Massachusetts
Young at Heart
The original plan called for a teardown and do-over. Down would come the turn-of-the-century barn, and up would go a…
Fancy This
Anyone who has ever driven the winding Route 127 along the North Shore of Massachusetts knows the pleasure of slowing…
Saving Grace
Three centuries ago, a man built a stately house—a mark of his success as a ship’s captain—on Martha’s Vineyard. It…
Sweeping Beauty
Some people say architect Philip Johnson faked the tears he shed upon seeing Spain’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao for the first…
Party of Five
The family that lives here made do with a two-bedroom cottage until one of the children took matters into his…
Future Perfect
They say that history repeats itself and that adage certainly rings true in the renovation of this Boston brownstone….
A Quiet Presence
While last winter set every shingle on Martha’s Vineyard aquiver, one house at the far end of the island sat…
The Light Within
The classic facade of this nineteenth-century Back Bay brownstone belies the scene within. A climb up three flights of the…
Love at First Site
A casual Internet click leads to a made-in-heaven match between a homeowner and the perfect designer for her suburban Boston…
Kindred Spirits
Linen, silk, and gossamer wings aside, there is nothing more finely woven than the mother-daughter relationship. When it’s good it’s…
Suburban Style: Across the Great Divide
Moving from the city doesn’t have to mean giving up sophistication, as this home outside Boston proves. For a certain…
Yours, Mine, and Ours
Before hey became a couple, Shannon and Michael Sperlinga were neighbors in their Back Bay condominium building. They met in…
High Design
The owners of a traditional, turn-of-the-last-century McKim, Mead & White family home on Boston’s North Shore surprised themselves by buying…