Here we showcase the house where Jerry used to live. Jerry? Well, that’s what the reclusive author J. D. Salinger (1919-2010) wanted his most-trusted friends to call him–people like the current owner of the house in Cornish, New Hampshire, in which he once lived. During the later years of his life, Jerry lived just up […]
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And the views of Penobscot Bay are spectacular … [slideshow post_id=”563365″] You’re not familiar with the town of Bayside? Well, we’d have to say it’s one of the Maine coast’s hidden treasures. Located three miles south of Belfast and 16 miles north of Camden, Bayside was created in the late 19th century as a Wesleyan […]
Our editor in chief Judson Hale has written countless stories for our “House for Sale” column over the years. In our July/August issue, he writes his personal story about a house called Liberty Street, the summer home he purchased while on a “House for Sale” scouting trip back in the early 1970s. It has been […]
Built on the banks of the Mystic River in 1791, the historic Captain George Eldredge House is finally available … There are many wonderful restaurants in Mystic, Connecticut. On the night we visited a few months ago, however, we chose one called The S & P Oyster Company, simply because it’s located right on the […]
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Tips for Displaying Art
“Art doesn’t need to be priceless or exotic to create warmth and personality. It just has to be meaningful,” designer Kevin O’Brien says. Here are his tips for displaying it with style: Try displaying many pieces of artwork in similar frames and mats and hanging them together as a collection. This is a gallery trick; […]
A Providence designer turned a tiny, dilapidated 1800s house into a nautically inspired New England haven.
Everyone who loves Boothbay Harbor, Maine, knows about the historic old house attached to the middle of the longest wooden footbridge in the country.
When my husband and I set out to restore an 1873 two-family house to the single it was originally designed to be, we faced two challenges. First, our budget, like that of many homeowners, wasn’t unlimited. Second, the house, nestled on a compact urban street near Boston, had undergone an enthusiastic 1980s remodeling, which, save […]
What are some ways to make a new house look old? We asked everyone’s favorite old house expert, Bob Vila, for his tips and tricks.
Over the past 30 years, a famous garden designer and his wife have transformed a dilapidated Vermont farmhouse into a study in harmony between indoors and out, where garden views are always in focus. Town life never suited Gordon and Mary Hayward. They found that out firsthand in 1981, when they bought an 1850s-era white […]
Located on the eastern side of New Hampshire’s largest lake, Wolfeboro has always been among our favorites of all New England towns. With a year-round population of about 6,300, it simply has everything you’d ever want in a town, and, yes, although many have come to retire here in recent years, it is, indeed, the […]
When Alyson Horrocks, along with her husband, Russ, and four children, relocated from California to the East coast, she had her heart set on finding an antique home in one of New England’s quintessential villages. Initially settling in Connecticut, the family soon realized that to truly have the authentic New England experience they were seeking, […]