A Renovation Transforms a Plum Bush Downs Home into a Luminous Retreat Where River Views Reshape the Experience of Coastal Living

Sited on a narrow spit in the Plum Bush Downs marsh, a longtime family home now commands a striking new perspective—thanks to a modest yet transformative renovation. The symmetrical shingle-style house, perched above the water for nearly forty years, already had solid architectural bones, including an inventive attic office and cupola designed in 2015 by Philip Comeau, professor of architecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology. What it needed wasn’t reinvention but a gentle, thoughtful nudge—just enough to shift it from ordinary to extraordinary. The living room offers cozy conversational seating. For years, the owners, a coup

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A Renovation Transforms a Plum Bush Downs Home into a Luminous Retreat Where River Views Reshape the Experience of Coastal Living

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