Paradise Cove, the name of this waterfront home on Cape Cod, has a sign at the entrance that reads: "The Way Life Should Be." It's hard to argue with that! Those turquoise board shutters with the starfish cutouts make me smile. The ... Keep Reading
A House in Nantucket with an “Upside-Down” Floorplan
This house in Nantucket's Surfside beach community won a 2014 Bulfinch Award, which recognizes design efforts that preserve and advance traditional architecture in New England. One of the reasons the judges chose it was for its ... 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
Cabots Corner: A Classic Shingled House in Massachusetts
The architectural firm of Polhemus Savery DaSilva designs some beautiful shingled houses. This one in Massachusetts is called "The House at Cabots Corner," and it has me daydreaming about summer afternoons and sunshine. With all those ... Keep Reading
A Shingle-Style House on Cape Cod with Aqua Shutters
I've been a fan of the work that architecture firm Polhemus Savery DaSilva does for a long time. I have their book Shingled Houses in the Summer Sun and have featured some of their other houses before (one of my favorite remodels was an ... Keep Reading