Retreat on Martha's Vineyard

Feeling slightly better today, thanks for the get well wishes!
Architect Patrick Ahearn built this house on Martha’s Vineyard to look as though it has evolved over time. Interior designer Marigil Walsh was appointed to make it look warm and inviting. Let's take a look.

The guest house (left) links to the main house. The pottery studio sits to the right. Nantucket style dormers add interest to the facade.


The master suite wing to the left of the front entrance and the smaller wing to the right, which holds the study and screened porch, give the impression of being elements added over time.


The wife's pottery sets the tone for the family room.






Windsor chairs and a reproduction chandelier crafted in Vermont keep company with an Asian altar table that acts as a sideboard.


White subway tiles, beadboard and stainless steel in the kitchen.




A passing ferry viewed from the house.


Hydrangeas and geraniums bring colour to the garden.

Photographs by Michael Partenio.
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Summer House on Martha's Vineyard

Beautiful sunny Saturday here. Let's stop on Martha's Vineyard and visit this grand summer house built by Hutker Architects and decorated by Jerry Twetten and Michael Van Valkenburgh.




The entrance courtyard. Landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh used native trees and plants.



Beautiful deck to sit back and enjoy.


In the great room, “a timber frame composed of a series of arch forms was made by cutting and integrating curved trees into the assembly,” says the architect.



A lantern purchased in Paris hangs in the cedar-and-glass conservatory, which links the adjacent great room to the landscape facing the ocean and can be used all year. The limestone floor allows easy plant maintenance—it can be soaked with water.



Located in the guest wing, the recreation room’s exposed timbers, wide-plank floors and weathered paneling suggest a converted barn. A secret door, disguised as a bookcase and built on a steel frame to swing open effortlessly, reveals an art studio, a powder room and stairs to a loft.


To take full advantage of the sun and views of the 15-acre property, the master bedroom was located at the front of the residence.






A pergola marks the western edge of the pool courtyard and leads to the living areas of the main house.



All of the guest rooms have shed roofs and exposed-stud structure. Collections from beach trips and visits to yard sales are displayed in shelves and top ledges in a guest room.



Flanking the pool courtyard are the pergola and guest and main wings of the house. With his practice based on the island, Hutker believes his “understanding of Vineyard agrarian landscapes and building types led the composition of the site to a grouping of linked small forms rather than a single structure.”


Hidden behind a fieldstone fireplace, an outdoor path leads to the beach.



Photography by Brian Vanden Brink
All images and information from Architectural Digest.



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Retreat on Martha's Vineyard

Good morning everyone! Today we will have a look at a beautiful remodeled and expanded house on Martha’s Vineyard. I just posted the after pictures but if you'd like to see the before ones just go here.


Can you spot the colt?


The entrance hall with a floor of limestone and terra-cotta.


The living room, made symmetrical with the addition of a doorway in the fireplace wall, received a Colonial Revival carved mantel and paneling.


Lots of natural light streams into the kitchen.


Part of the new two-story addition, the study has a circa 1790 French mantel and trumeau, from John Rosselli. Access to the room is provided by a secret passage below the stair or from the library via the terrace.


The second-floor landing, just off the master bedroom, is illuminated by a skylight and a clerestory.


In the master bedroom, detailed millwork gives the space architectural distinction. I like the bunny rabbits door stoppers.


At the rear elevation, French doors open the house to private decks and the common space of the garden terrace


Surrounded by gardens, the expanded, redesigned poolhouse—the design of which echoes that of the house—has a screen porch that overlooks the pool.

Architecture by Robert A. M. Stern Architects/Interior Design by G2
Photography by Peter Aaron/Esto

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