Transformations

Bobby Houston from Scout House has built co-housing down by the river.

We often referred to this project as the “house of glass” because there is glass everywhere.

The owners decided on a renovation with nultiple new additions that followed the original elegant lines. This was a huge undertaking—it would take three years from beginning to end.

Bobby Houston, with his partner in Scout House Jennifer Bianco, remodeled the grand former home of opera diva Phyllis Curtin and turned a barn into a ballroom.

The goal for the house was that it should look and feel organic inside and out, like a part of nature that has always been there.

A designer’s “home-as-laboratory” distills five lessons to live by…beautifully.

Designer/developer Bobby Houston give "that big yellow thing" a new and better life.

Designer Jess Cooney explores the central problem of designing kids' spaces: how to design both for now and for when they grow older.

We knew it would make sense to buy the now empty house next door because our properties were so intimately touching, but it took 13 months of pondering, strategizing, walking away and letting go, until we saw a way to make it happen.

Christopher Riggleman and Jonathon Loy, of Studio Riggleman, complete the process of transforming an old schoolhouse into a primary residence.

There are still some people living among us today who attended this school in East Otis and may recall going out to the freezing privies in the winters when a wood stove heated the single classroom. Clark + Green Architects of Great Barrington are overseeing Phase One of the restoration, underway now, to save the building. Phase Two will restore the interior.

Living together, apart. An Accessory Dwelling Unit, or ADU, can offer many benefits to both the property owner and the community at large. The author shows several beautiful examples.

Originally part of Edith Wharton's estate at The Mount, the former barn and stables have been transformed by CLARK + GREEN INC into a gracious home which retains the history of the property and the character of the barn.

Furniture isn’t the only thing you can rearrange inside your home. Designer Erica Fay shows us that you can also rearrange the rooms.

My clients and I imagined a calming space to relax while listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Live from Tanglewood on the radio!

Designer Sue Schwarz recommends casting a fresh eye on your decor. Small changes can make big differences.