A kitchen renovation provides the ideal showcase for a Portsmouth ceramic tile artist
Homeowners Brett Cooper and Tania Huusko transformed their 1950s-style kitchen by opening the space and adding a family room and back entrance.
New Hampshire Home - May-June 2011
An historic Manchester home is renovated to meet the needs of a twenty-first-century family
Some homes and families are destined to be together. Long before they purchased the 4,300-square-foot historical Machinist House on Union Street in Manchester, Kathy and Bill Gillett were drawn to the place. "I always loved the house, before it ever…
A Lakes Region collector fills his home with White Mountain School paintings, which remind him of the countryside dear to his heart
New Hampshire's White Mountains have long been a magnet for tourists, sports enthusiasts and artists who are taken with the area's unspoiled natural beauty. For more than two hundred years, many of the country's most talented artists have worked here,…
Hearty lilacs earned their place as New Hampshire's state flower and serve as a sure sign of spring
The fragrance of lilacs is synonymous with springtime in New Hampshire. Even though they are not native plants, lilacs are deeply rooted in our past. One of the earliest known plantings of lilacs in the United States, dating from 1750,…
Preserving the Legacy of The Fells
Ambassador John Milton Hay's opinion of Washington, D.C., was summarized quite succinctly when he explained to his close friend Theodore Roosevelt that "[t]his wordy city poisons men, who might be friends, against each other." All the more obvious then, why…
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…
On the Bookshelf > Creating Home Outside
Home improvement isn’t something that only takes place inside—there’s lots we can do to make the outdoor spaces surrounding our homes more aesthetically pleasing, inviting and comfortable. For inspiration, New Hampshire Home has turned to Julie Moir Messervy, who will…
On the Bookshelf > Creating Home Outside
Home improvement isn’t something that only takes place inside—there’s lots we can do to make the outdoor spaces surrounding our homes more aesthetically pleasing, inviting and comfortable. For inspiration, New Hampshire Home has turned to Julie Moir Messervy, who will…
