Mary Tyler Moore’s Greenwich CT home “Harkaway” has recently come on the market. And like Mary herself – it’s glorious. From the Sotheby’s real estate listing: “A captivating retreat in the heart of Greenwich with a storied pedigree, this distinguished Georgian Colonial was home to the late Mary Tyler Moore. Following a meandering stream to … Read more
Hello and Happy Saturday! I’ve been busy with installs this week and am overseeing the install first thing today of a pair of black out drapery panels for a bedroom. My clients will be happy to have a nice dark room from now on! Meanwhile, in this edition of The Saturday List, I share a … Read more
Hello! I hope you’ve had a great week. Mine has been pretty good and I’m exciting to be hosting a ladies tea party today with my two nieces and adorable grand-niece (who is 5-1/2). I’ve been baking and planning tea sandwiches and table settings all week. Meanwhile, in this week’s edition of The Saturday List, … Read more
Hello and happy weekend! I’ve been busy with my Pinehills project client putting the final touches on the design for their bright and beautiful new home. There have been several fun tidbits in the news this week that I’m sharing below in this week’s edition of The Saturday List. (Please note this post contains affiliate … Read more
Hello and happy weekend! This week’s installment of The Saturday List includes Betty White’s Carmel CA house, newly on the market; an amazing Air BnB in Old Town that’s a gloriously decorated in red, white and blue – but in a modern and fun way. Betty White’s Carmel, CA home, which she owned for … Read more
I love real estate listings from around the world and when I ran across this article in Forbes of a property in Wales billed as a Scandi New England style home – I was intrigued. It’s always fun to see what folks from other parts of the world think of as something New England. Of … Read more
Here in New England we have a lot of historic homes and one of the oldest and most historic – and infamous – is the Jonathan Corwin House in Salem, MA. This house is also known as the Salem Witch House. It’s infamous because the house is the only structure still standing in Salem with … Read more
I wanted to share this beautiful antique Cape Cod home – an 1815 brick Federal style house that’s on the market in Sandwich, MA. My parent’s lived in Sandwich for 30 years and I’ve been by this house a million times. I love it when I finally get to see inside and am happy with … Read more
I’ve written before about my love of a church conversion project and I wanted to share another one that is currently on the market in Hingham, Massachusetts. This was, until a couple of years ago, the First Church of Christ Science located right on Main Street in Historic Hingham, MA. Once called the “most beautiful … Read more
We’ve all heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello – that gorgeous late 18th Century masterpiece in old Virginia. But did you know there’s an amazing replica house that was recently built in New England? This Monticello Masterpiece in New England, located in Somers, CT, is a must see, if only virtually. It’s actually on the market, … Read more
I wrote about three of the houses I visited at the 2015 Newburyport Holiday House Tour the other day, but wanted to share the Toppan-Whitney House in its own post because it’s on the market – so we get more insider photos! The Toppan-Whitney House is a brick Federal-era home built in 1804 and is … Read more
Following last week’s Amazing Federal post, I wanted to share another property (also on the market) that I have a connection to in Duxbury, MA. This house, dating to 1780, is an example of late Georgian style. It’s simpler and more austere than the Federal home I showcased last week, which was built in 1807. … Read more
I wanted to share images of this amazing antique Duxbury Federal house that’s currently on the market. It’s actually next door to where I grew up in Duxbury, MA and I’ve never been inside. If you look past the house on the right side of the image, you can see some trees through the … Read more
As I’ve written before, I’ve spent the last couple of months getting my parent’s house ready to put on the market. It’s a bitter sweet experience because while it does signify that they really are gone, I am so proud of the beautiful home that they created – truly created – themselves. When they bought … Read more
No matter what year you were born, you can’t grow up in New England without hearing about the horror that was the hurricane of 1938. The Category 5 hurricane was in September and its fury was felt across the region. Katherine Hepburn’s family vacation home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut was completely destroyed. It’s spectacular waterfront … Read more
I’ve mentioned before that I love when a living space is a converted from another type of space – such as a church or school. I harbor the deep desire to one day live in such a unique space! Bell Tower Place is one such conversion. Last week, I visited the Bell Tower … Read more