Northshore Home Magazine (Digital)

ANOTHER FALL IS UPON US, AND I AM THRILLED TO reveal the winners of the Best of the North Shore Home Awards! The region is teeming with talented architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and builders who create beautiful and comfortable s

PEOPLE BUILD NEW HOUSES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. For a couple in North Reading, the impetus was to create more space for their family that would become a generational gathering place where everyone felt welcome for years to come. They decided to ere

A CENTURY-OLD TUDOR HOME IN THE EASTERN POINT neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts, has been reborn with a new look for the 21st century. Once brown and brooding inside, its walls, floors, and fixtures have perked up substantially, thanks to the

SOMETIMES A PLAN COMES TOGETHER IN SUCH A special way that it almost seems like fate. Such is the case with a recent design project out of Kathy Marshall Design in Wenham. The home, a Beverly Farms 1935 Colonial Revival, was a joy for Marshall to wor

IN APRIL 2021, THE NIGHT BEFORE TERESE AND DENNIS Barous were scheduled to fly back to Boston from Florida, their Ipswich home burned to the ground. “We had lived in the house since we got married over 50 years ago,” Terese says. “Luckily, we were no

EVER WONDER HOW NEW PERENNIALS WILL perform in your North Shore garden? The trial garden for Plants Nouveau is in the neighborhood. Angela Palmer knows what a trial garden looks like, and that’s not what she wanted to surround her own North Shore ho

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM/TRADITIONAL EDITORS’ CHOICE CARPENTER & MACNEILLE, ESSEX The architects of Carpenter & MacNeille draw inspiration from the lines and materials of traditional New England architecture, but make sure everything they create is built t

DECORATIVE PAINTING EDITORS’ CHOICE SAMARRA PAINTING, AMESBURY Founded by artist Julie King, Samarra works with a deep belief in the power of color to energize, soothe, or inspire. King and her staff constantly refresh their training on state-of-the-

APPLIANCES EDITORS’ CHOICE TRI-CITY SALES, SALEM The sales staff at Tri-City are friendly and knowledgeable, and never pressure shoppers to buy before they are sure of their purchase. And with selection to rival the big chain stores—from value workho

ANTIQUES & CONSIGNMENTS EDITORS’ CHOICE ANDREW SPINDLER ANTIQUES & DESIGN, ESSEX The inventory at this shop is determined not by a particular period or style, but by the judgment, passions, and even sometimes the whims of owner Andrew Spindler. The s

BATH DESIGN EDITORS’ CHOICE KRISTINA CRESTIN DESIGN, MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA The team at Kristina Crestin Design knows that design must be practical as well as beautiful to succeed. This philosophy shines through, particularly in bathroom designs, whi

Downsizing from the Lexington home in which they raised their family to a townhouse in Winning Farm, a 55-plus community in Winchester, Ana Donohue’s clients were all about embracing change. The couple loved their Garrison Colonial with modern farmho

FOR ANDREW TERRAT AND MICHAEL DECARLO, houses aren’t merely loved: They are adored. Every inch of each North Shore home they have owned and rehabbed has been spoiled with lavish attention. The couple thought their last renovation, a sweet home in Lyn

Designer Kathy Marshall is a master when it comes to mixing and matching design elements in her projects such as this circa 1940s writing desk with 1970s deco-inspired chair. ■

It is within walking distance of the charming downtown district, it has lovely water views, and it was the perfect place to raise their two sons. But two decades after purchasing the property, with their children in college, they decided that it was