury Vision
The cabana houses an outdoor kitchen and covered dining area.
The Premier Cape Cod Mover
WWhether
Designers
Steven Magliano and Jody Stowe Magliano, owners of Magnum Moving and Storage
The Good Life | ON THE MARKET
BY THE NUMBERS
114
$19,900,000
Seaworthy Sanctuary
CURB APPEAL
Originally built in 1845, the Captain Silva house has undergone a complete gut renovation. The charming white-clapboard front facade, with its lovely brick veranda, is in keeping with the historic character of Edgartown, while what lies beyond is contemporary to the core. Developers Rebecca and Michael Hegarty and Odyssey Builders made use of every
square inch of the long, rectangular lot, adding a two-car garage with guest quarters above, a saltwater pool with an integrated spa, a cabana, and an inviting one-bedroom guesthouse.
WHAT’S INSIDE
All you need to pack is a suitcase—this house comes fully furnished. “A colonial feel meets a coastal, beachy vibe,” says listing agent Erin Hegarty of this property that was designed with multigenerational families in mind. Crisp shiplap and a nautical-inspired palette coupled with top-of-theline appliances and energy-efficient mechanicals equal a house that’s primed to stand the test of time. The overall feel—characterized by a Vineyard vacation vibe—is cohesive, from the six-bedroom main house to the two freestanding guest quarters.
LAY OF THE LAND
Lunch or lounge poolside in this private backyard retreat.
private oasis that’s ideal for entertaining family and friends, but the proximity to town can’t be beat. Shopping, restaurants, boating, fishing, and the beach are all easily accessible by foot or bike. And the front porch is a people-watcher’s paradise—even the Fourth of July parade marches right by.
CONTACT
“It’s rare to find something of this magnitude in downtown Edgartown,” says Hegarty. Not only is the backyard a
Erin Hegarty, Point B Realty/Compass, Edgartown, 508-627-0811, pointbrealty. com, MLS# 42787
Photography by Armhed Louis-Jean
The Good Life | ON THE MARKET
BY THE NUMBERS
301 WHIDAH ROAD, NORTH CHATHAM
$13,950,000
7,259 SF
2.18 ACRES
5 BEDS
7 BATHS
1 GUEST COTTAGE
1 SALTWATER POOL
2 OUTDOOR SHOWERS
1 PRIVATE BEACH
1 WINE CELLAR
Cape Escape
CURB APPEAL
Designed by Salt Architecture and built in 2020, this North Chatham home has character in spades. The classic Cape Cod vernacular gets a contemporary upgrade in this weathered-shingled and white-clapboard estate perched on a bluff overlooking Ryder’s Cove, Bassing Harbor, and Pleasant Bay. You could say the spectacular location is made for TV: in fact, from the backyard (or the second-story balcony) you can glimpse the house that starred in Netflix’s The Perfect Couple
WHAT’S INSIDE
While the unparalleled views of the water are meant to be the star of the show (thanks to all the floor-to-ceiling windows), the interiors, which are fully furnished, deserve equal billing. A floating wooden staircase that connects all three floors sets the design-forward scene that’s centered around a light-filled living room.
FUN FACTOR
Consider this the best of both worlds. North Chatham is known for having a bit more breathing
An openconcept kitchen/dining area makes dinner parties a breeze.
room, but it’s still only a few miles from Chatham’s charming town center. There’s also plenty to do on property: a set of stairs leads to a private beach, a perfect spot to launch a paddleboard or moor a center console. Back at the house, take a dip in the heated pool or retreat to the lower level, which boasts a nauticalthemed bar, climate-controlled wine cellar, and a custom-built pool table.
CONTACT
Jeanne Hicks, Lee Real Estate, Nantucket, 508-325-5800, leerealestate.com, MLS# 91914
The Good Life | STYLE SCENE
Edited by LYNDA SIMONTON
›› Plein Air Nantucket
JUNE 9–14
The Artists Association of Nantucket invites amateur and professional artists to set up easels and capture the island’s beauty. nantucketarts.org
Blooming Art at the Old Mill
JUNE 13–15
Floral design and artistic creativity come together at this annual event supporting the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club at the Old Mill in West Tisbury. marthasvineyardgardenclub.org
26th Annual Evening of Discovery
JUNE 28
Enjoy fine food, mingling with friends and neighbors, and a silent auction at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s summer gala. mvmuseum.org
Nantucket by Design
JULY 14–17
Design luminaries descend upon the island for panel discussions, keynotes, parties, and more. Proceeds benefit the Nantucket Historical Association. nha.org
Flower Show
JULY 23–25
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Southeastern District, presents imaginative floral and botanical designs at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich.
heritagemuseumsandgardens. org
›› Orleans Garden Tour
JUNE 18
Spend the day exploring six exemplary residential gardens at this annual event. orleansimprovement.org
Provincetown International Film Festival
JUNE 11–15
Enjoy screenings of independent narratives, documentaries, animated features, and shorts. provincetownfilm.org
Nantucket Garden Festival
JULY 8–10
Celebrate island gardening at this annual event featuring lectures, workshops, garden tours, and children’s activities. ackgardenfestival.org
Chatham Garden Tour
JULY 18
Tour five residential gardens, four of which have breathtaking coastal views, in beautiful Chatham. chathamgardenclub.org
JULY 11–20
This homage to the Cape’s signature flower includes workshops, tours of private gardens, and painting demonstrations at various locations.
capecodchamber.org
‹‹ 2025 Annual House and Garden Walking Tour
AUGUST 6
Support the Nantucket Garden Club while touring some of Sconset’s most beautiful homes and gardens. nantucketgardenclub.org
Arts Alive 2025
JUNE 13–15
Bring the whole family to the Falmouth Library lawn to celebrate arts and culture. artsfalmouth.org
Hidden Gems: A Tour of Dennis Gardens
JUNE 28
Tour seven local gardens at this annual event hosted by The Village Garden Club of Dennis. villagegardenclubofdennis.org
JULY 18–21
Twenty-eight dealers exhibit a variety of antiques, from jewelry to fine furnishings, at Bartlett's Farm.
thenantucketshow.com
Nantucket Preservation Trust Annual August Fête AUGUST 7
This year’s fête takes place on Main Street and includes tours of some of the best-preserved homes from the golden age of Nantucket’s whaling era. nantucketpreservation.org
‹‹ The Nantucket Show
›› Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival
Resources
A GUIDE TO THE PROFESSIONALS IN THIS ISSUE’S FEATURED HOMES
CAPE CRUSADE
PAGES 47–54
Architecture: George Hopkins, The Hopkins Company, Covington, La., 985-892-5000, hopkinsco.com
Jeff Soderbergh Custom Made Sustainable Furnishings 125
Jennifer Palumbo, Inc. 44–45
Joyce Landscaping 231
JW Construction, Inc. 137
KAM Appliances inside back cover
Kathleen Hay Designs 1
Kathleen Walsh Interiors 130
Kenneth Vona and Son Construction 10–11
Kistler & Knapp Builders, Inc. 117
KVC Builders 4–5
LaBarge Homes 46
Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting 136
Laurie Gorelick Interiors 142
LDa Architecture & Interiors 55
LeBlanc Design, LLC 183
Leslie Fine Interiors, Inc. 8–9
Light Insight Design Studio 237
Lighthouse Station at Woods Hole 148
M. Duffany Builders, Inc. 166
Magnum Moving & Storage 223
Maine Woodworks 231
Martha’s Vineyard Construction Company 123
Martha’s Vineyard Interior Design 229
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design, LLC 26–27
McPhee Associates 127
Mid-Cape Home Centers 182
MJ Nardone Building & Remodeling 75
My Estate Concierge 227
Nantucket Historical Association/ Nantucket By Design 239
Neubauer Ennis Architects 51
New England Shutter Mills 14–15
Nicole Hogarty Designs 121
NS Builders, LLC 83
Oasis Shower Doors/Specialty Glass 124
Outlands Design 229
Patrick Ahearn Architect, LLC inside front cover
Payne|Bouchier Fine Builders 41
Pimental Contractors 91
Platt Builders 141
Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders outside back cover
R.P. Marzilli & Company, Inc. 194
Regina Andrew Detroit 93
Rob Bramhall Architects 208
Robin Gannon Interiors, LLC 39
Sally Weston Associates 59
Salt Architecture 94
Schneeberger Collective 38
Sea-Dar Construction 131
Sherman Associates, LLC 133
Shiplights 228
Shope Reno Wharton 143
Siegel Structural Engineers 225
SLC Interiors 35
Soake Pools 135
Stedman Construction, Inc. 56–57
Studio Hearth Architecture & Design 220
Sudbury Design Group, Inc. 42–43
SV Design 147
The Cape Playhouse 236
The Pearl Company 150
The Tilery at Tree’s Place 40
The Valle Group 195
Thomas J. O’ Neill, Inc. 28
Tile Showcase 139
TimberTech 73
Trellis Home 24–25
TSP Smart Spaces 97
Turkel Design 99
Whitla Brothers Builders, Inc. 145
Whitmore Brothers Construction Company 235
Woodmeister Master Builders 209
Yale Appliance 85
ZEN Associates, Inc. 149
Last Look | BY ERIKA
Tropical Punch
Interior design and fashion once again crossed paths this spring when Lee Jofa and Lilly Pulitzer released their third collaboration. The new collection includes fabrics, wallcoverings, trims, and, for the first time, wallpaper murals. The vibrant tropical patterns recall resort vacations in island locations. Case in point: the ikat-inspired Tropi Call Me linen-and-cotton fabric, shown here, which was designed on the patio at the Olive Boutique Hotel in Puerto Rico. kravet.com
