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Favorites from the 2017 Junior League of Boston Show House
William Flagg Homer’s gracious Italianate-French Second Empire villa, built in 1853, narrowly escaped an early demise. When a real estate developer bought it in 1927 with the intention of
Mix and Match: A Classic Craftsman with a Modern Addition
What if we lived in a world of and instead of but? That’s the world in which Adolfo Perez, architect, and Nathalie Ducrest, designer, created this Brookline,
A Classic Cape-Style Home Reimagined
John and his wife, Annmarie, had been searching for a new home for months. Having given up on finding a lot on which to build, John found himself in Boxford, Massachusetts, standing at the door of yet another colonial, yet
A Fresh Look for a Colonial Revival
A new job at a Cambridge tech company sparked the D.C.-based couple’s house-hunting. Commuting wasn’t an option with a newborn and a toddler, so with his wife, Kate, and the kids still in Washington, Kevin
A Historic Home in Brookline Gets a Fresh Look
The old house was down but not out. For starters, it was in very good company. It sat on a…
A Designer’s Suburban Chic Home
Phoebe Lovejoy Russell’s 1920 colonial-style house was chock-full of charm. Situated in one of the leafy suburbs west of Boston,…
Contemporary Connecticut Farmhouse
It’s a classic happy-ending story. Nancy Monahan lived just a mile down the road from this pretty farmhouse. She drove by almost every day, wishing it could be hers. When a for-sale sign suddenly popped up on the home’s
A Fresh Spin on a Traditional Colonial Spec House
Serenity is often in the eye of the beholder: for many, a stately colonial-style home on a peaceful New England lane would be the epitome of rest and relaxation,
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 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.
Designer Kellie Burke’s Home
Growing up as a tomboy in Avon, Kellie Burke was determined to do everything her three brothers did—only better and faster. By the time she
Traditional Redefined in Newton
Its the challenges, they say, that drive architectural design to the next level. And there were at least two challenges facing architect Paul MacNeely when
Sophisticated and Neutral in Historic Concord
There are few better places in the world to be on a sunny winter afternoon than Concord, Massachusetts: under a fresh blanket of snow, silent farms and old red barns compete for
Updated Traditional in Hingham, Massachusetts
They say that once you find a good man, you should never let him go. Such is true for the owners of this Hingham, Massachusetts, home: the couple met designer John De Bastiani
A Vibrant Family Home
She has modern West Coast sensibilities. He’s a farm guy who loves nature. When a new job prompted a move from their home in rural Rhode Island to the Boston suburb of Sharon,