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Northshore Home

The Art of Living

The owners of this contemporary French manor in Andover built the house with a primary goal of showcasing their extensive and prized art collection.B...
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Investing When the Market is Slowing

Investors who poured their capital into real estate during the boom conditions of recent years enjoyed considerable success. When the market is hot, ...
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Put it Off

Tax-deferred exchanges can make selling easier.Like many North Shore homeowners, you may have seen a tremendous jump in your second vacation home pro...
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Where and When

On the North Shore, timing can be everythingWant to learn how to be the first in the neighborhood to have a showy display of daffodils, the North Sho...
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Natural Garden Design

"If you have the opportunity to make a bold stroke, you have to do it."Garden design doesn't have to be complex to be effective. In fact, today, the ...
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Of Summers Past, Present

Elizabeth Meyer was two years old when her parents first rented a vacation cottage at Asbury Grove in South Hamilton. Lacking plumbing, the cottage o...
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A Plush Place to Be

Local residents make big contributions to Boston Design CenterAnyone who is anyone in the world of home design is quite familiar with the Boston Desi...
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The Psychology of Color

I have often wondered if it is any coincidence that the vast majority of people agree that there is nothing quite so lovely as a true blue sky on a s...
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Natural Wonders

Today, the interior design community continues to search for interesting combinations of surface materials. Many have begun to integrate semi-preciou...
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Out With the Old?

When is it worth rebuilding a house and when is it a teardown?Your home just isn't cutting it anymore. Maybe you need more space. Maybe you need less...