It takes a special place to draw New Yorkers away from the city. For Lisa and Howard Salzberg, it was a seaside property in Falmouth that convinced them to take the leap and relocate permanently. They aren’t exactly strangers to … Continue reading →

The path that led Brad and Hannah Blymier to their newly built home in North Yarmouth was paved with oyster shells and hockey pucks. The couple met at a wedding in northern California, where Hannah was managing a Sonoma tasting … Continue reading →

Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old?” asked the legendary Bauhaus architect Mies van der Rohe. “Where else can we find such unity of material, construction, and form? Here the wisdom of … Continue reading →

In Kara and Marc Perrelli’s Falmouth Foreside home, there is a single, shiny nod to what is traditionally thought of as coastal design. It’s so subtle, you’d be hard-pressed to find it, unless you were lucky enough to spend a … Continue reading →

Most homes are designed so that visitors enter through a semi-public space—a foyer that flows into the salon or living room. I’ve visited dozens of houses over the years. While there are many differences in style, format, and materials, they … Continue reading →

“If you’d asked me ten years ago where I’d be living, I would probably have said I didn’t know, but definitely not Maine,” says Zach Bouzan-Kaloustian, a native Mainer who left the state to pursue opportunities in the tech customer … Continue reading →

The first meeting between an interior designer and a client is about so much more than just design—it’s about the past, the present, and the future of a particular space and how it reflects those who inhabit it. After all, … Continue reading →

We decided to test how strong the connection is between our hands and minds. What happens when designers step away from the screen and sit at a table with their peers and create? For a third year in a row, … Continue reading →

“We weren’t just building it for ourselves,” says Jerry (who prefers to use his first name) of this capacious modern house in Kittery Point that he owns with his wife, Connie. “This could go on for another hundred years.” Jerry … Continue reading →

RESIDENTIAL Loon Lane Cottage This project aimed to make the experience of this cottage feel as deeply rooted in the site as possible. Visitors approach the home from a winding dirt road edged with deciduous and coniferous trees to see … Continue reading →