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Refresh Your Space for the New Year

5 Tips to create a calm and peaceful home environment. Following the abundant cheer and chaos of the holiday season, we could all use a place to rest and recharge our batteries for the new year ahead. Clearing the clutter and making mindful changes to your home’s decor can have a surprisingly powerful and positive … Read more

Custom Home With Heart

Custom Home With a Heart By Jennifer H. McInerney Photography by Jack Foley Location, location, location” has long been the familiar refrain in the real estate business. Any structure can be redesigned, expanded, or even torn down and rebuilt, but not the land on which it stands.  When the Sartor family purchased their four-bedroom home … Read more

NexTide: A Boater’s Best Friend

By Maria Allen No matter if you’re planning to paddle a kayak up the North River for a picnic at Couch Beach or aiming to anchor your powerboat at The Spit for the afternoon, the same thing holds true–you’re going to need to know the tides. South Shore residents Mike Tedeschi and John Bizzozero recently … Read more

Dreaming of Bali

A creative renovation transforms a master suite while improving access to an artisan workshop. By Kathleen McKenna Photography by Danielle Robertson  It all started with access—or rather, lack of it. When Joyce and Russell Weiner moved to Hingham in 2019, they knew they wanted to make a few updates to their Cape-style home. A talented … Read more

A Duxbury Home With Award-Winning Design

A distinctive contemporary home blends seamlessly with the Duxbury landscape. By Jennifer H. McInerney Photography by Michael J Lee Photography Nestled into a sloping hillside along the tidal salt marshes of Duxbury’s Back River, the street-side façade of this newly constructed custom home appears like a single-story residence. Upon further inspection, however, the house reveals … Read more

Fabric of Life

A Hingham couple’s designer bedding brand is both beautiful and built for everyday living. By Maria Allen Photography by Kate Rogan The average person will spend close to one third of their lifetime sleeping. For Hingham residents Abi and Joanna Sood, this is more than just an intriguing statistic–it’s a motivating factor that helps drive … Read more

Preserving the Past One Home at a Time

A local couple’s passion for saving historic homes inspires a new hit television show. Written by Jennifer H. McInerney Photography by Jack Foley and Nicole Gowan For a decade now, Plympton residents Jen Macdonald and Mike Lemieux have been saving historic South Shore homes from demolition and restoring them to their former glory. The co-owners … Read more

Homemade Holiday

Take your decorating up a notch this year by creating an evergreen yule ball with fresh greenery from your backyard.   By Maria Allen, Photography by Kate Rogan Landscape designer and flower farmer Elise Freda is best known for cultivating spectacular dahlias and other summertime blooms in the fields at Crooked Barn Flower Farm. As the … Read more

Riverfront Revolution

A Norwell home gets a first-floor update. By Jennifer Sperry, Photography by Derrick Zellmann Gordon and Annellen Pulsifer have owned their Norwell property on the North River since 1999. “We knew right away it was a special place, with water views from every room,” explains Gordon. Over the years, while raising their two sons, they updated … Read more