Marcia wrote me, saying, “I thought you’d like to see the work of the company I work for. We are a design-build firm on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.”
I went to their site and this gorgeous summer house on the water in Cape Cod immediately caught my eye.
Take a look!
When I was searching for more information about the house, called “Champlain’s Bluff” on their website, I discovered that it was featured in a book called Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer by Michael J. Crosbie.
Crosbie writes that the owners wanted a house that was “historically rooted, as if it had always been there, but that would also comfortably accommodate contemporary art and furnishings.”
I like the look of this stone fireplace in such a sleek, modern kitchen:
The Library:
A fun boy’s room with a nautical theme:
The view of the water from the upstairs balcony is pretty amazing:
Thanks to Marcia for telling me about it!
For more information, visit Polhemus Savery DaSilva.
What’s not to love! Goodness, it’s all beautiful.
Looooove the furnishings, not so much the chopped up architecture.
I really love the exterior, living room, library, and of course the views but I could live without the kitchen because it’s a little too modern for me.
What a lovely house with fantastic views – just the right amount of modern yet cosy – would love to have a holiday there:)
Mary x
The nautical theme is very popular for boy’s rooms -fun! Love the fireplace in the kitchen.
Loving it! I love the living room and kitchen but that boat is great!
WOW! All I can say is Wow!! This house is gorgeous!
Julia what a view!! I could sit and gaze forever. I would be sure to have my office desk facing the sea!!
Plus the house is gorgeous!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Oy. Yes, please. Love the boat-loft with portals to peer down on the goings-on down below. And that view — ! Excellent find!
Wow, awe-inspiring house! Yep, that’s it–nothing funny or clever to say for once…
Ohhhhh is my dream, beautiful, gorgeous!
OMG, and I’m writing that without irony!
I think that the exterior design alludes to a more contempory take on the cape code style therefore the interior isn’t that big of a surprise with its modern feel. The kitchen was a bit too modern for me but I loved the boy’s room. The entry was fantastic but unfortunate that the same volume and vaulted ceilings were not carried through to the other areas such as the kitchen and family room. I would have liked higher ceilings in those spaces.
Whoa…that is aaHAMazing! So many well thought out details and design features. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting our House on Champlain’s Bluff on your great blog! And thank you for all the thoughtful comments. Readers who would like to see more can view additional photos on our web site, on our Facebook page–please “like” us while you are there!–and in a recent issue of Design New England Magazine. If you would like to see and read more about Polhemus Savery DaSilva’s work, in addition to Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer mentioned above, our latest book is called Shingled Houses in the Summer Sun and is available on Amazon and elsewhere. Thank you for your interest!
So nice to hear from you! I could spend hours on your website looking at your work. Thanks for stopping by!
Now that is a beach house! The view is amazing…its so fun to dream. I love getting my house fix here at your blog. Thanks for posting.
Londen
Thankyou Jula, I like your blog, “Hooked on Houses”. Thankyou for letting us see this joy of a house today. In discribing this house, the first word that comes to me, is fun! It looks like a fun house tobe in, and of course, all the above, beautiful, lovely, ect.
Thanks for the link to your Holiday Gift Guide, Caron! 🙂
I. Love. That. KITCHEN!!! and LIBRARY~~~~~~ 😀
I would love a home like that on a smaller scale. Wow.
Thanks, Julia!
xoxoxoxo,
Ricki Jill
Wowza! I love that house, and the architect’s other work. I can’t say I love the marriage of the owner’s aesthetic–which is too spare and modern for me–with the architect’s style, judging from the photos on the architect’s blog, which I think are other houses too. Wow! I would live in any house he’s built! All those curved staircases, and little nooks and grace notes. Gorgeous. If that is all one house…wow even more!
Thanks Wendy, Ricki, Caron, et.al.!
Loved the library and the view. What lucky owners.
I love the view of the front of the house and the view looking out of the interior to the water as well as the interiors but didn’t care that much for the rear view of the house!
Incredible home…the front is beautiful but, the back of this home is amazing!!
Aww Breathtaking views!! the house is jut spectacular!