Floor-to-ceiling glass and woven lounge seating blur the line between indoors and out, framing uninterrupted views of the Atlantic and setting the tone for this relaxed Nantucket retreat. | Photographs by Greg Premru

A North Shore Designer Heads to Nantucket to Design a Retreat that Balances Laid-Back Beach Living with Elevated Coastal Design

Janice Randall RohlfJuly 10, 2026

“If you build it, they will come.” Borrowing from the oft-quoted line in Field of Dreams, the phrase perfectly captures this renovated Nantucket beach house, designed with one purpose in mind: gathering friends and family for effortless summer fun. The homeowners had enjoyed a more stately, family-friendly residence on Nantucket for years when the husband spotted a fairly remote property for sale on the island’s south-central coast. It scratched an itch. “I believe that he had always had this dream of a camp-style, classic, no-fuss beach house,” says Joe Paul, architect and co-owner of BPC Architecture with his wife, Irina. Initiall

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