The architects of the new Oak Bluffs library at work, and at home, in the woods of Harthaven.
Holly Nadler
What makes a good kitchen? Is it efficiency? The right tools? Size? A beautiful space? A great view? There are probably as many versions of “good kitchen” as there are good Island cooks. Here are four of them and the places where they work their magic.
Catherine Walthers
The Ark is built on one of the lowest spots in the Camp Ground of Oak Bluffs. When it rains, the whole backyard floods and with all that water around it, the house resembles the stern of Noah’s Ark, says owner Marina Firestone.
Mary-Jean Miner
What does it take to make a house feel like home? Is it family photographs, your great-grandmother’s patchwork quilt, the smell of bread baking? Five professionals who create homes for clients show us the places they come home to.
Laura D. Roosevelt
Island workers are laid back. We have lives as well and people have to understand that.” – Billy O’Callaghan, Mason, Vineyard Haven
C.K. Wolfson
It’s really quite simple. You start with an iconic house, add impeccable taste and an eye for art, and what you get is summer living at its best.
Erin Ryerson
As Edgartown considers doubling the size of its historic district, and with ancient houses on stilts all over the Island, we wondered about the state of historic preservation.
Shelley Christiansen