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Located on the upper level just outside the den—which is complete with a wet bar—is a ladder leading to two bunk spaces; the rope detailing recalls the fishing nets on passing boats.

The upper level cantilevers above the main living areas, providing the deck with a bit of protection from the elements; in addition to a balcony, the house features an outdoor shower and a plunge pool.

Ash paneling helps delineate the living room within the open floor plan, while the simple glass fireplace and concrete hearth serve as the room’s focal point. The artwork is by Claire Seidl.

In the dining area, a table from the clients’ own collection pairs with lighting and chairs from Room & Board; the adjacent wet bar features custom cabinetry from Kitchen Cove Design Studio and Ann Sacks backsplash tile.

Inspired by the Japandi aesthetic, Kevin Browne Architecture designed this 3,400-square-foot residence as a response to its waterfront site. The exterior features a mix of vertical stained-cedar siding, horizontal white nickel-gap siding, black trim, and ipe decking. A portion of the roof is planted, which aids in cooling and absorbing stormwater runoff, while another area features solar panels to offset the home’s electric loads.

Topless in the Fog (2020), 4″H x 12″W, oil on panel.

Rainbow Fleet (2024), 6″H x 6″W, oil on panel, nine panels.

Portland USA (2021), 8″H x 6″W, etching and collage.

The artist’s plein air setup.

The Flower Box (2020), 4″H x 4″W, pen and ink on wood.

Penwork Ceiling Detail (2014), 40″H x 72″W, pen and ink on canvas installed on ceiling.

Beach 30 (2021), 4″H x 12″W, oil on panel.

Austin’s Topo (2014), 8″H x 12″W, etching.

A vignette showcases Summerill & Bishop linens, trays, and placemats

Birdie by Nina Liddle on Nantucket features a mix of home and lifestyle goods, including Gemma Orkin Ceramics and Ortigia soaps from Sicily.

“Now I can see the sunset every night,” says Rosenfeld, referring to all the windows in the new living room gable. “It really is a beautiful spot.”

The headboard, chair, and ottoman in one of the home’s two primary bedrooms are covered in Brook Perdigon’s Canopy in an indigo-and-white colorway.

When the project began, homeowner Jan Rosenfeld had just gotten back from Morocco, thus the Moroccan zellige tiles in one of the two primary baths

The addition of a gable on the water side of the house allows for better views of Vineyard Sound. The eucalyptus-patterned fabric on the living room chairs and ottoman is from James Malone.

The custom kitchen in rift-sawn white oak won a PRISM award last year. Its ventilation hood is made of plaster, which builder Thomas Van Hollebeke says created a challenge that ultimately proved rewarding.

French lavender—and the docile bees that pollinate it—greets visitors, with a straight shot through to the water before anyone even enters the home.

Designer Liane Thomas commissioned the custom walnut table from Connecticut’s Knock on Wood Antiques. The Four Hands chairs, covered in charcoal linen slipcovers, are on wheels for easy maneuvering.

The sink “is the absolute first thing we bought for this project because we loved the color,” Thomas says. “This impulsive purchase was also the last thing we figured out”; it ended up in one of the home’s six en suites.

For the primary bedroom, Sylvester chose an upholstered bed from Cisco Home, an antique rug (which doesn’t off-gas) from Landry & Arcari, and organic bedding from Coyuchi.

In the primary bath, an iron chandelier and iron sconces provide casual elegance and pair beautifully with the antique rug and tumbled-limestone tiles from DiscoverTile.

The mudroom’s chiseled Italian porcelain tile resembles tumbled limestone, and the nickel-gap shiplap walls further add to the sense of place.

Double natural-oak archways crafted by Three Gs Woodworking frame the living room’s Rumford wood-burning fireplace. “We knew this could be a special moment,” says interior designer Tina Marguerite Sylvester.

The open-concept kitchen is elevated yet casual with rustic details like the island lights from The Limehouse Lamp Company and the shimmery zellige tile backsplash.

Sylvester sourced most of the home’s furniture, like the great room’s cozy sectional, from Cisco Home, a company known for its organic fabrics and fills and sustainably sourced wood frames.

Sliding screens positioned over the primary bedroom’s floor-to-ceiling windows provide privacy, though they can be moved when desired.Sliding screens positioned over the primary bedroom’s floor-to-ceiling windows provide privacy, though they can be moved when desired.

Drywall for the interior ceiling and a stucco finish for the lower roof’s underside creates a continuous indoor/outdoor white plane. The roof overhang allows for an additional spatial layer between the house and the sliding screens so people can move between rooms via the outside.

This modern summer home has a traditional entrance, though on a beautiful day, you can step straight from the driveway onto the oak floor of the living room and then outside for views of the Atlantic beyond.

A view from the rock garden and exterior sitting area highlights the modified post-and-beam’s hemlock upper ceiling, which is supported by Douglas fir beams.

A horizontal datum stretches across the house’s lower mass, defining the lower roof.

A woodsy green stands in for the expected white on the kitchen cabinets. The existing stone countertops, with their subtle green undertones, were retained.

A mix of color and pattern animates the seating area, from the basket-weave chaise to Lee Jofa-upholstered swivel chairs.

Quadrille’s Persepolis drapery and bench fabric makes the perfect companion to the wallpaper. The distinctive bed came from the husband’s home when the newlywed couple combined households.

The office space in a pretty blush tone offers a place to work or unwind.

The slender proportions of the wrought-iron mirrors balance the weight of the Christopher Peacock cabinetry.

Not to be mistaken for a window treatment, the reclaimed fluted pilasters slide open to conceal a TV niche in the great room.

The “long barn,” as the owners refer to it, is clad in vertical red cedar siding with a steeply pitched roof, copper gutters, and an oversized dormer. Sea View Builders won a 2025 Gold Prism Award from the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the project.

Calling to mind the spirit of a working barn, the compact powder room features a deep wall-mounted porcelain sink from Rejuvenation and a simple industrial light fixture from Amber Interior Design.

The loft bedroom’s tongue-and-groove ceiling is painted Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue. The bed is from Thuma, and the bedside tables are vintage stools from the family’s collection.

The entire kitchen was designed around the massive, structurally reinforced cast-iron sink from Randolph Morris.

A painted Dutch door leads into the mudroom, where straw hats hang from a bamboo rack from Palm Beach Regency.

In a corner of the great room, the homeowner insisted on wall-to-wall banquettes, deep enough for sleeping (with storage drawers below). The hand-finished wood chandelier was purchased long before plans were drawn up for this house. Says the homeowner, “I can always find a place for beautiful things!”

A small, motorized cupola on the roof ridge brings fresh air and daylight into the great room.

The homeowner and JWH Design + Cabinetry collaborated on the compact wet bar.

Inspired by a leafy ceiling motif he saw at the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club just outside of Miami, Howard adorned the pitch of the primary bedroom’s ceiling with custom hand-painted vines that he designed in collaboration with Gracie.

The daughter who uses this bedroom loves pink, so Howard accommodated her with swaths of pink fabric from Schumacher.

A numbered David Hockney lithograph entitled Bora Bora hangs in the living room. Osborne & Little’s Papyrus Bamboo covers the walls, and the easy chairs sport nubby fabric from Rogers & Goffigon.

Howard didn’t make many changes to the kitchen, with its tray ceiling, metal range hood, and white-oak cabinetry. His project manager, Leeanna Miller, did add the custom-designed stools to match the ones in the dining area—and to soften the overall look of the space.

In a guest bedroom, a spindled green headboard from Royaloak complements the Floral Trail wallpaper by Salvesen Graham.

“I hate curtains behind a sofa,” says interior designer Andrew Howard, which is why, for this Nantucket family room, he swapped out the white curtains that came with the house for chik blinds.

he entryway’s stools, which the family can pull out for extra seating, come from Lee Industries.

For the home’s sole dining area, Howard wanted something more elevated than a breakfast nook but not as formal as a dining room. He also wanted seating that felt more like a sofa, which is why he added a cushioned banquette: “A banquette’s a great place to pile up with people but also a great place to sit for a longer dinner.” The Audubon double pedestal table is from Doorman Designs.

For a guest bedroom in the basement, he covered the walls with Asheham from George Spencer Designs.

Howard brightened up the windowless hangout room in the basement with a mural by decorative painter Hayden Gregg; the palm tree felicitously echoes the palm tree in the Hockney lithograph on the floor above.

A view from the garage and gym shows the pool, porch, and meadow.

A screened porch resides between the house and the pool house, creating a shady spot to sit amid the property’s meadows and native plantings.

The built-in daybed in the guest bedroom has views of the pond and woods outside.

A woven straw bench with natural oak legs sits outside the guest bathroom.

The pool is strategically positioned close to the house, functioning as an outdoor room.

The home office echoes the outdoor palette; an oak desk complements a custom-made chair and ottoman upholstered in a gray-blue boucle wool fabric.

In the living room, interior designer Christine Lane paired a soft gray sectional sofa with leather lounge chairs and a custom oak coffee table; the artwork is by Andrew Zimmerman.

The kitchen island is topped with Super White quartzite, and the base cabinetry is fabricated from rift white oak; concrete floors run throughout the space.

A linear bluestone pathway leads to a dwelling that houses the garage, guesthouse, and gym that’s carefully sited to capture water views.

The residence is clad in Alaskan yellow cedar that will weather over time. Its singular dormer earned the home its cheeky nickname: Wink House.

The home’s foyer includes a custom-made oak console table that’s wire-brushed and painted to add texture; the landscape artwork is by Peter Roux.

A pendant light hovers above a vintage glass vase and a custom-made end table in the primary bedroom

A gallery of nautically inspired art sets the tone in the sitting area off the kitchen.

The custom mural by Moth is the focal point on the second-floor landing. “I wanted it to feel like a Nantucket scene with local flora,” says interior designer Kaitlin McQuaide.

Shutters provide privacy in the primary bathroom.

Three centuries of design meet in the powder room with the placement of a French seventeenth-century shell-shaped sink, midcentury-style mirror, and contemporary Voutsa wallpaper on the ceiling and fabric on the shade.

The living room is an oasis of comfort with an upholstered sofa, chairs, and oversized ottoman; the moody blues of the nubby raffia wallcovering and wood trim ground the space.

Peacock Blue Raffia Palm wallpaper by Thibaut is a dramatic backdrop for the De Ster Gelderland circa-1950 wood-and-rattan chair in the living room.

Opposite the dining area, the kitchen backsplash grabs all the attention with its mix of navy and white Zellige and hand-painted Delft tiles in a quilt-like pattern. McQuaide painted all the cabinets and added new hardware. To the left is one of two swinging doors that “add a bit of fun,” says the homeowner.

Pierre Frey wallpaper inspired the yellow theme that makes this room with matching double beds “sunny and fun,” says McQuaide.

Next to a second swinging door, a window nook offers a built-in banquette as casual seating around a French antique vendange table with a tilt top.

The circa-1880 fireplace surround was stripped, refurbished, and fitted with stone embedded with shell fossils; the Martha Freud wall art references games like Tetris when illuminated by flashing internal lights.

Soothing gray trim and Flat Vernacular’s Meadow botanical wallpaper and shade fabric enhance a light, bright bedroom.

The designer repurposed the original home’s soapstone sink in the utility/laundry room and paired it with modern fixtures from Visual Comfort & Co.

Najnigier designed the study around her husband’s heirloom German shrunk, made in 1755. The walls and ceiling wear Benjamin Moore Bonsai.

Positioning the home further from the water unlocked generous space for outdoor entertaining.

The outdoor portion of the primary bath’s indoor/outdoor shower is used May through early November.

Najnigier designed the study around her husband’s heirloom German shrunk, made in 1755. The walls and ceiling wear Benjamin Moore Bonsai.

Saved from the original house and resurrected in the new one, artist Vernon Smith’s murals from 1935 were restored by artist (and Smith’s grandson) Dan Joy.

A Verellen sofa from Artifact Home in a mossy green bouclé anchors the living room with a welcoming curve. The fireplace is clad in leathered quartzite with a white-oak surround. Reeded millwork by ArcArt Furniture cleverly conceals TV components.

Tadelakt (waterproof plaster) walls done by artisan Luis Fernando and European oak cabinets sourced through Divine Design Center bring timelessness to the kitchen. Najnigier used Calacatta Macchia Vecchia marble for the countertops and backsplash.

Homeowner and interior designer Jill Najnigier vaulted the mudroom ceiling and covered it in oak to add interest and warmth. Terrazzo floors ground the space. “Every time I went to visit the site, I was like, ‘I love this passageway,’ ” architect Alison Alessi says.

The roof-deck is only visible from the east side of the house. Najnigier, Alessi, and builder Donald Connelly worked closely together to make sure it couldn’t be seen from the front or sides of the home—“That was a priority,” says Najnigier. A floating, open-riser staircase leads from the lower deck to the roof-deck.

In one of the guest rooms, a window seat featuring a Sister Parish fabric is joined by a valance of an Osborne & Little fabric and sconces from Hudson Valley Lighting.

The residence is built into a slope, resulting in a street-facing exposure that feels modest and cottage-like and a harbor-facing facade that’s taller with more glazing for capturing views.

The existing dining pavilion—which is situated between the main house and the boathouse and features a fireplace and grilling area—received a refresh with new custom cabinetry, granite countertops, and fixtures from Fourteenth Colony Lighting; the table and chairs are from Serena & Lily.

The client requested a traditional wood-clad library and office. The pair of chairs, their upholstery, and the curtain fabric are all from Kravet.

Stone Lighting fixtures illuminate the mudroom.

In the kitchen, pendants from Hudson Valley Lighting hang over the island. The countertops are quartz, and the window valance fabric is from Kravet.

In a corner of the living room, a swivel chair is upholstered in an Osborne & Little fabric, the drinks table is from Dunes and Duchess, and the rug is from Lee Jofa.

An informal dining area off the living room contains a built-in banquette topped with a cushion upholstered in a Pindler fabric, a Dunes and Duchess dining table, and chairs from M-Geough.

Located on the third floor and affording some of the best views in the house, the crow’s nest is a multifunctional space that serves as a secondary office, a room for overflow guests, and an entertaining space thanks to a teak wet bar.

The cabinetry in the butler’s pantry is painted Benjamin Moore Van Deusen Blue, while the countertops are granite. Stone Lighting fixtures illuminate the mudroom.

An archway connects the cobblestone parking court to the entry courtyard.