Northshore Home Magazine (Digital)

BRAVO! BRAVA! WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE the Best of the North Shore Home Awards in this Fall issue. It’s been nine years since we branched off BONS to create a special category celebrating the home industry in our region. We have so many talented a

DESPITE THE DATED KITCHEN, WITH ITS KNOTTY, dark-brown cabinets, black countertops, and vinyl flooring, the 1938 Cape Cod style home was just what Nicole and Viktor Theiss desired: A family home in Arlington with nice bones and charming nooks and cra

BUILT IN 1994, THE HOME’S EXTERIOR PRESENTS WITH A Federal-inspired charm to match its historic neighbors. For the new owners—a family with three sons ranging in ages from 14 to 20—it was the perfect location. Newburyport is one of the North Shore’s

WITH THEIR CHILDREN GROWN, NANCY AND Cavan Dunn decided that they needed—and very much desired—a change of scenery. Their solution was to remake their lives by moving from downtown Newburyport to the oceanfront on Plum Island. Their new old dream hou

ALTHOUGH THIS 3,700-PLUS-SQUARE-FOOT CLAPBOARD home in South Hamilton had ample living space and a fairly open layout, the kitchen was cramped and felt closed off from the rest of the rooms. “The kitchen was clearly not designed by someone who cooks,

EDITORS’ CHOICE OLSON LEWIS + Architects, Manchester-by-the-Sea With its focus on creating spaces to connect people and their environments, the team at OLSON LEWIS is a natural at designing spaces that use materials and forms that reflect the natural

EDITORS’ CHOICE Howell Custom Building Group, Lawrence Before the building even begins, the Howell team will provide preconstruction services, working together with your designers to balance aesthetics, engineering, and cost-effectiveness. Highly tra

EDITORS’ CHOICE Andrew Spindler Antiques, Essex Guided by owner Andrew Spindler’s sophisticated but unpretentious approach to curation, this shop offers a welcoming, homey feel and an eclectic inventory of furniture, lighting, art, and other décor p

EDITORS’ CHOICE  Kristina Crestin Design, Manchester-by-the-Sea A bathroom is a small space with an outsized role in daily life. Kristina Crestin knows how to talk to clients to find out what they really need from their design, then maximize the imp

EDITORS’ CHOICE Works by JD, Beverly As a comprehensive design-build company, Works by JD has deep experience creating entire homes in which all components hang together seamlessly. This skill extends quite naturally to the firm’s decks, which incorp

Being unafraid of “flipping the plan” led to a beautifully renovated and reimaged space at an 1880s era home in Ipswich, where an elevated farmhouse aesthetic meets incredible function. The homeowners, Michelle and Peter, had moved into the home year

What happened was this. The owners had just renovated the old house, which is on eight acres in a remote, ecologically sensitive area reached by a long, winding road, when it caught fire and burned to the ground. Shocked and devastated—“There was not

Interior designer Mindy Haber, a principal at Cummings Architecture + Interiors, was looking for a new home. This was her chance to put her creative stamp on a project for her own family, instead of for a client—“to use all the wallpapers and fabrics