The front façade is more traditional, paving the way for the more contemporary back. The cedar shingles are painted oyster grey | Photographs by Carl Heyerdahl

Great Escape: A Top Tier Design Team Creates a House that Exemplifies Luxury and Leisure on the Swampscott Coast

Nancy A. RuhlingAugust 11, 2025

Second homes offer not only the opportunity to live in a different geographical location but also the chance to do so in a totally different style, which, if carefully curated, provides the best of both worlds. Such is the case of a couple with grown children and grandchildren who split their time between Florida and the coastal town of Swampscott, an area where they, themselves, had grown up. Their Sunshine State residence is a collage of color, and their former home in Swampscott was a 1900s traditional structure. When they bought a plot of land overlooking Fred Bliss Rocks, they commissioned architect Jeff Tucker to design a moder

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