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When a firm works with the same client once, twice, or, in this instance, three times, its designers get to witness a style evolution—or even instigate it. “In previous projects together, this couple gravitated toward a more traditional aesthetic,” says interior designer Michael Forman. “But this time around, they trusted us to push them outside of their comfort zone. They’re a cool young family with great style, and we felt their home should reflect that. Juxtaposing this home’s traditional bones with modern touches created a chic and timeless setting that complements their new u ..read more

“I like to be entertained as I walk through my own home,” says designer Jill Litner Kaplan of her West Newton Hill, Massachusetts, house. Strolling through the 1927 brick Georgian Revival-meets-colonial that she shares with her husband and their sons—one studying abroad in Paris, the other a recent college grad—does indeed have an entertainment factor. Each room is a treasure trove of riveting finds, from a Helen Frankenthaler lithograph to ballroom chairs that one can imagine once rested the dance-weary derriere of Marie Antoinette herself. “Every piece that I have purchased or that ..read more

A coastal Rhode Island vacation home with a long history of change has emerged from its latest makeover with an open floor plan, a spacious new kitchen, and easy flow to outdoor spaces, all tailored to fit a large family content to spend their summers by the sea. Built in 1910, the 2,400-square-foot house in Little Compton started as a simple, square summer cottage with exposed studs, lime-washed walls, and tiny rooms. But 100-plus years and a variety of owners had left a mark. “When we got there, what caught my eye was how many iterations of this house there had been over the year ..read more

Architect Patrick Ahearn is a celebrated classicist known for timeless, coastal-inspired dwellings. But his past tells a different story: he was trained as a modernist under Walter Gropius at the storied Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm The Architects Collaborative. So when potential clients proposed he design a modern family homestead on ten-plus acres of undeveloped farmland on Martha’s Vineyard, he replied, “Let’s give it a shot.” The result is a home that melds storybook-style silhouettes with Machine Age edge. The central portion of the house is modeled on a cottage one might ..read more

When homeowners Mark and Marilyn Wendling hired Nick Fobes and Douglas Hoerr of Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects to design this Nantucket property in 2019, they requested a landscape that “felt as comfortable and casual as a sundress.” Having already designed a Midwest home for the couple, the designers knew exactly how to make that happen. “We just got the band back together,” says Fobes. After years of summering on Nantucket, the family finally found their ideal property on the outskirts of town but with easy access to the beach. Only one obstacle stood in the way of Nantucket nirva ..read more

There are various schools of thought on how to approach historic renovations, and in the case of this 1929 two-story brick colonial in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hisel Flynn Architects opted to celebrate the new as opposed to merely trying to mimic the original details. “Our goal was to maintain the classic colonial character of the house and keep its scale intact, while at the same time ensuring that any interventions be clearly legible as modern instead of a mush of old and new,” says architect Katie Flynn, who designed the symmetrical second-floor additions perched atop the resi ..read more

We all like to believe we have a soulmate, that one person who sees us for who we really are, appreciates us, and maybe even helps us become a better version of ourselves. Sometimes, it seems, the same holds true for houses and homeowners. It takes the right person to come along and see the inner beauty and magnificent potential in a home. That’s how it was for this suburban Boston home built back in 1904. Where some prospective buyers might have seen just an old house that needed a fair amount of repair, one couple valued its gracious Victorian past and saw its possibilities a ..read more

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You might not immediately recognize the company known as twenty2 Wallpaper + Textiles, but chances are you’ve seen its eye-catching wares adorning some of the chicest houses, hotels, and boutiques. The Bantam-based brand has become a go-to source for design cognoscenti looking to expand their ethos into signature collections of textiles and wallcoverings. “We initially started as a multidisciplinary design firm,” says cofounder Kyra Hartnett, who created twenty2 with her husband, Robertson Hartnett, in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York. “We were doing branding, graphic design, and commercial a ..read more