An Updated Village Home
After Joanne and Bill Zeolie found the perfect house in Amherst’s Historic District, they enlisted a talented team of designers and craftspeople to help make it their own.
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An Inn Returns to Its Roots
Patty and Peter Cooke bought, saved and reinvented the iconic Pickering House on Main Street in Wolfeboro as a welcoming inn.
A House with Secrets
Although it helped provide inspiration for a classic murder-mystery game, the “Clue House” in Peterborough is bright, spacious and welcoming.
A Cultivated Greek Revival
This well-traveled couple used their bicoastal sensibilities and collections to restore a historic home in Francestown with European flair.
A New Museum Exhibition Sheds Light on an Old Sect
Photographs, archival footage, documents, furniture and handmade goods showcase the Shakers, who created their unique communities more than two centuries ago.
Living Large On A Small Footprint
A New England couple renovates a cozy cottage for lakeside living.
Garden Designers’ Favorite Plants
Discover what three experts like to plant at home.
A Hidden Gem
Architect Daniel Scully and garden designer Michael Gordon helped create a wonderful apartment in downtown Peterborough.
An Artful Transformation
With help from Leslie Rifkin, A Bedford family redesigned their home to reflect their lifestyle.
A Historic Holiday Show House
New England designers showcased their talents at The Fells Historic Estate & Gardens last holiday season and will do so again in November.
A Home Kitchen for a Professional Chef
Patti Dann, owner of vegan bakery Café Indigo, recently installed the kitchen of her dreams at home.
A Versatile Vacation Home on Lake Sunapee
A new lakeside home was designed to be comfortable for two—or twenty—people.
Bouquets in Glass
Melissa Ayotte makes fine-art paperweights based on themes from nature in her New Boston studio.
New Dividends for an Old Bank
Glass artist Shandra McLane repurposed a historic building as a studio to create and display her artwork.
Old Neighborhood, New House
Stephanie Yen and Stephen Lee built a stunning contemporary home in Hanover to replace the 1960s split-level in which Yen had grown up.
A Serene Retreat
A recently renovated master bedroom and bathroom combine natural materials and Asian influence for quiet style.
A Forever House on the Pond
John and Marilyn Kenison traded their large, antique home in Milford for a smaller, new one designed just for them on the shores of Peterborough’s Cunningham Pond.
Energy Efficiency For an Artists’ Colony
As part of an ongoing effort to increase its sustainability, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough recently renovated several of its studios.
Four Winds Farm Carries on the Monahon Legacy
Four Winds Farm in Peterborough is a multi-use property that pays fitting tribute to its owners’ legacy.
A House That Gives More Than It Takes
Designing and building a passive solar house in the North Country was a family affair.
A Family Retreat in Touch with It s Surroundings
Energy-efficient construction, forest management and repurposed materials help create a comfortable, lovely—and green—second home in the Monadnock Region.
A Lakeside Retreat mixes old and new
A new boathouse and pavilion share space with a house, guest house and historic cabin on the shores of a New Hampshire lake.
A Lake House revised with love
Everything old is new again in a renovated Arts and Crafts camp on the shores of Squam Lake.
The Ultimate Lakeside House
The traditional and the sophisticated come together on Lake Sunapee
An antique house with a modern breezeway
A two-season breezeway is transformed into a warm and welcoming center for cooking, entertaining and living.
Living lightly in a net-zero home
A net-zero house on Lake Sunapee offers great views, comfortable surroundings and no bills for heat or electricity.
A retreat for skiers, by skiers
A second home just off the ski trails in Lincoln is custom-designed for lovers of snow sports.
Opening up a Seacoast cottage
Tom and Kathy Huff created an open concept for their lovely—formerly compartmentalized—North Hampton vacation home.
A house outside of time
The Horatio Colony House Museum provides a rare glimpse into the everyday life of one of Keene’s historic families.
A house that blends old and new
A Bedford couple redesigned a house to suit their needs while retaining its original spirit.
Building a net-zero home for the long term
A Concord couple designs a home that produces as much energy as it uses—and allow its occupants to easily age in place.
A stone house stands tall in Salisbury
A Georgian-style Colonial home and the land surrounding it provide shelter and recreation for current and future generations.
Get into the holiday spirit with New Hampshire's holiday house tours
Holiday house tours offer an up-close and personal look at the many ways homeowners decorate for the season.
Shingle-Style house is a labor of love
Vision and perseverance helped a Dublin couple build the mountain-view house of their dreams.
Amy LaBelle shares the flavors of her home
Local produce, innovation and family participation are the ingredients for success when it comes to meals at home with winemaker Amy LaBelle.
Transforming a 1980s Cape
A top-to-bottom renovation preserves a home's private woodland setting not far from Peterborough but in a world of its own.
Handcrafted in NH's White Mountains
The historic Abbott House in Bethlehem stands alone in its mix of Arts and Crafts, Prairie, and Mission styles.
A NH artist and his creative shelter
Sculptor Jon Brooks's residence is his biggest work of art.
A North Country NH dream home
A mostly local team of talented professionals was crucial to creating a Lancaster, NH masterpiece.
All Decked Out for the Holiday Season
Three New Hampshire homes offer a fresh take on holiday decorating.
A View Runs Through It
Mount Monadnock provides design inspiration for a second home in Harrisville.
A Stately Show House
Eighteen New Hampshire designers worked together to restore the Bridges House in Concord, so it could serve the government and public once again.
Renovating for life
A one-of-a-kind furniture collection and a plan for long-term living inspired the redesign of a Nashua duplex.
A House for All of New Hampshire
Through substantial fundraising efforts, the state's Executive Residence is being renovated to serve the governor's office and the people of New Hampshire.
A House on a Hill
Exposure to the elements-and to lots of visitors- required a renovation to a mid-twentieth-century home that would last.
A Place for Fun and Games
Entertainment possibilities abound at this Peterborough home.
An artist's retreat in Cornish
The country home, studios and gardens created by Gilded Ag e sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens welcome visitors much as they did more than a century ago.
Nashua Edwardian is perfect home for holiday entertaining
Many couples move to smaller homes once their children have grown up, but Elizabeth and Richard Foemmel went against the trend, leaving their carriage house in Boston for an eight-thousand-plus-square-foot residence in Nashua. The shingled gray Edwardian, built in 1901,…
A Unique Collaboration of Furniture
Fine furniture meets Viennese style in a cabinet designed by husband-and-wife artisans.
Rural New Hampshire provides a quiet counterpoint to life in a busy European city
A second home on another continent might sound inconvenient, but the trip from Christian Stroop's home in Frankfurt, Germany, to his rural Grafton getaway is only twelve hours door-to-door. The recently restored circa-1770 Georgianstyle house sits on a quiet hill…
