This waterfront home called "House on Salt Pond" makes me smile. It was inspired by classic 19th-century shingle-style summer houses but has a touch of whimsy about it, from the unexpected swoop of the roof line to the bright blue shutters ... Keep Reading
Beach Houses
I Want the Beach House from “Grace and Frankie,” Thanks
I binge-watched the new Netflix series "Grace and Frankie" this week and couldn't get enough of their beach house. Judging by the number of emails I've gotten from readers asking me to feature it, I'm guessing I'm not the only one who's a ... Keep Reading
Building a Tiny Purple Beach House on Tybee
Katy is a single mom with three kids whose big dream was to build a tiny purple beach house on Tybee Island in Georgia. She says, "I purchased a disgusting wreck of a house by the water in 2011 and tore it down to build a tiny, ... Keep Reading
A Summer Home on the South Coast of Rhode Island
Feel like daydreaming a little? This house was built last year on the coast of Rhode Island as a summer retreat for one lucky family, who named it "Peace of the Rock." The builders and architects are Polhemus Savery DaSilva. Their ... Keep Reading
Updating a 1950s Beach House in North Carolina
A reader named Allison wrote me about the (kinda sad, very brown) 1950s duplex that she and her family recently renovated in Kure Beach, North Carolina. After 10 months of working on weekends, they transformed it into a colorful ... Keep Reading