Cynthia MacCollum: Only Natural

A New Canaan printmaker doesn’t have to go far to find the local flora that inspires her art.

Living Large in a Compact Duxbury Beach House

With an airy layout and spectacular sightlines from every room, a compact beach house on Boston’s South Shore lives large.

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

A Glamorous Carriage House on Boston’s North Shore

They weren’t really house-hunting. But when a retired couple from Boston’s North Shore took one look at this condominium in…

Master of Understatement

This classic Fairfield County beauty keeps an unassuming countenance, but never skimps on luxury or style. Less than an hour’s…

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…

Storybook Ending

A gentle revamping holds on to the best of the past while forging a fresh look and feel for a well-loved old house.

In Nature’s Embrace

Designed to hug the landscape rather than stand out from it, a Martha’s Vineyard summer home forges a close connection, inside and out, with its spectacular location.