May 2017 - New England Home Magazine

Cape Cod Cottage Chic

The new owners of this old cottage nestled between Nantucket Sound and the Centerville River had a clear vision. She wanted the retreat to be a haven where their family of five, with three dogs in tow, could relax on

Bright Makes Right: Silver for Today’s Table

Sure, you can eat off paper plates, drink out of Styrofoam cups, shovel in the food with a spork. But that’s not dining. Elegance at the table is a gift to

House Tours, Garden Tours, and More June Events

Garden tours and events for garden-lovers have kicked into full gear. Here are some of our favorite June events for the design-minded.

Five Bunkrooms with Coastal Style

These stylish bunkrooms are perfect for hosting guests young and old. One of the pleasures of having a coastal home is that there are always family and friends happily ready to accept an invitation for a weekend stay.

2017 Trends and Tastemakers

Trends in style seem to be as natural as the annual cycle of the seasons, and tied into a deep human need for variety and change even in the midst of continuity. Evolving trends may

Bid Now! Take a Seat 2017

Take a Seat 2017 has hit the road and there is still time to see the chairs prior to the gala and live auction on June 1. Take a Seat features up-cycled chairs redesigned by design professionals such as builders,

Steven Favreau Transforms a Boston Rental

When interior designer Steven Favreau decided to lease a one-bedroom apartment in Boston, he enlisted a real estate agent, who shot back an email

Ceramicist Paula Shalan

When Paula Shalan was working on her master’s degree at the Art Institute of Chicago, she found herself preferring to spend time not in the museum of art, but in the museum of natural history. She filled her notebooks with sketches of

Newport Gilded Age Mansion Lists for $6,495,000

To be sure, there are some museum-worthy rooms in this home that are opulently over-the-top—a tad too formal for most of us. They’re grand, lush …

Style and Sustainability on Cape Cod

A photographer searching for a worthy subject couldn’t do better than Cotuit, Massachusetts. Gorgeous year round, the area reaches…

Step Inside a Georgian Manse with Art Deco Style

The dream of a home rich in Art Deco glamor and style is sometimes best realized with a house actually…

A Vermont Mountain Home for Stargazing

Truth be told, it wasn’t love at first sight. When Rick and Martha Wagner, who live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, first…

A Sophisticated Family Home in Hingham

Every renovation has a backstory. This one isn’t all that uncommon: couple has a house, couple outgrows the house, couple decides to renovate.

Style Scheme: A Feminine Home Office

Today Douglas Graneto picks the furnishings, accessories and art for a feminine office space. Click here to take a look at the masculine office imagined by Kopp.