Oyster Barn

Oyster Barn

Oyster Barn How do you hide a working Oyster Farm on a property with an Antique Cape?  Oyster Farming is a year round operation but sorting the harvest on a floating dock is no fun in winter, so when this farm needed to move operations inside, they needed a working...
Summer Escape

Summer Escape

Summer Escape When this busy, high-powered couple decided to find a summer residence, they shocked their friends and family when they purchased a 1950s cape in the neighboring town. But, they had a vision and now that the project is complete, they are the envy of...
Backyard Oasis

Backyard Oasis

Backyard Oasis Go Bold! That was my first comment to this active preppy family who asked me to design them a structure in their yard that would serve as part party space, part office, part work-out room, and part winter boat storage. Like many things, the pandemic...
Beach House

Beach House

Beach House On the Massachusetts coast, the prevailing wind is Southwest. In one special area of the south shore, the summer breezes pick up the salty air of the oyster-filled bay as it makes its way to the barrier beach. Here, there is a community of folks that take...
Craftsman Redux

Craftsman Redux

Craftsman Redux As a craftsman himself, it was only fitting that this design (meant as a downsize from a big antique with land and barns) would take on a Craftsman character. With the kids moved out, this couple decided it was time to relocate to a nearby site, where...