SHOW LEGENDARY DEALER PETER PAP AN ANTIQUE Oriental rug, and he starts weaving stories. Of the passion of pursuit. Of history. Of art. Of adventure. Pap has a lot to say: He’s a nearly 50-year veteran of the business, one of the country’s foremost ex

WHEN A PAIR OF SIBLINGS INHERITED THEIR grandmother’s cottage on Curtis Point, they viewed it from a wistful perspective: The Beverly property was their childhood playground, a place for whiling away summer days, catching vast ocean views beyond the

Upon returning from living abroad for 20 years Gretchen Parker and her husband, Tim, who hails from England, purchased the rambling bed and breakfast that Gretchen grew up in from her father. Gretchen continued the tradition, serving as a seasonal in

“THERE WAS NO BIDDING WAR, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF work,” says Carolyn Salinetti, about the 2,000-square-foot fixer upper she and her husband purchased in Melrose nearly ten years ago. Nice light, a decent layout, and sweet architectural details attra

LAUREN PATEL STARTED DREAMING ABOUT REDOING THE kitchen in the early 1900s Victorian that she shares with her husband, Mitul, and their three children, on day one. While much of the Arlington home had retained its character, the kitchen, with its dar

THE 1700S FARMSTEAD, which peers out over vast marshland along the coast of the North Shore, has been in the same family for two generations. During its centuries-long life, the barn-red clapboard structure has served as a vehicle for carrying the pa

Howell Custom Building Group took every advantage of creating incredible views in this Newburyport fishing cottage renovation—even incorporating a rooftop porch. ■

I LOVE MY JOB. LAUNCHING NORTHSHORE HOME 10 years ago with Rick and Pam Sedler and creative director Ryan Jolley was so exciting and gave me an opportunity to focus on a subject that I am most passionate about—great house design. Over the past decade

AFTER RAISING THEIR TWO CHILDREN IN WELLESLEY, Anna and Mike Caruso decided to change things up and set their next chapter closer to the sea. Their New England–wide hunt brought them to Nahant, where various family members had lived or rented before.

WHEN A NEW FAMILY WITH FOUR CHILDREN TOOK up residence in a late-19th-century Colonial Victorian in Winchester, they brought the house to life again in a lovely and lively manner. As with all moves, there were adjustments that had to be made to make

“It wasn’t just a property acquisition; it was a deliberate effort to maintain a tangible link to my father’s upbringing and his extensive family in Gloucester,” says the current steward, who assumed ownership from his mom in 2022. Having lived in ur

IF YOU ASK DAVID DAVIS TO LIST HIS FAVORITE PLACES, vying for the top spot likely would be the French Lacanche range in the remodeled kitchen of the Newburyport home he shares with his wife, Beth Davis, and their four children. With a view of the gar

April 23 – May 5 12-Day Citywide Festival Boston Design Week Awards Friday Evening May 3rd 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan and Jim M-Geough, The M-Geough Company • Internationally-known Speakers • Architecture • Interior Design • Special Even

AFTER RAISING THEIR CHILDREN IN A LARGE HOUSE IN Boxford, Massachusetts, Susan and John Thibodeau decided it was time to downsize. When they discovered a c. 1890 fisherman’s cottage in Newburyport, just a short walk from town, they were intrigued at

JODI AND JAMES GOULD PURCHASED A PORTSMOUTH duplex in 2011 because it had a huge yard for their dog. (Their toddler enjoyed it too.) About nine years, another child, and a cat, later, with the duplex bursting at the seams and the noisy brood self-con

When it came to the kitchen, they simply painted the cabinets, swapped out the hardware, until recently, when Christina Marsh and Kristen Giannattasio fully reimagined the kitchen and spruced up the first-floor rooms around it. “We saw a magazine art

MATT HANNON HAD LONG IMAGINED LIVING IN Winchester. When the coronavirus pandemic prompted him and his wife, Lindsay, to look for a place where their young family of five could spread out (their Charlestown home wasn’t quite getting it done), they he

WAKING UP IN A GENERIC, CHAIN HOTEL MIGHT BE comfortable and functional, but it’s also often utilitarian and uninspiring. Often, you could be anywhere in the world, surrounded by a blank canvas that has little to do with the soul of the place where t

It was the opportunity of a lifetime: building a seasonal getaway from scratch, suited to their personal tastes and lifestyle. “During the pandemic, when property was at a premium, my clients already had this piece of land in a neighborhood that they

WINTER IS THE PERFECT TIME TO ASSESS YOUR interiors. Do you love the color scheme in your living room? Are your kitchen cabinets a bit dated? Does your bedroom exude comfort and serenity? Does your primary bath need updated fixtures and fittings? The

LITTLE LUXURIES IN A HOME THAT’S CUSTOM MADE FOR family is what Laura and her husband, Brian, have found in their brand-new house in Newbury. “We knew it would be a family home where people would come to gather,” Laura says. “We knew we wanted it to

“It was the perfect location, and the house had great bones,” says the homeowner of their 1896 find. Complete with gambrel rooflines and white-painted trim and fenestrations, the Shingle Style structure had been added on to over time. “We wanted some

SUZANNE NEVER CARED FOR STAINLESS-STEEL appliances. Nevertheless, when she and her husband, John, renovated the kitchen in the North Reading home where they raised their three children, they felt that installing them was expected. “I never liked the