Michael Partenio
A Modern Classic on Nantucket
An eighteenth-century Nantucket house gets an update that celebrates its past and ensures its future.
A Greenwich Waterfront Townhouse Transforms into a Personal Sanctuary
Custom touches turn a brand-new waterfront townhouse in Greenwich into a warm, personal sanctuary.
A Stylish New Look for an Aging Boston Penthouse
Rather than relocate, empty nesters decide to remodel their downtown Boston condo to reflect their modern aesthetic.
Traditional Design Meets Modern Sensibility
A designer updates his own Greenwich home with an appreciation for its 1970s contemporary appeal.
Tour The Hawthorne Inn in Concord, Massachusetts
If you want to stand—or sleep, or eat homemade granola—at the crossroads of American literary and revolutionary history, there’s probably no better place to do it than the Hawthorne Inn in Concord, Massachusetts. The bed-and-breakfast sits on former farmland owned in turn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott, and
Contemporary on Nantucket
For nearly four decades, a Southern couple summered in a modest cottage on Nantucket’s windswept shore. Nestled alongside grass-covered dunes…
Vineyard Vibes
“I was always in heaven on Martha’s Vineyard,” says a New Yorker, now in his early sixties, who started summering on Menemsha Beach with his parents and siblings when he was eight. “I remember bodysurfing in Squibnocket . . . the community center softball games . . . it was the most wonderful place to be a kid.” When he and his wife—a transplanted
At Home in the Country
Every interior designer seeks to make a “house” into a “home,” but the decades-long relationship between designer Trudy Dujardin and client Jill Jordon is so deep and trusting, it takes that concept to an especially detailed level, right down to selecting the flowers on the table and arranging treasured keepsakes on bookshelves.
An Elegant Georgian-Style Home in New Canaan, Connecticut
With its white clapboard and dark shutters, this Georgian-style house in the picture-perfect town of New Canaan is the quintessence of Yankee rectitude. But some pleasant surprises await inside, in an interior design that reflects the personalities and
Mountain Makeover
“Who knew?” asks Kerry Berchem, as she smiles and recalls how the modest renovation she and her husband, Craig Goos,…
Vintage meets Contemporary in Newtown, Connecticut
We love farmhouses for the connections they remind us of. Connections to the land. To nature. To a simpler life. Here in New England, connectivity is expressed outright in
Coastal Glam in Southport
When life gives you lemons… you know how the rest goes. Truer words were never spoken when it comes to designer Mindy Schwarz’s home in the coastal hamlet of Southport. At 1,800 square feet, the cozy house is the
An Updated Greek Revival in Edgartown
Seduced by Martha’a Vineyard’s salty breezes and serene lifestyle, a pair of West Coast executives started spending time on the…