Some people wish upon a star. Martin Nally wished upon a lighthouse. From his modest home in Manchester-by-the-Sea, where he and his wife were raisin...
At the tail end of the 19th century, architect F. Patterson Smith (1870-1932) decided to build his own residence on the banks of Upper Mystic Lake in...
Nineteenth-century American painter Fitz Hugh Lane, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, often depicted maritime landscapes near his North Shore ho...
Interior designer Andra Birkerts is drawn to the unexpected. She uses the element of surprise to energize spaces, generate conversations, and nudge e...
New England’s residential architecture and design has a rich history and distinct vernacular. In this summer issue, we share with you some of the Ins...
HGTV is currently casting North Shore homes for a new renovation show called Farmhouse Fixer. In the show, renovation expert Jonathan Knight and loca...
When Leslie Pferchy and her husband wanted to build a lakeside vacation home in New Hampshire, they went looking for the right builder. Some didn’t g...
In a town as steeped in the past as Gloucester, you could be forgiven for assuming the golden yellow house presiding over the west end of Main Street...