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features

departments

53 The 2019 Kitchen and Bath Showcase

22 From the Editor 24 Letters From Our Readers

See how homeowners worked with designers to create unique rooms that reflect their style and meet their needs.

26 On the Town 28 Favorite Finds

By Debbie Kane

64 Focusing on Essentials

For the Kitchen and Bath

By renovating their Portsmouth Victorian, a busy family finds that minimalist design is just right for them.

32 Home Cooking

Falling for Pumpkins

By Mary Ann Esposito

By Carrie Sherman | Photography by John W. Hession

38 M aster of His Craft

72 The Hospitable Home

In Touch with Wood

A new kitchen, family room and upstairs baths made a world of difference for a Bedford family.

By Andi Axman

44 Garden R x

By Carrie Sherman | Photography by John W. Hession | Styling by Alyssa Zink

Colorful Trees and Shrubs for Fall

By Robin Sweetser

78 Inspiration

A New Museum Exhibition Sheds Light on an Old Sect

By Jenny Donelan

84 By Design

Award-Winning Architecture

By Bonnie Kastel

90 Home Resources

92 M ark Your Calendar !

96 At Home in New Hampshire Fitting Fall Cooking into Big Family Life

By Katie Curtis Illustration by Carolyn Vibbert

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On the cover and page 64: The homeowners’ threeyear-old daughter isn’t the only family member who loves the new kitchen in their renovated Victorian; it was designed by Dovetailed Kitchens in Portsmouth with construction by Nick Gray Builders LLC in Somersworth.

Photography by John W. Hession

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Katie Curtis had her first child while she was getting her PhD in philosophy. She decided to stay home and fell in love with cooking and writing. She posts her favorite recipes on her food blog, The Humble Onion (thehumbleonion.com); is the food columnist for Coastal Design; published her first novel in 2017, The Wideness of the Sea; and is currently working on her second. She lives with her husband and six kids near Portsmouth. When she’s not feeding her kids … never mind, she is always feeding someone.

Jenny Donelan is an editor and writer with a wide variety of interests, and has covered areas that include computer technology, best business practices, pets, skiing and home design. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and numerous other publications.

Mary Ann Esposito is the host of the public television series Ciao Italia, now in its twenty-eighth season, and the author of thirteen cookbooks, including her most recent, Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy. She lives in New Hampshire. Visit her website at ciaoitalia.com.

Debbie Kane is a writer and editor based on the New Hampshire Seacoast. She writes about home, design, food, spirits and a variety of other subjects for regional publications and clients across New England. She may be reached at debbiekanewriter.com.

Sharron R. McCarthy Andi Axman Art D irector John R. Goodwin P hoto E ditor John W. Hession Asso c iate E ditor Kara Steere editorial Assistant Rose Z. King photo grapher Morgan Karanasios

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Katie Curtis, Jenny Donelan, Mary Ann Esposito, Debbie Kane, Rob Karosis, Bonnie Kastel, Carrie Sherman, Robin Sweetser, Joseph Valentine, Carolyn Vibbert, Alyssa Zink senior sales m anager

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Morgan Karanasios is New Hampshire Home’s photographer. While she was a student in Dijon, France, she took photographs throughout Europe and continues to develop her passion for photography.

Rob Karosis has been taking photographs of people, places and things for more than thirty years. His primary focus is architecture, and he is the principal photographer for some of the country’s premier architects and designers.

He lives in South Berwick, Maine, with his wife and three children.

Bonnie Kastel is executive director for the New Hampshire chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANH).

She is actively engaged in program development, including annual events like the annual Architecture Design Awards Program, which recognizes architectural design excellence around the state and makes the public aware of how this design contributes to vibrant, sustainable communities.

Rose Z. King is New Hampshire Home’s editorial assistant. She is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, specializing in Venetian Renaissance art.

Carrie Sherman works as a freelance writer/editor. She also writes fiction, and her short stories have been published in the Saint Katherine Review and Yankee magazine. She lives in Kittery Point, Maine, with her husband, Terry, and their dog. She can be reached at carrie.sherman7@gmail.com.

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Robin Sweetser writes a gardening column for the Sunday Concord Monitor and is a contributor to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, among other publications. A former Seacoast resident, she now lives and gardens in Hillsborough.

Joseph Valentine specializes in garden photography, and his work has been published in this country and abroad.

When he’s not photographing or writing about other gardens, he’s tending his own at Juniper Hill in Francestown.

Visit his website at josephvalentine.com.

Carolyn Vibbert is a Portsmouth illustrator whose work also appears on packaging for food and wine brands such as Barbara’s, Stone Cellars and Williams Sonoma. She is represented by Freda Scott, and you can see more of her work at fredascottcreative.com.

Alyssa Zink is an interior designer and owner of Studio Z, located in Bedford. She says she’s “inspired by clean design and functional spaces that can be enjoyed and used comfortably by the entire family.”

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Why We Love Kitchens

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or me, cooking is an act of love—a way to show how much I care for those with whom I’m sharing a meal. Most of the time, the meal isn’t the fanciest; and very occasionally, I may not be the person who prepared it, although that’s rare in my

house. What’s important is providing food for loved ones and presenting a meal that’s appealing, tasty and satisfying—and also nurtures the body in a healthy way. Meals are gifts from the kitchen, so no wonder this room is a favorite place to be in the home— kitchens are where we show and welcome love.

Kitchens have come a long way since the middle ages, when cauldrons were hung above fires to cook food. Today, we no longer hide the utilitarian aspects of this room— we’ve literally torn down the walls, embraced home cooking, and made this room the heart of family gatherings and entertaining. Ever-improving appliances save time and energy, and are designed to please the eye. Many designers specialize in kitchens—and, usually, baths—and we share some of their best work with you in this issue.

Meals are gifts from the kitchen, a place

where we show and welcome love.

Our showcase of kitchens and baths highlights an array of styles, from a traditional kitchen with gorgeous views of Lake Sunapee (by Old Hampshire Designs in New London and Shaker Hill Granite Company in Enfield, page 54) to a contemporary kitchen with spectacular ocean views designed by Mark Gillies, of Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home in Portsmouth (page 60). Robert Carty and Cristina Johnson of TMS Architects in Portsmouth wowed their client with an updated master bath (page 56), and Linda Cloutier, of Linda Cloutier Kitchens and Baths in Greenland, created an elegant kitchen for owners of a new home (page 58). Pam Greene and Liam Cargill, of Cargill Construction in Campton, designed a kitchen in Moultonborough that the homeowner calls “the hub of the house” (page 62).

We also introduce you to a young family whose top-to-bottom renovation of a Portsmouth Victorian now includes a sleek, stylish kitchen, thanks to Scott Purswell, of Dovetailed Kitchens in Portsmouth (cover and page 64).

Renovating a kitchen, great room and master bath transformed a Bedford home, thanks to the creative vision of the late interior designer Cynthia Shreve and help from Denis Lamy and Tim Bristol, of Bristol Construction in Bedford (page 72). “Now when I walk in to the house, I feel happy and much more relaxed,” the homeowner says.

What could be more perfect in the kitchen this time of year than pumpkins, and Mary Ann Esposito shares some of her favorite—and delicious—recipes for these fruits of the vine (page 32).

This is also a great time of year to be out of your kitchen, so make sure to enjoy the beautiful fall colors of trees and shrubs (page 44) and visit the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester to see The Shakers and the Modern World (page 78), on exhibit through February 16.

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A belated thanks to your fantastic team at New Hampshire Home for giving us the opportunity to show your readers the RundletPhotography by morgan karanasios

May house in Portsmouth [An Impressive House, May/ June 2019]. John W. Hession’s photos are beautiful, and Debbie Kane’s story is wonderful! We have had a Photography by john w. hession

lot of compliments on the issue from our members and those just getting to know us. Then, in a conversation, I found out that my fiancé’s

The Rundlet-May historic home and garden in Portsmouth.

Itineris, a carved ceramic and beach stone mosaic by Sheilagh Flynn.

Ceramic art

Thank you, thank you! The magazine is beautiful, and the article about me

uncle and his wife had their

[Working Magic with Clay, July/August 2019] is fabulous. It’s interesting to see

kitchen photographed for

my work and the process of making it documented through another’s eyes.

an issue years ago. What a

Morgan Karanasios’s photographs are wonderful, and I think the whole piece

small world!

came together beautifully.

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Please let me know when you will be in the area, as I’d love to say hello and show you the current exhibition from New England Watercolor Society up at Langdon House through October 13.

—Gwendolyn L. Smith, Northern New England site manager for Historic New England in Portsmouth

Hats off!

Congratulations on your (Editor Andi Axman’s) recognition as an honorary member of AIA’s New Hampshire chapter. Your support of the New Hampshire design community and the quality of your publication deserve the recognition.

Zucchini meatballs

—Jim Somes, FAIA and founder of the architecture firm JSA Inc. in Portsmouth

I have had a subscription to New Hampshire Home for several years, and it is age this area receives.

I have a question about Mary Ann Esposito’s recipe for zucchini meatballs [A Garden of Happiness, July/August 2019]. While the directions state to roll the balls in flour, there is no mention of flour in the ingredient listing. Also, could you please give a volume amount for the shredded zucchini? The meatballs I made were very tasty, and I will make them again.

Photography by john w. hession

—Cindy Clifford in Newport

Summertime living

I am just back to the office today after two weeks away for my daughter’s wedding in Morocco, and was greeted this morning to the beautiful cover and article for our Sunapee project [Updating

a Lake House, July/August 2019].

Carrie Sherman’s article is wonderful, and John W. Hession and Morgan Karanasios’s photos are fantastic. Newsstand sales will be brisk with that lovely cover shot on the water!

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—Paula Daher of Daher Interior Design in Boston

meatballs” in the ingredient list. Though an exact

amount is hard to determine, a couple of tablespoons should do. As to your other question, Mary Ann says to use 2 packed cups of shredded zucchini.

These meatballs are really yummy, and we’re glad you enjoyed them!

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Daher Interior Design’s project on Lake Sunapee.

Editor’s note: We “Flour for rolling the Mary Ann Esposito’s Zucchini Meatballs.

Photography by morgan karanasios

a great magazine. I live in the Lake Sunapee region and appreciate the cover-

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On the town Happy Birthday, Shaker Village!

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Fine Art, Fine Dining

In June, Kelley Stelling Contemporary in Manchester hosted a sold-out dinner prepared

by Chef Tom Puskarich of the nearby Restoration Café to celebrate the exhibit of James Aponovich’s (standing left) recent work. Kurt Sundstrom (standing, right), curator at The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, spoke about Aponovich’s paintings in the context of art history. Photography courtesy of Lisa Solange Pavlopoulos

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Preservation Winners

In May, at the annual Historic Preservation Awards at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, the Manchester Historic Association presented the Homowners’ Award to Paul Vanasse and Betsy Price for renovating their North Adams Street, Manchester, home while preserving its historic character. The couple bought the house in 2010 after it had been used as a rental property for nearly twenty years, including housing for some Manchester Monarchs hockey players.

Photography courtesy of Manchester Historic Association

Outstanding Kitchens

The June kitchen tour was a recordbreaker for The Palace Theatre in Manchester. “More than 450 people attended, thanks to our partnership with The Currier Museum of Art and its Zimmerman House by Frank Lloyd Wright,” says Tammi Graff (center), director of development for the theater, who celebrated with Frank Morris Jr. and Sue Cannon, both with Granite State Cabinetry in Bedford.

Photography by Morgan Karanasios

Photography by John W. Hession

AIA New Hampshire held its May chapter meeting at AVA in Lebanon, where attendees toured the new LEED Gold Sculptural Studies Building—including its green roof sculpture garden—designed by architect Stuart White (left photo; front row, center), of Norwich, Vermont.

In June, New England AIA held its COTE (Committees on the Environment) leadership summit in Portsmouth.

There to discuss sustainable architecture were (right photo, from the left) Bill Maclay, of Maclay Architects in Waitsfield, Vermont; Bonnie Kastel, executive director of AIANH; Mary Ann Lazarus, of Cameron Macallister Group in Orinda, California; and Sheldon Pennoyer, of Sheldon Pennoyer Architects in Concord.

Inspired Tabletops

More than two hundred people attended Arts in Reach’s Tablescapes event at Ethan Allen in Portsmouth in June to see twenty tables decorated by area designers. Three tables were recognized by judges Darcy Horgan of New Castle (third from left); interior designer Marcye Philbrook (second from right) of Kittery, Maine; and Andi Axman (center), editor of New Hampshire Home. Jeannie Roberts Poore (right) won Best in Show; Courtney Halla and Becky Corringham (left and second from left) of Wysteria Design in Dover won Over the Top; and Best Interpretation of Theme went to Cindy Dumont (not pictured) of NH Seacoast Weddings. People’s Choice went to Robert Gray (third from right) of The Gray Area in Hampton.

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nce fall makes its crisp and colorful entrance, our minds turn to pumpkins! Oh how

we love those pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin donuts drizzled with cinnamon glaze, pumpkin bread, smooth pumpkin yogurt frappes and everything else pumpkin.

There was a time when pumpkin, a cultivar of the squash plant, was relegated to pie, but now pumpkin has come out of the patch to become a tasty ingredient for so many foods from soups to desserts.

If you are a pumpkin fan and love to cook with them, be sure to choose the right ones; look for those labeled sugar or pie pumpkins. Some of these varieties have endearing names like Baby Pam, Ghost Rider, Fairy Tale and Cinderella.

Sugar pumpkins are the most readily available. Their small size makes them perfect for cooking because of their firm, less stringy and sweet flesh.

There are endless ways to cook pumpkins; one of the most popular is roasting slices and basting with maple syrup until they caramelize. Creamy pumpkin soup is delicious on a cool autumn day,

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and so easy to purée with an immersion

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blender or food processor. Risotto gets

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a lead role in the fall. So as soon as you

makes for a healthy vegetable stew or

to say that canned pumpkin is inferior.

spot a carpet patch of vast deep orange,

chili. Pumpkin is also showing up in

It is a convenient and go-to staple for

stop and admire this enduring symbol of

colorful and smartly dressed salads and

many cooks at Thanksgiving, for pies,

the waning days of the year.

Buddha bowls. Of course, you can also

mousses and cakes.

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Pumpkin and Squash Creamed Soup S e r v es 6

Pumpkin and squash are in the same family; combine them to make this velvety textured soup.

1 small sugar or pie pumpkin, quartered and seeded 1 ½ pounds butternut squash, quartered and seeded 1 cup water 1 tablespoon butter 2 leeks, washed, leaves trimmed and bulb thinly sliced 2 cups chicken broth, divided ½ cup non-fat half-and-half or light cream

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Place the pumpkin and squash quarters in a 15½-inch-by10½-inch pan. Add the water, cover the pan with aluminum foil, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until soft. When cool, scoop out the flesh and place it in a food processor.

2. In a soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat; add the leeks and cook slowly over low heat just until the leeks are limp. Stir in 3 tablespoons of the chicken broth and continue cooking until the leeks are very soft. Transfer the leeks to the food processor with the pumpkin and squash, and purée in batches until the mixture is blended. With the motor running, slowly pour the broth through the feed tube and process until the mixture is very smooth.

3. Transfer the soup to the soup pot. Stir in the half-and-half or cream, nutmeg, and salt.

Heat the mixture slowly until hot. Ladle the soup into individual bowls, and top with some of the pumpkin seeds. Serve immediately.

¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Tip: To save time, cook and purée the pumpkin and squash several days ahead.

Salt, to taste

Recipe courtesy of Mary Ann Esposito

Toasted pumpkin seeds, for garnish

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Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake

Ser v es 8

One forkful of this moist, pumpkin-spice buttermilk cake will definitely put you in a fall mood. It makes a dramatic statement baked in a bundt pan.

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter a 10-inch bundt cake pan and dust with flour, set aside. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices, candied ginger and salt.

1 teaspoon baking soda

2. In another bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time until well combined. Blend in the pumpkin, orange juice, zest, vanilla, buttermilk and grated apple (the mixture will look curdled but will smooth out when the flour is added).

2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg ¼ teaspoon ginger ¼ teaspoon cloves ¼ cup diced candied ginger

3. Combine the flour mixture with the egg mixture, blending well. Do not over-mix.

4. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.

5. Bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Invert and cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar or frost (see recipe below).

½ teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons butter, softened ¾ cup granulated sugar ½ cup dark brown sugar 3 large eggs 1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin ¼ cup fresh orange juice plus zest of 1 large orange 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup well-shaken buttermilk ½ cup grated apple

Frosting 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2–4 tablespoons milk 1. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients to make a loose glaze; drizzle over cake.

2. Cut in wedges to serve.

Recipe courtesy of Mary Ann Esposito

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Sicilian Sweet-andSour Pumpkin Salad Ser v es 4 – 6

In Italy, pumpkin, or zucca, is used as a filling for ravioli. It’s also used to make gnocchi, baked into bread and is puréed for soup. In Sicily, pumpkin is marinated and served as an antipasto. The beautiful orange color of this dish, mingled with dark-green basil leaves and flecks of refreshing mint, reminds one of a beautiful fall day in New England.

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1 small sugar pumpkin or butternut squash ½ cup red wine vinegar ¼ cup sugar 3 fresh basil leaves, torn into pieces 4 fresh mint leaves, minced ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 large clove garlic, cut in half ¼ teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1. Cut the stem off, and peel the pumpkin or squash. Cut the pumpkin or squash in half, and remove and discard the seeds and stringy pulp.

Cut the flesh into strips 1/8-inch thick, 2-inches wide, and about 4-inches long. Set aside.

2. In a 9-inch-by-12-inch glass dish, mix the vinegar and sugar until the sugar dissolves.

Add the basil and mint, mix, and set aside.

3. In a skillet, heat the olive oil, add the garlic and press it into the oil with the back of a wooden spoon. When the garlic starts to turn color, remove and discard it. In batches, fry the pumpkin or squash pieces for about 10–12 minutes, or until they soften and start to look glazed and brown.

4. Remove the pieces from the skillet and add them to the vinegar mixture. Add salt and pepper, and stir to mix well. Cover the dish and marinate at room temperature for 3–4 hours before serving. Or refrigerate and serve the next day at room temperature.

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Spicy Chicken with Pumpkin

Ser v es 4

Perky, bold and spicy, this chicken and pumpkin dish goes together quickly. ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 onion, diced 1½ cups diced pumpkin or butternut squash 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 small, fresh, hot red pepper, cut into strips 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, leaves only 2 large sprigs fresh rosemary tied with string 8 skinless chicken thighs Fine sea salt and coarse black pepper, to taste 1 cup dry white wine 3 cups puréed, canned, plum tomatoes 1. In a large skillet, heat the oil. Add the onion, pumpkin or squash, garlic, hot pepper, thyme and rosemary. Cook over low heat until the onions are soft and golden brown. Transfer to a dish and set aside. Discard the rosemary.

2. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.

Add the chicken to the hot skillet and brown well, turning once or twice.

3. Return the onion mixture and add the wine to the pan, and raise the heat to high. Cook for 2 minutes.

4. Add the tomatoes, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes or until the chicken registers 165ºF on an instant-read thermometer.

5. Uncover the pan and cook for a couple minutes longer. Serve hot over cooked rice, noodles, polenta or quinoa.

Recipe courtesy of Mary Ann Esposito

Risotto alla Zucca (Pumpkin Risotto)

Ser v es 4

Part of the fun of making risotto is coming up with all kinds of ingredients to combine with it. This creamy pumpkin risotto comes from my friend Terry Rozzi, whose home is Cremona in Northern Italy. Adding pumpkin provides a delicate color and a slightly sweet taste. Use pie pumpkin to approximate the taste of the zucca gialla (yellow pumpkin) of Cremona.

1 small pie pumpkin (about ½ pound) 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large leek, white part only, halved lengthwise, well rinsed and finely chopped 1½ cups Arborio rice ½ cup dry white wine 3½ cups hot chicken broth (homemade is best) Fine sea salt, to taste ¼ cup mascarpone cheese ½ cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

1. Cut off the pumpkin stem and, with a vegetable peeler, remove the skin. Cut the pumpkin in half, and remove and discard the seeds and stringy flesh. Dice enough pumpkin into ¼-inch pieces to make 1 cup. Reserve the rest of the pumpkin for another use.

2. I n a heavy 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the pumpkin and leek.

Cook, stirring often until the pumpkin softens. Stir in the rice and coat it with the butter mixture.

Cook, stirring constantly until the rice begins to make a crackling sound, about 4–5 minutes. Do not let the rice brown.

3. S lowly add the wine, and stir until the rice absorbs all the liquid. Slowly add the broth and allow it to be absorbed. Cook until the rice is still firm but cooked through. At this point, the rice should be creamy and fluid. Taste it to correct for salt.

4. Stir in the cheeses and blend well. Serve immediately.

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master of his craft

In Touch with Wood New Hampshire Furniture Master Ted Blachly takes cues from individual pieces of wood for his graceful designs.

T

ed Blachly began making furniture in the early 1970s when he was a student at New England

College in Henniker. For fifteen years after graduating, he made his living restoring old houses while fueling his woodworking interest with repairing musical instruments and occasionally making tables. He returned to making furniture when he discovered Scandinavian design and was drawn to its refined style. John McAlevey—an established furniture maker nearby with a similar design approach—became a mentor.

In 1990, Blachly met Jere Osgood, an award-winning studio furniture maker who also became a mentor; three years later, Blachly started assisting Osgood in his shop. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without him,” Blachly says.

In 1995, Blachly was part of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters’ first exhibition and has been an active member ever since. In 2012, he became the director of the Furniture Masters Gallery in Concord, which features four shows a year. The show that opens September 10 highlights the work of invited artists.

Blachly’s studio is in Warner, where

Ted Blachly uses a rasp to shape a curve into a part of a desk he’s working on (see facing page) in his Warner shop.

he works on commissions and does occasional exhibition pieces. He has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, as well as Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. Galleries that have represent-

man. Blachly’s work is included in The

New Hampshire Home [NHH]: Your work has

ed his work include Pritam & Eames in

Currier Museum of Art’s permanent

a signature style of understated ele-

East Hampton, New York; The Gallery at

collection, and has been featured in

gance. To what do you attribute that?

Somes Sound in Somesville, Maine; and

Architectural Digest, Art and Antiques,

Ted Blachly [TB]: I feel like I’ve developed

The League of New Hampshire Crafts-

and Fine Woodworking magazines.

a design language that has a continuity

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of elements. I’ll add subtle details to distinguish a piece, but my goal is to use gently curved lines and surfaces along with exceptional woods to create gracefully styled furniture that is a comfort to live with.

When I first started out, hand-planed work—along with the elegance of Japanese and Danish design—appealed to me. Over time, all these things melded to create a personal design sense or language. As I’m working, I tweak the shapes and forms, and try to get a piece that’s fully resolved from a design point of view.

NHH: How do you choose

what wood to work with?

TB: Wood is a material with a great

depth of character. I’ll look for color and grain patterns. I like the challenge of figuring out the best way to express the character in each species.

I have some claro walnut boards that I bought five or six years ago that have a “fiddleback” figure, like what you might find in curly maple. This gives the grain a multidimensional quality. I have another massive plank of the same material with an interesting curved shape that would make a fantastic tabletop with a sculptural flair. I recently made two “drinks tables” in spalted maple that have nine-inch-by-nineinch tops (see page 43), but there was a lot going on in those little squares.

NHH: Walnut seems to be

one of your favorite woods.

TB: Actually, I appreciate a wide variety

of woods. The walnut you see in most of my furniture I buy in Pennsylvania from two guys who are connoisseurs of fine woods. It grows in California and comes from old orchard trees where they grafted English walnut onto local root stock more than one hundred years ago. These trees are massive and can be five feet wide with big curving branches. The mature trees known as nhhomemagazine.com

Blachly places the top on the base of a claro walnut desk to check the fit.

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This photo: Ted Blachly says the wood for a client’s ash desk and chair came from a single tree with “popcorn figuring” in the wood. “I also made a large dining table and some smaller pieces from the same tree,” he says. “It was a big one.”

Lower photo: Blachly’s turning tools for lathe work sit ready to go.

claro walnut were cut and brought to Pennsylvania, where they were sawn into large planks and carefully dried.

There is a very interesting array of pattern and color in this wood because of its age and way it grew.

NHH: What else makes the

claro walnut different?

TB: Claro walnut has more variations

in color than American black walnut, with tones of tan, reddish brown, black streaks and browns.

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master of his craft

Ted Blachly made this wall-hung cabinet from quarter-sawn cherry; a little dovetailed box inside (see below) was made from Hawaiian koa.

“I enjoy the sculptural aspects of furniture making,” he says.

NHH: What other furniture maker

has influenced your work?

TB: The opportunity to work with Jere

Osgood has been a wonderful part of my life. He is one of the great furniture makers both technically and artistically, and has created some of the most sophisticated work I’ve seen. His work has been included in exhibits and museum collections around the world, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

In 2015, Jere received the Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award from the New walnut and butternut with rosewood

Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

details. My clients have two tables and

As a teacher at Boston University’s Pro-

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a cabinet I made for them. They saw

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chose it as the wood for their desk.

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It took me more than three months

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to complete, as there is a fair amount

detail and sculptural form commands

of complicated joinery for the five

universal respect.

everywhere.

The upper section has doors, shelves

So when Jere needed help making a large set of chairs, several people suggested he ask me. I worked with him

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in his Wilton studio two days a week,

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For his piece called Drinks Table II, Ted Blachly paired East Indian rosewood with highly patterned spalted maple. “The graceful legs are an example of my interest in designing furniture with elegant form,” he says.

He instilled in me a sensitivity in approach to design and making. His shapes and designs were very specific, and I realized there was a lot to learn and think about. Through the years, I’ve been fortunate to work with him on a number of projects.

NHH: What’s the next project

in your studio?

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Burgundy-red leaves of Japanese maple ‘Bloodgood’ turn bright crimson in fall, standing out against the yellow beech leaves behind it.

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Colorful Trees and Shrubs for Fall Make your landscape look vibrant this time of year.

I

t’s fall, and all around us trees and

much of her work involves plantings

shrubs are ablaze with glorious color.

that support wildlife and pollina-

If you’d like to bring a little of that

tor habitats. “Fall is a very good time

dazzle into your own landscape, now is

for root growth,” Neal says. “I advise

a good time.

people to plant by October 1 to allow six weeks before the ground freezes.

Fall is fine for planting

This is also a good time to get a soil

For many, fall signals the end of the

test. It will be processed fairly quickly

gardening season, but fall is actually

compared to tests taken in the spring

great time for planting. After a hot sum-

so you can amend your soil as needed

mer, it is a pleasure to work outside in

while planting.”

the fall. The days are cooler, but the soil

Beth Simpson, owner of Rolling

is still warm and there is usually more

Green Nursery in Greenland, agrees.

rainfall. This all adds up to less stress

“We are having longer falls now,” she

on the plants and the planter.

says, “which gives us a month or more

Dr. Cathy Neal is a UNH Coopera-

of good rooting time to get a new plant

tive Extension professor and landscape

established before cold weather sets in.”

specialist. As a tree and shrub expert,

Her nursery stocks many woody plants Fothergilla is a native shrub that bears fragrant, white bottlebrush flowers in spring. Its foliage can turn shades of yellow, gold and orange-red in the fall.

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Garden Rx Judicious pruning of this Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Watnong’) enhances its graceful beauty.

perfect for adding fall color to your

the bare spots in your landscape that

and shrubs are hardy in zones 3 and 4,

landscape.

could use the addition of a new tree or

so will do well statewide.

Fall is also a great time to take advantage of the end-of-the-season

shrub,” she says.

Here are a few of our experts’ recommendations for trees and shrubs with

clearance sales. Garden designer Bindy

Fiery foliage

von Hacht of Bradford has filled her

Every garden should have at least one

yard, and those of some of her clients,

tree or shrub that gives a spectacular

palmatum and A. japonicum) are

with treasures obtained at end-of-the-

show of color in the fall. Be aware that

top on Simpson’s list for stunning

year sales. “Often, it pays to wait. If you

temperatures, amount of sunshine and

color in a small tree. “As delicate

have done your homework, you can

levels of soil moisture will affect how

as they look, they are incredibly

find some incredible buys.” A Penn-

bright fall foliage will be.

tough,” von Hacht says. Simpson

sylvania native, von Hacht studied at

Also, make sure the shrubs and trees

brilliant autumn color: • Maples: Japanese maples (Acer

also recommends Korean maple (Acer

Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square,

you choose are hardy for your area.

pseudosieboldianum), native swamp

Pennsylvania, and attended the Barnes

For example, many types of Japanese

maples or red maple (Acer rubrum). “If

Foundation Arboretum School in Mer-

maples, stewartia and Kousa dogwood

you have a big yard and are looking

ion, Pennsylvania, so she knows her

are hardy to zone 5, so they are fine in

for a large, iconic New England fall

trees. “Fall is also a good time to assess

southern New Hampshire. Other trees

foliage tree,” Neal says, “you might

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Top left: Ginkgo trees are considered living fossils, belonging to a group of plants that lived 150 million years ago. Their twin-lobed leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall.

Top right: The peeling cinnamon bark of the paperbark maple (Acer griseum) is a striking feature any time of year, giving this small tree four seasons of interest. Its foliage also turns a showy reddish-orange in fall.

Bottom left: Mottled bark of Stewartia pseudocamellia adds another interesting element to the landscape, along with its summer flowers and flaming fall foliage.

Bottom right: Contrasting vividly with the golden foliage, red fruits will hold on a ‘Donald Wyman’ crabapple until migrating songbirds gobble them up.

want to plant a native sugar maple (Acer saccharum).”

• Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica): This is

drop to the ground in a single day

Kousa dogwood also has beautiful

after a hard freeze.”

burgundy foliage in the fall. Growing

• Stewartia pseudocamellia: This non-

between fifteen- and thirty-feet tall,

another that all our experts agree on.

native is worth growing for its

the Kousa dogwood is considered a

“In the fall, its leaves are as red as

salmon-orange foliage in the fall. Von

small landscape tree. Red twig and

Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick!” says von

Hacht recommends it not only for

yellow twig dogwoods (Cornus sericea)

Hacht. Neal says that, since this tree

its autumn color, but for its white,

are natives grown for their colorful

is native to swampy areas, it will do

camellia-like flowers in summer and

stems, but in the fall, their leaves also

just fine in a wet location. However,

interesting mottled bark that offers

turn orange to deep red and purple.

winter interest as well.

Simpson sells dwarf cultivars of both

like the sugar maple, the black tupelo grows quite large and is not for a small yard.

• Dogwoods: Kousa dogwood (Cornus

colors, red ‘Arctic Fire’ and yellow

kousa) is an Asian native that is more

‘Arctic Sun’. They grow between

• Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba): “This tree

disease resistant than our native

three- and four-feet tall and wide.

is not native, but it is ancient

dogwood. Grown mainly for the

and imposing,” Neal says. “It has

showy white bracts that surround its

corymbosum): Simpson says if you are

interesting fan-shaped leaves that turn

flowers in late spring, “It is riotously

looking to add more edibles to your

a clear yellow in fall, then almost all

beautiful in bloom,” von Hacht says.

landscape along with more fall color,

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Garden Rx look no further than blueberries. Neal says: “These shrubs are well-known for their fruit but also make beautiful landscape plants. You can have it all— flowers in spring, fruit in summer and red/orange leaves in fall.”

• Fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii): This is the dwarf type and F. major is a large type of this shrub, both of which Simpson offers. “Another multi-season plant, underutilized in southern New Hampshire, fothergilla has white bottlebrush flowers; respectable green summer leaves; then bright yellow, orange and red foliage in the fall,” Neal says. “And you get all the colors on the same plant!”

• Viburnums: These are one of von Hacht’s favorite shrubs. “How could you not like a viburnum?” she asks.

“Arrowwood (V. dentatum) turns a brilliant shade of red late in the season, and I love doublefile (V.plicatum tomentosum) for its multi-season interest.” Simpson has many native viburnums to choose from, including nannyberry (V. lentago), smooth witherod (V. nudum) and blackhaw (V. prunifolium). She carries some Summersweet Clethra alnifolia is a native shrub that bears extremely fragrant, white blossoms in midsummer. Look for cultivar ‘Roseum’ if you want pink flowers. Its autumn colors are in the yellow to gold range.

stunning non-natives as well, such as Korean spice viburnum (V. carlesii).

• Callicarpa: The name means “beautiful fruit” in Greek, and this plant is aptly called beautyberry. In autumn, clusters of glossy, neon-purple berries contrast with the bright yellow foliage on a sixfoot-tall shrub. Even if the plant dies back over the winter, it will bloom and set fruit on the current season’s new growth. “It is worth growing just for the wow factor of those berries!” von Hacht says.

Growing tips Here are a couple additional tips from Neal: • Make sure to mulch properly to protect the new roots and keep the plant from Every yard should have at least one viburnum! They offer spring bloom, berries for the birds and great fall color as shown on this double-file viburnum ‘Mariesii’.

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Garden Rx

Callicarpa is worth growing just for its bright neon purple berries. Plant more than one for pollination and they will bear an abundant crop of berries.

• If planting broadleaf evergreens (such

small trees and shrubs, check out the

Road Trip

as rhododendrons or inkberry) or

UNH Cooperative Extension’s webpage

To see some of the trees mentioned in this article and many others, plan a trip to a local arboretum. Here are some to consider.

conifers (needled evergreens) on a

at https://extension.unh.edu/tags/

site exposed to winter sun and wind,

planting-and-maintenance-trees-and-

protect them from desiccation by

shrubs, or look for the book The Best

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University has 281 acres of trees, shrubs and other plantings.

wrapping them with burlap and/or

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applying an anti-desiccant.

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• New trees might benefit in the first winter from shading the lower trunk

erative Extension.

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Once the tree gets older and the bark thickens, this is not necessary, but many new trees have thin bark.

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Kitchen and Bath the 2019

Showcase 56

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See how homeowners worked with designers to create unique rooms that reflect their style and meet their needs.

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By Debbie Kane

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f home is where the heart is, it’s not surprising that

to kitchens, they can be both functional and stylish,

our kitchens are where we perform the most heartfelt

re-imagined as spaces where we can retreat and relax.

tasks—whether preparing a family meal, pulling together

Each of the kitchens and baths featured in this year’s

a party-worthy spread or simply fixing a sandwich.

kitchen and bath showcase beautifully meets its owners’

Traditional, farmhouse, contemporary—our kitchens often

needs. From kitchens created specifically for entertaining

reflect our personal style and the way we like to entertain.

to a masterfully renovated master bathroom, these spaces

Today’s bathrooms are also getting more love. Similar nhhomemagazine.com

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a Kitchen with a

view

Photography by John W. Hession

T

he focal point of Michael and Jackie Craven’s sunny kitchen is hard to miss. Perfectly framed through an opening over the sink

are the rolling hills and shores of Lake Sunapee. “The pass-through is the same size as the window in the sunroom (next to the kitchen) so you can stand in the kitchen and look at the lake,” Michael says. “It’s a great view.”

The kitchen was part of new home construction the Cravens undertook a few years ago. They worked with builder Jay Tucker of Old Hampshire Designs, a design/build firm in New London, who had worked with the family on another home they built.

John Napsey designed the kitchen and Laura Perrier worked with the family on the countertop and tile selections; both are with Shaker Hill Granite Com-

pany in Enfield.

The Cravens wanted a streamlined kitchen that followed the same open

family is especially fond of their

at the island or at the walnut semi-

concept as the rest of their home. “I

refrigerator/freezer, which is full-sized.

circular table built into one end of the

didn’t want anyone isolated in one

“The space is enormous,” Michael says.

island. Adding the table was Michael’s

area of the kitchen,” Michael says.

“I’ve never filled the freezer!”

idea. “We use it as a serving area during

The sixteen-foot-by-sixteen-foot room

There’s ample storage in the kitchen.

cocktail parties or for a buffet,” he says.

opens directly onto the family room;

Rollout shelves in the perimeter cabi-

its pass-through window over the sink

nets include a storage drawer for K-cups

white hutch that the Cravens use as

looks into the adjacent bright sun-

for the family’s Keurig coffee maker.

their bar area. Standing apart from

room. White, custom cabinetry lines

The center island—topped in a double-

the other kitchen cabinets, “It looks

the room; two attractive glass-fronted

thick, ogee-edged white quartz (the

more like furniture than cabinetry,”

corner cabinets frame the gas range

same material as the perimeter counter-

Tucker says.

and custom hood. Behind the stove is

tops)—contains a built-in microwave as

a mosaic tile backsplash, tying together

well as a drawer facing the sink with a

fully. “We wanted the kitchen to be

the room’s colors: sage green, blues and

custom cutlery divider. Two deep draw-

user-friendly and open,” Michael says.

creamy whites. The pantry is easily ac-

ers facing the sink have dowel racks for

“It’s perfect for us.”

cessed near the stove.

plates and saucers; rollout shelves in

Appliances like the refrigerator/

the island and tray storage next to the

freezer and dishwasher are hidden

microwave provide additional space for

behind custom cabinetry as are the

pots and cooking utensils. Family and

built-in waste and recycling bins. The

friends can sit either at counter-height

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Just past the island is a glass-fronted,

The kitchen came together beauti-

Above: Lake Sunapee is the focal point of the Cravens’ kitchen. All of the cabinetry was designed by John Napsey of Shaker Hill Granite Company. The custom soapstone sink is also from Shaker Hill Granite.

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Above: The bright kitchen follows the same open-concept design as the rest of the home, which was inspired by Adirondack-style lake homes. The mint-green, arabesque tile accent behind the stove adds visual interest.

Right: Homeowners Jackie and Michael Craven Lower right: The team on the Craven home included (left to right) designer John Napsey of Shaker Hill Granite Company; Bill Andrews, project manager, and Jay Tucker, president, both with Old Hampshire Designs.

Bottom left: The kitchen opens directly into the family room, providing more space for entertaining.

What Makes This K itchen Unique Perimeter/island countertops are polished LG Viatera quartz; custom soapstone sink; arabesque lantern tile detail behind stove; Anatolia Soho subway tile—all from Shaker Hill Granite Company in Enfield • (603) 632-9800 • shakerhillgranite.com Cabinets from Vermont Custom Cabinetry (designed by John Napsey at Shaker Hill Granite Company) • (802) 463-9930 • vermontcustomcabinetry.com Microwave by Sharp • (800) 237-4277 • sharpusa.com nhhomemagazine.com

Faucets and fixtures from The Granite Group, with locations throughout New Hampshire • (603) 545-3470 • thegranitegroup.com Range, refrigerator and freezer by Sub-Zero Wolf • (800) 222-7820 subzero-wolf.com Island chairs from Ethan-Allen, with stores in Bedford and Portsmouth ethanallen.com New Hampshire Home | 55

a masterfully updated

master bathroom

Photography by Rob Karosis

W

hen Kathy and Tom Huff remodeled their North Hampton vacation home, they didn’t remodel the outdated master

bathroom. “We decided we could just live with it,” Kathy says. After enjoying the beach cottage-style home for a year or two, they decided the bathroom was ready for an update. “The Huffs liked the idea of a clean, modern bathroom,” says their architect, Robert Carty, of TMS Architects in Portsmouth. Together with interior designer Cristina Johnson, also of TMS, and builder Chris Ragusa, of CM Ragusa Builders in Seabrook, the trio transformed the space, creating a contemporary, luxurious retreat befitting a summer home.

The original bathroom, tucked under eaves off the master bedroom, had “a lot of open, wasted space,” Ragusa says.

Carty reorganized the floor plan, opening up the space with a barrel vault ceiling that incorporates an existing arched window.

Framing the space and working around existing plumbing without

ed in black, striated laminate, set off

ocean views from the balcony off their

disrupting downstairs rooms was a

by shiny chrome fixtures. Minimalist,

bedroom. The station, which includes a

challenge. “We didn’t want to get into

unobtrusive LED lighting underneath

bar sink, was created near the couple’s

changing the exterior walls of the

the mirrors and the vanities mimics

walk-in closet. “It’s perfect—we don’t

house or the roof,” Carty says.

daylight, as does a thin light, recessed

have to go downstairs to get coffee,”

in the ceiling arch, that brightens one

Kathy says.

“We had to frame the barrel inside a traditional gable roof structure,” Ragusa says. “So we had to mimic the arches in

side of the bathroom.

Stylish amenities include a large

the ceiling while allowing for trim. It

tile shower—with a rain head, body

was tight, but we did it.”

sprayer and hand shower as well as a

The re-imagined bathroom is sleek and stylish. The walls—including the shower stall—are warm, gray ceramic

and finished by Ragusa’s carpentry team, provides extra storage.

It all adds up to an elegant place to

shelf to hold toiletries—and a separate

relax and rejuvenate. The Huffs love

curvaceous bathtub.

the contemporary design. “It’s different

But the pièce de résistance, inspired

tile; the radiant-heated floors are

by boutique hotels that the Huffs have

covered in a textured ceramic tile that

enjoyed visiting on their travels, is a

mimics wood. A pair of floating vani-

coffee station—where the couple can

ties, with quartz countertops, are front-

grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the

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Custom cabinetry throughout, built

from other spaces in the house, but it flows beautifully,” Kathy says.

Above: This sleek, contemporary bathroom— with its floating vanities—is a serene retreat for the homeowners. september/october 2019

Top: Designed in various shades of gray and black, the spacious bathroom has a barrel vault ceiling that opens up the space.

Lower left: Light from the vaulted ceiling illuminates the tiled shower, which features an oversized shower head as well as body jets.

Center: An elegant egg-shaped bathtub fits perfectly under the arched window.

Above: The design team included (left to right): Robert Carty, of TMS Architects in Portsmouth; Chris Ragusa, of CM Ragusa Builders in Seabrook; Cristina Johnson, of TMS Architects; and homeowners Kathy (standing) and Tom Huff.

What Makes This Bathroom Unique Textured porcelain floor tile is from Iris US, Matrix, in Universe; wall/shower tile is vein cut travertine-look porcelain by Marvel Pro Travertino in silver; and shower accent wall tile by Leonardo Ceramica, IKI, Décor in Marron, all from Portico Fine Tile & Design in Greenland • (603) 964-3383 • porticofinetile.com Wall sconces by Hinkley from Newburyport Lighting, in Newburyport, Massachusetts • (978) 499-9777 • newburyportlighting.com nhhomemagazine.com

Countertops are “marble look,” man-made quartz from Corian Quartz in London Sky, fabricated by Arens Stoneworks in Greenland • (603) 436-8000 corianquartz.com Bathtub is Juliet by MTI Baths; faucets, shower and tub filler from Allure by Grohe; sink and toilet by Kohler, all from The Granite Group, in Manchester (603) 395-2110 • thegranitegroup.com New Hampshire Home | 57

A Dual-Duty

dream kitchen Photography by John W. Hession

W

hen Carolyn and Michael Spellman were planning their New Castle home, Carolyn had two goals for the kitchen: a bar

area where guests could gather apart from the food preparation area and a second kitchen island. “It’s where all the action takes place,” she says. “In our first house, we had a small kitchen island and everyone stood around it while I was trying to cook, which makes it a challenge to navigate around your guests.”

The solution was two kitchen islands: a larger space for food prep, close to the stove, ovens and dishwasher; and a second island in an area where guests could mingle over their beverages, close to a bar area. Linda Cloutier, of Linda Cloutier Kitchens and Baths in Greenland, worked closely with Don Cook of D.D. Cook Builders, Inc., in Greenland, to make the Spellmans’ dream kitchen a reality.

the ovens). A full-size refrigerator is

a calming color scheme that unifies the

hidden behind custom cabinetry to

kitchen with adjacent living spaces.

larger entrance to the kitchen from

the right of the cooktop; to the left is

“Because the kitchen opens up to the

an adjacent hall, creating more space

a full-size freezer and a large walk-in

family room, I wanted it to have a

and providing a visual separation

pantry. The second island offers easy

clean, cohesive look, and incorporated

between cooking and entertainment

access to the wine refrigerator and

shades of gray and taupe, with blue

spaces. “They wanted a big kitchen,”

two additional beverage refrigerators.

accents, that echo other areas of the

Cook says. “The space is twenty feet

Lining one wall, the bar area features

house,” he says.

by thirty-two feet, and goes from front

marble countertops and custom-built,

to back of the house. The windows in

backlit cabinets as well as a second

their design/build team’s collaboration

the room face the front and back yards,

sink. In the original design plans for

as well as their new kitchen. Cloutier,

and you can easily go in and out.”

the house, the bar area was originally

too, is happy with how the project

The kitchen also opens directly onto

meant to be a formal dining room. “So

evolved. “The Spellmans’ home is

a sunny family room.

few people use separate, formal dining

very welcoming and beautiful,” she

Cloutier recommended creating a

The larger island, topped in two-

The Spellmans were delighted with

rooms anymore,” Carolyn says. “I said,

says. “The kitchen reflects their love of

inch-thick quartzite, contains the

‘Why don’t we open this space up to be

entertaining. It’s definitely one of my

main sink. It’s directly across from the

a bigger kitchen?’”

favorite kitchens.”

cooktop, and near the dishwasher and

The Spellmans’ interior designer,

a set of double wall ovens (a microwave

Anthony Catalfano of Anthony Catal-

and warming drawer is to the left of

fano Interiors, Inc., in Boston, created

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Above: Carolyn and Michael Spellman’s kitchen is designed—and built—for easy entertaining. september/october 2019

Top: The kitchen features two islands—a primary island for cooking prep and a second island where visitors can gather for cocktails or coffee.

Above: Kitchen designer Linda Cloutier, of Linda Cloutier Kitchens and Baths in Greenland, notes that the Spellman kitchen is one of her favorite designs.

Left: The kitchen is spacious—twenty feet by thirty-two feet—and opens directly into the family room.

What Makes This K itchen Unique Countertops, island counters, backsplash behind cooktop are quartzite from Rumford Stone, in Pembroke • (603) 410-6731 • rumfordstone.com Glass subway tile on accent walls from Portico Fine Tile & Design in Greenland (603) 964-3383 • porticofinetile.com Backless island chairs ebonized mahogany by Theodore Alexander • (336) 885-5005 • theodorealexander.com Counter-height island chairs in ebonized mahogany by Woodbridge Furniture • (336) 887-8246 • woodbridgefurniture.com

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Refrigerator, freezer, wine refrigerator and beverage refrigerators by Sub-Zero; cooktop, warming drawers, double ovens by Wolf • (800) 222-7820 subzero-wolf.com Hanging pendant lights and single glass pendants over the kitchen island from Visual Comfort • (866) 344-3875 • visualcomfortlightinglights.com Faucets from Delta • (800) 345-3358 • deltafaucet.com Sinks from Elkay • (800) 476-4106 • elkay.com

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a high-rise space for

entertaining

Photography by Morgan Karanasios

T

he focal point of Harry Harkins and John Garger’s Ogunquit, Maine, condominium is the view: a sweeping vista encompassing

Ogunquit Beach, the Atlantic Ocean, a rocky shoreline and the nearby Mar-

ginal Way. A close second to the view is the couple’s airy, modern kitchen, which perfectly suits their laid-back hospitality. “Harry and John entertain a lot of family and friends,” says Mark Gillies, senior designer with Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home in Portsmouth. “They wanted a kitchen that serves as a gathering space—a place to enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail or re-group before heading out to enjoy Ogunquit’s restaurants and scenic spots.”

The two-level condominium occupies the top floor of its building, which was once a hotel. Harkins—one of the earliest residents of the repurposed

weeks finishing the table. “I wanted it

the kitchen); the master bath has sleek

building—purchased the unit in 1989.

to contrast with the kitchen’s straight

marble countertops.

“It’s an unusual layout: two levels with

lines,” he says. The result is an organic

three balconies,” he says. He made

piece that looks more like sculpture

“I’m amazed at how Mark was able to

minimal changes to the unit until

than a table. Custom-built wall cabi-

carve out space without changing the

after getting married—he and Garger

nets and open shelving provide ample

footprint of the bathroom and create

own another home in Fort Lauderdale,

storage space. State-of-the-art appli-

roomier shower stalls,” he says.

Florida—when he decided to update

ances—including the electric range,

the kitchen and two bathrooms.

refrigerator, microwave and warming

pier with their re-imagined kitchen and

oven—were selected for convenience

bath spaces. They’ve already put their

and function.

kitchen to good use. “Both the kitchen

A cherry hutch, a family heirloom, was Gillies’ design inspiration for the

Harkins is thrilled with the results.

In fact, the couple couldn’t be hap-

kitchen. He wanted to create a space

Form also follows function in the

that didn’t compete with the room’s

remodeled first-floor and master bath-

and lighter,” Harkins says. “We’re

ocean views. Anchoring the space is

rooms. Both spaces were completely

extremely happy with the results.”

a central island, crafted from maple

gutted; Gillies redesigned the spaces

and cherry, that incorporates a hand-

without moving plumbing. Curbless

finished, cold-rolled steel table for four.

showers—tiled in marble in the master

The table—directly across from a large,

bath and tiled in porcelain in the guest

mirrored liquor cabinet and bar area—

bath—create more room for movement.

enables visitors to gather in the kitchen

The countertops in the guest bath are a

without interfering with the food

quartzlike material called Caesarstone

preparation areas. Gillies spent two

(also the countertop material used in

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and bath spaces feel so much bigger

Above: Harry Harkins and John Garger’s modern kitchen is designed for easy, hassle-free entertaining.

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Above: Open shelving contributes to the kitchen’s contemporary appeal. The cold-rolled steel table at the end of the island was designed and hand-finished by Mark Gillies, of Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home in Portsmouth.

Far left: Seated in the kitchen are (left to right) Mark Gillies of Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home; Harry Harkins; and John Garger. Jasper relaxes on the floor.

Near left: Gillies reconfigured the master bathroom, creating more space by adding a curb-less corner shower.

What Makes These spaces Unique

Kitchen Custom cabinetry and shelving by Artcraft Kitchens (designed by Mark Gillies, Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home) • (905) 354-5657 • artcraftkitchens.com Kitchen countertops, backsplash and guest bathroom counter are Caesarstone Ocean Foam Quartz; master bath vanity top, shower jam and wall tiles are Crema Marfil marble. All from Ripano Stoneworks, in Nashua • (603) 886-6655 ripano.com Table design and finish by Mark Gillies, fabrication by JA Metalworks, in Candia (603) 494-5257 • jametalworks.com Stainless-steel range hood by Zephyr • (888) 880-8368 • zephyronline.com Refrigerator by Sub-Zero • (800) 222-7820 • subzerowolf.com Dishwasher and electric range by Bosch • (800) 944-2904 • bosch-home.com nhhomemagazine.com

Pendant lights from Hubbardton Forge • (800) 826-4766 • hubbardtonforge.com Island chairs from Restoration Hardware • (800) 762-1005 • restorationhardware.com Bathrooms Guest bath shower wall tile is Quartz Arena by Eleganza • (714) 224.1700 • eleganza.com Sconce in master bathroom by Loft from Modern Forms • (866) 810-6615 • modernforms.com Sconces in guest bathroom by Timbale from Norwell Lighting • (800) 822-2831 • norwellinc.com Kitchen pull-down faucet and bathroom fixtures from Grohe • (800) 444-7643 • grohe.us.com New Hampshire Home | 61

A Kitchen That

feels like home

Photography by John W. Hession

R

obin Kealey enjoys cooking and being with family—so much so that the Moultonborough home she and her husband John share

has four kitchens: the primary kitchen; another on the lower level, overlook-

ing Lake Winnipesaukee, that’s perfect for entertaining; a cooking area with a grill on an screened porch; and a small kitchen in an apartment over the garage. But it’s the main kitchen where Robin really feels at home. “I wanted it to be a friendly place to get together,” she says. “Our children are in Boston and visit us frequently with their friends, especially over the holidays.”

Liam Cargill, of Cargill Construction in Campton, was the contractor/ project manager on the Kealey home; Pam Greene, the company’s interior designer, worked with Robin to create a kitchen where she would be comfortable cooking and entertaining. The Kealeys moved to New Hampshire from Virginia; there were features of

Greene was diligent about making

“It’s lustrous,” Greene says, “and you

their Southern home that they wanted

the area around the range and island

only have to apply the wax once a year,

incorporated in the new kitchen. “They

workable for Robin. “We placed a

which is more convenient—and less

wanted the kitchen to be the hub of

left-hinge refrigerator to the left of the

messy—than oiling your countertops.”

the house,” Greene says. “They’re close-

range, and the freezer on the opposite

Chocolate-colored, maple, barn-style

knit, and everyone likes to be in the

side of the island to balance the space,”

doors cleverly mask the refrigerator,

kitchen. Robin loves to cook.”

Greene says, “so Robin can easily reach

freezer and pantry doors, creating a

whatever she needs.”

seamless look. The freezer and tall pan-

The focal point of the rustic but elegant space is the forty-eight-inch,

A large, granite-topped island—con-

try frame the bar area, situated directly

six-burner range—with a custom, cop-

taining a prep sink, microwave and

per hood—that’s set into a fieldstone

under-counter beverage refrigerator—

wall along one side of the kitchen.

anchors the room. Off-white custom

many family celebrations in their

The backsplash, similar to a design the

cabinetry along the kitchen perimeter

kitchen. “I really like the stove area,”

Kealeys had in their Virginia home,

and in the bar area provides storage

Robin says. “The hood, the stone tile—

is honed stone with an inlaid stone

and lightens the space; there are two

I love the way everything flows.”

diamond mosaic pattern. The colors are

dishwashers, one on either side of the

echoed throughout the kitchen, includ-

primary sink.

ing the hand-hewn wood beams that cross the ceiling.

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Counters along the perimeter are

across from the range.

The Kealeys have already enjoyed

Above: Robin and John Kealey’s homey kitchen meets their family’s entertainment and cooking needs.

black soapstone, treated with wax. september/october 2019

Top: The kitchen has plenty of room to move around. Designer Pam Greene, of Cargill Construction in Campton, placed the barn-style, left-hinge refrigerator to the left of the cooktop and the freezer on the other side of the island to balance the space.

Far left: A built-in bar is framed by the freezer on the right and a tall pantry on the left.

Near left: The design team included, from the left, homeowner Robin Kealey; and Pam Greene and Liam Cargill, of Cargill Construction.

What Mak es This Kitchen Unique Barn-style cabinetry by Thurston Millworks in Concord • (603) 226-2731 • thurstonmillworks.com

Tile behind stove from Genrose Stone + Tile , in Pembroke • (603) 225-4075 • genrose.com

Off-white cabinetry from Plain & Fancy Custom Cabinetry (design by Pam Greene, Cargill Construction) • (717) 949-6571 plainfancycabinetry.com

Copper range hood by Hayden Arts haydenarts.com

Perimeter countertops are PIA soapstone; granite countertops are honed Crema Persia; all from MSI Boston • (781) 680-0300 • msisurfaces.com Tile backsplash throughout kitchen from Marble Systems • (703) 204-1818• marblesystems.com

Faucets and fixtures from F.W. Webb, with seven showrooms in New Hampshire • fwwebb.com Range, refrigerator and freezer by Sub-Zero Wolf (800) 222-7820 • subzerowolf.com Under-counter beverage refrigerator by Perlick (800) 558-5592 • perlick.com Dishwashers by Bosch • (800) 944-2904 bosch-home.com

Resources for kitchen and bath designers and builders A Kitchen with a View Old Hampshire Designs (603) 526-6945 oldhampshiredesigns.com Shaker Hill Granite Company (603) 632-9800 shakerhillgranite.com

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A Masterfully Updated Master Bathroom CM Ragusa Builders (603) 601-7330 cmragusa.com TMS Architects (603) 436-4274 tmsarchitects.com

A Dual-Duty Dream Kitchen Anthony Catalfano Interiors (617) 680-3182 anthonycatalfanointeriors.com D.D. Cook Builders, Inc. (603) 431-1960 ddcookbuilders.com Linda Cloutier Kitchens and Baths (603) 964-2959 lindacloutier.com

A High-Rise Space for Entertaining Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home (603) 319-8910 mariwoods.com

A Kitchen That Feels Like Home Cargill Construction (603) 726-3939 cargillconstruction.com

Ron Eldon Builders (603) 235-8174

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Focusing on

Essentials

In Portsmouth’s Victorian neighborhood, a busy family finds that minimalist design is just right for them.

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Simplicity here is key.

Homeowners Tara and Brandon Seppa chose each element carefully to build a relaxed, beautiful home. nhhomemagazine.com

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F

From the little balcony off their shared third-floor

home office, Brandon and Tara Seppa can watch Portsmouth’s New Year’s Eve fireworks. In warmer weather, Brandon chats on the phone with colleagues while gazing out at the Portsmouth skyline. For the Fourth of July with their two little girls in tow, the Seppas stroll down to the baseball field to join friends and neighbors to ooohh and ahhh at explosions of color in the night sky. In fact, the Seppas walk everywhere: to the playground, library, school, farmers’ market, outdoor pool, skating rink, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as to the city’s many cultural venues, such as Strawbery Banke, Prescott Park and The Music Hall.

“For a town of twenty-one thousand people, there’s a

lot to tap into,” Tara says. “We love that the town has a heartbeat in its center. There’s a great sense of community.”

And, since Brandon and Tara travel a great deal for work, the proximity to major transportation and business hubs— such as Portland, Maine, and Boston—is critical.

After living for several years in the Czech Republic and then France, the Seppas, who both work in high tech, came back to the United States to settle down. Brandon, who grew up in Salem, had discovered Portsmouth while going to the University of New Hampshire. Tara, who grew up in Indiana, had lived in Chicago. For their next step, they chose Portsmouth, and made a leap of faith for both their family and their careers.

While still in Europe, they started looking at houses for sale in Portsmouth. And then their realtor sent them a video of one on the market. They sensed it was right and bought the house sight unseen.

“When we came back from Europe,” Brandon says, “we drove straight to the lawyer’s office, signed the papers and then went to see what we had bought.”

Living with inspiration Their new home—a solidly built New Englander, located in Portsmouth’s historic Victorian neighborhood—looked promising. Similar homes lined the quiet, residential street.

“We decided to live in the house for a year to get the feel of it,” Tara says. “We did do some basic updates. We painted and replaced some doors, and we decided to put our office on the third floor.”

“Our aesthetic wasn’t really developed yet,” Brandon says. “In the Czech Republic, the décor is really minimalist, and we connected with it. A desk, a lamp, no clutter gives me clarity of mind. Actually, there were a couple of pivotal moments for us.”

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Above: With this open design and bare floors, a child’s short sprint is carefree.

Far left: Scott Purswell (left), owner of Dovetailed Kitchens, and Nick Gray, owner of Nick Gray Builders LLC, worked closely with Tara and Brandon Seppa on the home’s renovations.

Near left: The whole Seppa family focuses on a puzzle together.

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Right: The clean linear look of the stairwell’s railing complements the home’s spare sight lines.

Below, left: This modern, playful chandelier creates a bright focal point on the second-floor landing.

Below, right: The sliding barn door for the master bedroom closet, built by Brandon Seppa and his father, creates texture and interest.

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While living in the Czech Republic, they visited the Villa Tugendhat designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Built in 1929–1930, the Villa Tugendhat is a grand, classic modern home, full of light and open inspiring spaces. Van der Rohe also designed the furniture.

Also on the Seppas’ inspiration list is the ubiquitous Swiss railway clock designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker. It’s now licensed for use on some Apple products. The clock famously hesitates just before the full minute—all Swiss trains leave on the full minute. “That clock!” Brandon says. “It really romanticized train travel.” For Father’s Day recently, Tara gave Brandon a residential model that now hangs in their kitchen.

Their full introduction to mid-century modern came while visiting friends in Austin, Texas.

“Their taste is very eclectic, but they also had a While exploring the streets of Cannes, France, the Seppas acquired these postcards on a whim.

minimalist approach,” Brandon says, “and we both really liked it.”

“Actually, we like all kinds of homes,” Tara says. “We have a friend who has a shabby chic approach, and we really appreciate and enjoy how she put it all together. But minimalist design just works for us.”

Creating their own space Working with Nick Gray, of Nick Gray Builders LLC in Somersworth, the Seppas made careful, sometimes very subtle decisions with their design

Above: Subtle lighting and a floating vanity keep the space airy.

Soft grays and wood tones complement the rest of the house.

Left: The shower’s half door creates an open feel in a small space.

Textured gray tiles provide a permanent nonslip surface. nhhomemagazine.com

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approach; details are critical. Tara and Bran-

en and for an asymmetric look on the kitchen

don opted to keep the outside face of their New

island, which has a waterfall counter on one side.

Englander in the character of the houses in the

Making the waterfall counter work is actually a

neighborhood. Yet, their house now does have a

bit of a trick. “First, you have to polish both sides

very pleasant, crisp look. Gray says the cement

of the stone,” Gray says. “And then you have

siding, which is not as thick as wood clapboards,

to finish the corner at a very precise forty-five-

gives the home that smoother overall look. Plus,

degree angle.”

when properly maintained, the cement siding

Kitchen designer Scott Purswell, of Dovetailed

lasts a long time. For the roof, the Seppas chose

Kitchens in Portsmouth, worked closely with the

a standing seam metal roof, which also gives the

Seppas and Gray. “That waterfall counter gives

house clean lines and is very durable.

the kitchen a bit of drama,” Purswell says. “And

Inside for the flooring, the Seppas chose white oak. “Their flooring is a bit wider than standard flooring,” Gray says. “It’s rift and quartered from

This small back yard is just the right size for grilling, and having family and friends over. Two playgrounds are just a dash away.

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the white oak throughout has a gentle anchoring feel and warmth to it.

logs, and it’s all the same five-inch width with a

Kitchen work

flat, water-based finished.”

Purswell applied his extensive design experience

The effect is uniform, but there is variation,

to the Seppas’ kitchen. “Light is so important in a

given the warm, tawny shades of the wood’s

kitchen,” he says, and goes on to describe the par-

grain. This wood is actually used throughout

ticulars of Tara and Brandon’s space. “I’ve done

the house: for the floating shelves in the kitch-

backsplash windows before, but adding a long

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narrow window in the corner … I believe it was Tara’s idea, and it was a stroke of genius. I think it’s beautiful. It’s intuitive when you see it now.”

Other aspects that Purswell helped to develop include the large food pantry that is seamlessly incorporated into a wall near the kitchen island.

The floating shelves are underlit with LED lights.

The cabinetry’s stainless-steel, bar hardware maintains the kitchen’s clean lines, as do the tab drawer pulls. The induction stove has a glass backsplash.

“We used simple subway tile and white grout, which give the sink’s backsplash a monolithic feel,” Purswell says. “I like the pendant lights over the dining table that Tara and Brandon picked out. The lights are black silicone, and you can just squish them. What’s more, the materials used to create this kitchen are affordable.

“The Seppas are just wonderful clients,” Purswell says. “They have superb taste, but listen, take advice and let everyone have input.”

Gray concurs: “They were a real team and would really review ideas, and then they were decisive.”

Books—especially children’s books—are an

Finishing with furnishings

exception to the minimalist concept at the

The home’s furnishings are spare and simple. The

Seppas for the time being. Their collection in-

reclaimed chestnut and steel dining table was

cludes titles such as Good Night New Hampshire

custom made. One of Brandon’s favorite features

and Good Morning Piscataqua.

is the Danish woodstove on a glass pad. “I love

What matters most to the Seppas is raising

chopping wood,” Brandon says, “since my work

their family in a healthy community. “We really

is not so physical.”

designed our house around this neighborhood,”

Brandon and Tara are also fans of vinyl re-

Brandon says. “For example, on Saturday morn-

cords and have a turntable manufactured by the

ings, we often take the kids to the playground

Massachusetts company U-turn Audio; the ma-

that’s just a short walk away.”

chine requires one to change a band to change

Tara adds: “When we go to the library, the

the speed. The soundtrack for the Seppas’ lives at

market, our children’s school or downtown cof-

the moment includes Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Arm-

fee shops, we always run into people we know.

strong, Pearl Jam’s Ten and Journey (Tara is a self-

There are lots of opportunities for informal con-

described “eighties kid”).

versations. It’s a great community.”

Silhouetted against a bright fall sky, the Seppas’ home contributes to the neighborhood mosaic.

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Brandon and Tara do want to add more decorative items to their home. Recently they became entranced with the work of local artist Don Gorvett. “We just wandered into his print shop,”

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Renovating the kitchen, family room and upstairs baths made a world of difference for a Bedford family.

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When the Girasole family returns home after a busy day, this calm, lovely kitchen provides a wonderful place to gather.

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Jen and Chris Girasole began their

Getting better results

Adding details

renovation journey when Jen met

The result was the desired two bath-

Shreve and Jen mapped out a glassed-in

Denis Lamy during a kitchen tour in

rooms on the second floor—one for

shower, a wall-to-wall double vanity, a

Bedford. Before long, Lamy, an em-

general use, and a private bath for the

makeup vanity and an old-fashioned,

ployee of Bristol Construction, LLC in

Girasole’s oldest daughter. To make

freestanding tub. Jen opted for porce-

Bedford, was working on the upstairs

room for those two baths, the laundry

lain Carrera tile for the flooring but

master bath. It was a cavernous space

center moved to the master bath and

decided on marble for the countertops.

and he said to Jen: “You’ve got to meet

was neatly installed in a large closet.

She understood that marble has many

Cynthia Shreve. We’ve worked together

There was still plenty of room.

drawbacks—it chips, stains and soaks up

for more than a decade. She’s a great interior designer.”

“I wanted a calm, elegant space,” Jen says.

perfume. But, as she noted, “a bath is not a kitchen.”

Soon Shreve, Lamy and Tim Bristol,

To achieve that, though, the exist-

The tile rug in the center of the room

owner of Bristol Construction, were

ing master bath needed work. A Jacuzzi

adds a cozy textural feel to the room.

hashing out designs around a table. Jen,

tub dominated the main space along

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who’d been planning the renovation for

with an open Roman shower. A lion’s

installed the tile. The sheer curtain fab-

a while, knew what she wanted. She had

bust surveyed the scene, and the color

rics provide a soft touch, but color, light

made scrapbooks of ideas and photos

scheme was tan and orange.

and crystal create the overall feel.

collected from magazines online sites,

Shreve quickly saw how the space

Bristol Construction made the cus-

such as Houzz and Pinterest. But photos

could be maximized and transformed.

tom cabinetry, contributing that hand-

will only take you so far.

The team and Jen got on board, and the

crafted look from the turned legs on the

design got even better.

makeup vanity, to the shower’s paneled

“Send me all your ideas,” Shreve said.

Then, they were at the table again—

Jen knew the colors she loved—warm

drinking more coffee, and having a

whites, soft greens, and the gray and

muffin, or two thanks to Jen. Shreve

brown tones of marble. With Shreve’s

The next project

sketched out ideas on the spot and then

input, the ceiling became a darker green

About a year later, their next project

drew up drawings to scale.

in contrast to the lighter green walls.

was the Girasoles’ dressing room. Once

“She did that to bring the ceiling down

again, the team sat down to discuss the

a bit,” Jen says.

project. Jen opted for the same understat-

“She was really good at space design and planning,” Jen says.

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knee wall, to the double-sink vanity.

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This page: With plenty of room and superb functionality, this kitchen accommodates large parties and weeknight dinners with ease.

Facing page: Decorating a large living room takes skill. Homeowner Jen Girasole and interior designer Cynthia Shreve worked in tandem to create this cozy, functional family room. Note the high drapes by the fireplace, custom entertainment center and paired, metallic silver lamps on the end tables.

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Featuring the homeowner’s favorite colors—warm whites, soft greens, and the gray and brown tones of marble—this elegant master bath also sparkles and surprises. Sheer fabrics for the curtains and on the chandelier soften the tile. The fine details of custom woodworking add to the room’s refinement.

ed colors, and Shreve suggested creating

ily room and the kitchen. As sometimes

erator. It’s not something you can see,

low, open closets to make efficient use

happens, just as the design and con-

but it counts.”

of the space. Then Bristol Woodworking

struction team thought they could get

With these two clean, rectangular

built the center island, shelves and clos-

to work, they discovered that a struc-

rooms opened up, Jen, Shreve, Lamy

ets to coordinate with the master bath.

tural beam would have to be installed to

and Bristol decided on custom cabinets,

open up the space.

tables and other furnishings. One result

Moving on to the family room

Bristol analyzed the task, and enlisted

of their conversations was a custom

That winter, the roof over the family

twelve men to lift and install a twenty-

entertainment center crafted by Bristol

room sprang a leak, so the Bristol Con-

four-foot steel beam. “It took a lot of ef-

Woodworking out of walnut.

struction team came in and fixed the

fort to plan and stage that installation,”

“Cynthia really drove home how she

problem. Since the room was torn up,

Bristol says. “The beam extends from

felt about walnut,” Jen says. “I was go-

Chris and Jen decided to redo the fam-

the far corner by the sink to the refrig-

ing to choose a light gray or white fin-

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Custom woodworking for the center island of the master closet creates a distinctive look.

Members of the design team included Denis Lamy (front left), of Bristol Construction in Bedford; homeowner Jen Girasole and Bernese mountain dog Maggie; Tim Bristol (standing left), owner of Bristol Construction; and Alyssa Zink, owner of Studio Z in Bedford.

ish. But she said walnut would really

For the kitchen

est features they installed was a magic

work with the fireplace.”

When the Girasoles first bought the

corner manufactured by LeMans. Rather

Bristol also recalls Shreve saying “let’s

house, the kitchen was the room that

than a Lazy Susan, it is a set of beautiful-

make it sexy,” and the Bristol team sug-

Jen, an enthusiastic cook, most wanted

ly engineered trays that swivel out.

gested incorporating walnut burl veneer

to redo. Ironically, after five years, it

with a black inset bead. Burl is often

came last. Jen had wanted a table with a

Happy and relaxed

used on the dashboards of high-end

bench seat built in to the center island.

“I would never have been able to do

cars, such as Jaguars. The Bristol team

Bristol Woodworking incorporated the

all of this without Cynthia, Denis, Tim

came up with a sample, and Jen and

walnut burl veneer in the table’s end

and his crew,” Jen says. “When I walk in

Shreve loved it.

pieces. The center island is also built

the house, I feel happy and much more

with walnut. These choices brought the

relaxed.”

Then Jen and Shreve flipped the family room around so the television,

kitchen and family room together.

The home’s renovation was complet-

which had been in the corner near the

The island countertop and the bar’s

ed in fall 2017; and Shreve, who passed

French door, was now centered on the

countertop are both Crystal Ice Quartz.

away just months later, considered it to

new entertainment center.

The other countertops are granite in an

be some of her very best work. “I really

“At one point, Cynthia said the fami-

accent color. The tile on the wall is Cala-

miss her,” Jen says.

ly room was ‘severely under furnished,’”

catta Gold. The floors, which are origi-

Jen says. “She found those tall, match-

nal to the house, are oak but stained to

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white patterned rug. When Jen balked—

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By now Jen and Shreve worked so

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drawers for the food pantry and a built-

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inspiration

Interim Executive Director Maggie Stier (center) and Collections Assistant Max Walters (left), both with Canterbury Shaker Village, and Andrew Spahr (right), director of collections and exhibitions at the Currier Museum of Art, examine two sewing desks made by Shaker cabinetmaker Benjamin Smith in 1861. “They represent a distinct Shaker form and show how the Shakers were influenced by worldly styles,” Stier says.

A New Museum Exhibition Sheds Light on an Old Sect Photographs, archival footage, documents, furniture and

W

hether you know a lot or

States in the late 1700s, one of which

a little about the Shakers,

was Canterbury Shaker Village in

the upcoming show The

Canterbury. The show—which launches

Shakers and the Modern World at The

October 12 and continues through

Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is

February 16—is a collaborative effort

both “informative and evocative,” says

between the Currier and Canterbury

showcase the Shakers,

Andrew Spahr, the Currier’s director of

Shaker Village, which is celebrating its

collections and exhibitions.

fiftieth anniversary as an incorporated

unique communities

tenets included pacifism, celibacy,

handmade goods

who created their more than two centuries ago.

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The Shakers—a Christian sect whose

museum this year.

In 1959, Canterbury Shaker Village

communal property, and the equal-

transitioned from being owned by the

ity of men and women—established a

Shakers to a nonprofit organization

number of communities in the United

(although Shakers continued to live

By Jenny Donelan | Photography by John W. Hession september/october 2019

there until the last resident, Ethel Hudson, passed away in 1992). Today, visitors can enjoy twenty-five original and four reconstructed Shaker buildings, as well as 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails and mill ponds.

The village offers tours and educational programs and has been designated a National Historic Landmark for its architectural integrity and significance.

Shaker items on display “We think it’s important to continue the legacy of Canterbury and to present it in the context of the larger Shaker experience,” Spahr says. To that end, Photography by morgan karanasios

the show will display numerous objects from the collections of both the Currier and Canterbury Shaker Village: Shaker furniture and Shaker-inspired furniture; the famous Dorothy cloak (top photo), the wool shoulder cape with a hood that became popular among society ladies and was designed by Dorothy Durgin, who arrived at Canterbury at

Photography by morgan karanasios

age nine in 1834 and later become an

Several rooms throughout the Dwelling House (below), one of twenty-five buildings at Canterbury Shaker Village, now serve as spaces where visitors can learn more about Shaker life as well as admire the fine craftsmanship of their furniture and the building’s distinct architectural details, such as the pegrails that hold the chair (above).

Esteemed for its architectural integrity and significance, the Dwelling House at Canterbury Shaker Village is one of New Hampshire’s most important historic buildings.

It preserves the two-hundred-year-old legacy of the Canterbury Shakers and best reveals their approach to design: a style and practice that was never archaic or fixed, but rather organic, extremely skillful and responsive to the pace of their communal life. nhhomemagazine.com

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inspiration eldress; and “fancy goods,” such as poplarware boxes, photographs and documents, including the original covenant from the founding of the village in 1792.

The Shakers and the Modern World also shows how the Shakers, known for their simple lifestyle and manner of dress—and for their well-designed furniture—did not shut themselves off from the world at large but rather connected with it, while still maintaining their religious principles and ways of life. “The Shakers were really

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inspiration she is excited to see pieces from the village at the Currier. “We have twentyfive historic buildings at Canterbury,” she says, “but we don’t really have much exhibit space. At the Currier show, people will be able to see some of these pieces in a whole new way.”

National and worldwide influence Both classic Shaker furniture and later Victorian-influenced examples are part of the exhibit. While in some communities, chairs were produced for sale to the outside world, Shakers in every

From Ken Burns’s film, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God.

community produced a range of pieces

Moving and Shaking at the Museum

A second, related event that caps off Canterbury Shaker Village’s fiftieth anniversary will be hosted

by Canterbury Shaker Village at the Currier. Canterbury at the Currier with Special Guest Ken Burns takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. on October 29. Documentary filmmaker Burns directed The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, in 1985. The event features cocktails, a light supper, the chance to view the exhibits in a casual setting and a showing of a video made to honor the village museum in its fiftieth year, created by New Hampshire Home photo editor John W. Hession. Tickets to the event are $150. For information, contact Canterbury Shaker Village at shakers.org.

for their own use: beds, tables, chests Photography courtesy of ken burns, pbs

On October 11, the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester will host a members-only opening of the exhibition The Shakers and the Modern World from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Contact currier.org for reservations or to find out how to become a member.

and cupboards. Some of these reflect Victorian influences of the day, which may come as a surprise to visitors. The Shakers’ creative processes were not immune to influences from the outside world, Spahr says.

Also on display are examples of furniture not made by Shakers but influenced by Shaker design. Spahr

good at remaining true to their faith

associated with Shaker design. But the

says that during the 1930s, designers in

in embracing change,” says Maggie

Shakers made, within reason, what the

Copenhagen, Denmark, were studying

Stier, interim executive director and

world wanted.

Shaker chairs, which are thought to

marketing and development director at Canterbury Shaker Village.

The Shakers also willingly embraced

have exerted considerable influence on

technology. “They constructed and ran

Danish modern furniture of the 1950s,

The Shakers also sold goods to the

their own power plant in 1910,” Spahr

which in turn informs our furniture

rest of the world to help support their

says. “They had a number of patented

design today.

communities. Chair-making was a

inventions. One of the things I have

The last remaining Shakers now re-

central industry for the community in

been surprised to learn is how active

side at the Shaker Village in Sabbathday

New Lebanon, New York; the “fancy

and successful their commercial enter-

Lake, Maine. For a religious movement

goods”—sewing boxes, pin cushions

prises were.”

that never numbered above six thou-

and other items—were made in many

Along with this commercial procliv-

sand or so individuals at a time, scat-

communities, as were brushes, bonnets,

ity, the Shakers maintained a high stan-

tered among eighteen major communi-

brooms and even patent medicines.

dard of workmanship. “Shakers became

ties, the Shakers’ influence continues

Fancy goods made of poplarware—in

associated with quality, and with simple

to resonate to a surprising degree. The

which boxes were covered with “cloth”

and excellent design,” Spahr says.

show at the Currier helps demonstrate

made from woven poplar strips—were

“Their brand became very important.

how their principles, crafts and spirit of

made at Canterbury through the 1960s.

They made innovative use of public re-

industry made the Shakers an impor-

The poplarware products may sur-

lations to sell goods, but also to attract

prise some museum visitors, because

new converts.” Their reputation for

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they are more decorative and less

quality craftsmanship, while deserved,

well known than, for example, the

exists in part because they promoted it.

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iconic ladder back chair that typifies

Rebecca Soules, interpretation man-

the streamlined, functional aesthetic

ager at Canterbury Shaker Village, says

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by design

Award-Winning Architecture Architects showed off their best residential work for AIANH’s recent annual competition.

T

he New Hampshire chapter of the

four of these were residential projects. The jury

American Institute of Architects (AIANH)

selects winning projects based on overall design

and the design community at large came

excellence, including aesthetics, clarity, creativ-

together in March to celebrate the best recent

ity, relevant functionality, building performance

work produced in the state. The annual Excel-

and appropriateness with regard to the client’s

lence in Architecture Design Awards Program, in

vision. One project is selected to receive special

its thirty-fifth continuous year, was held at The

recognition through the Rick and Duffy Mona-

Currier Museum of Art in Manchester.

hon Award for Architectural Restoration and

This year’s jury—four architects from the Rhode Island AIA chapter—reviewed fifty-three project entries, among them twenty residential

Preservation.

Award-winning projects can be seen on the AIANH website, aianh.org.

projects, and selected nine to receive awards;

—Bonnie Kastel

About AIANH

The New Hampshire chapter of AIA has nearly three hundred members, and represents the majority of licensed architects in the state. Its members work with each other and their communities to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and neighborhoods.

AIANH offers a wide array of services to its members and the public.

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HONOR AWARD: Excellence in Architectural Design Photography courtesy of Marcus Gleysteen and Joshua McHugh

Lake Point House

The house is carefully concealed from the shore, and was positioned to preserve trees and site features. The lake side of the house is a continuous wall of glass, capped by timbered eaves and anchored by monumental stone chimneys. The house is organized into three distinct units in order to accommodate two or twenty people with equal comfort.

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MERIT AWARD: Excellence in Architectural Design

Pond Farm

The site of this new house is on an abandoned farm where multiple barns have come and gone for nearly two hundred years. The new, wood-framed structures are conceived in a vernacular style; all the forms were painted with traditional ferrous oxide red, introduced to rural New England in the eighteenth century.

Photography courtesy of Robert Benson

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Little Green on Lake Winnipesaukee

This renovated lake cottage includes two levels of porches seven feet from the water’s edge to minimize lake impact and preserve trees. The details, fixtures and materials reflect the historic camp style and its time period, while insulating the building outside the framed walls and closed cell foam at the roof to meet current energy requirements.

Christopher P. Williams Architects, PLLC in Meredith • (603) 279-6513 cpwarchitects.com • Architect: Christopher P. Williams, AIA General Contractor: K.A. Clason Fine Woodworking in Gilford

MERIT AWARD: Rick and Duffy Monahon Award for Design Excellence in Architectural Restoration and Preservation

Photography by John W. Hession

A nineteenth-century, urban townhouse with a brick exterior and private pocket gardens was brought back to its original grandeur. The renovation preserved the property’s historic integrity while updating it for modern living. Windows were replaced in kind; brickwork was repointed; interior spaces were re-imagined to bestow privacy from city streets. Amid construction, two fireplaces were uncovered and four fireplace boxes were refurbished.

DeStefano Architects in Portsmouth • (603) 431-8701 • destefanoarchitects.com Architect: Lisa DeStefano, AIA General Contractor: Maine Coast Builders in York, Maine

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World of Color

by design A dated apartment building just outside of Portsmouth’s historic district was revived. The goal of the project was to create a sought-after, modern multi-unit residence with added windows and a roof deck patio with views of Portsmouth’s downtown.

Coastal Dream

This circa-1890 seaside residence was gutted to improve the structural conditions and for new insulation, but the architect chose to keep most of the existing massing intact to keep with the original architect’s intent of creating a “Victorian cottage.”

Winter Holben Architecture + Design in Kittery, Maine • (207) 994-3104 winterholben.com Architect: Brandon Holben, AIA, LEED General Contractor: Phil Clermont of Portsmouth

TMS Architects in Portsmouth • (603) 436-4274 • tmsarchitects.com Architect: Jason Bailey, AIA • Design Architect: Cristina Johnson, AIA, NCIDQ General Contractor: CM Ragusa Builders in Seabrook

Photography by Rob Karosis

Photography courtesy of David Murray

606 State Apartments

Squam Lake House

Photography by John W. Hession

Treating porches and patios as living rooms allows gathering spaces to extend to the ground floor without infringing on regulations. The ground floor’s fireplace, swimming pool and hot tub provide outdoor activities day and night.

Christopher P. Williams Architects, PLLC in Meredith (603) 279-6513 • cpwarchitects.com Architect: Christopher P. Williams, AIA General Contractor: White House Construction in Gilford Landscape Design: Design Plus Landscape Services in Plymouth

Tree House

Sheldon Pennoyer Architects in Concord (603) 856-8994 • spennoyerarchitects.com General Contractor: Old Hampshire Designs in New London Interior Design: Chapin Interiors in Bronxville, New York Landscape Design: Gary Larson, ALA, ASLA and Landforms LTD of Bow

Photography by Rob Karosis

Treating porches and patios as living rooms allows gathering spaces to extend to the ground floor without infringing on regulations. The ground floor’s fireplace, swimming pool and hot tub provide outdoor activities day and night.

Downtown Garden Apartment

Together with owner Susie Hunter, Scully Architects created a secondfloor apartment and garden pergola at the Peterborough Community Theater building. High flower boxes, clad in aluminum, create an intimate, tranquil, outdoor living space downtown.

TMS Architects in Portsmouth (603) 436-4274 • tmsarchitects.com Architect: Shannon Alther, AIA General Contractor: Gray Construction in North Hampton

Daniel V. Scully Architects in Keene • (603) 357-4544 • scullyarchitects.com Architect: Daniel V. Scully, AIA • Project Team: David J. Drasba General Contractor: C.P. LaRoche Construction in Peterborough Landscape Design: Michael Gordon of Peterborough Interior Design: Sue Callihan of Hancock

Photography by nancy belluscio

Raised on the Atlantic

Photography by John W. Hession

This new house is nestled on a steeply sloped hill near Lake Sunapee, as the clients envisioned a series of tree houseinspired living spaces to accommodate their growing family.

Pinecliff

Fletcher Hill Residence

This new home in Nelson occupies the existing foundation of a simple ranch-style house that offered a walk-out lower level and the opportunity to capture the majestic views from each living space.

Catlin + Petrovick Architects, PC in Keene • (603) 352-2255 • c-parchitects.com Architect: Michael J. Petrovick, AIA General Contractor: Kevin Vonderhorst of West Chesterfield 86 | New Hampshire Home

Bonin Architects & Associates, PLLC in New London • (603) 526-6200 boninarchitects.com Architect: Jeremy Bonin, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP General Contractor: Old Hampshire Designs in New London

Photography by John W. Hession

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The narrow lot presented challenges imposed by setbacks from neighbors and the lake. Thoughtful placement of rooms allowed the design to capture views from all levels of the home.

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by design Endless Views

The client wanted an addition to the 1960 house that maintained the original design concepts and enabled the older of three generations to live on the first floor. The new, large windows frame the northern mountains and water views; a one-story connector provides flow and continuity between the spaces.

TMS Architects in Portsmouth (603) 436-4274 • tmsarchitects.com Architect: Timothy Giguere, AIA General Contractor: CM Ragusa Builders in Seabrook

Oceanfront Oasis at Straws Point

This modern twist on the coastal Shingle-style cottage created an oceanside retreat that showcases the lush landscape and natural beauty of the surrounding site. The pool house boasts a transitional design that takes full advantage of the waterfront setting and brings the outside in.

Sheldon Pennoyer Architects in Concord (603) 856-8994 • spennoyerarchitects.com Architect: Sheldon Pennoyer, AIA, LEED AP General Contractor: Beam Construction Associates, Inc. of Center Sandwich

CJ Architects in Portsmouth • (603) 431-2808 • cjarchitects.net Architect: Carla Goodknight, AIA General Contractor: Chinburg Properties of Newmarket Interior Design: Daher Interior Design in Boston Landscape Architecture: Terra Firma Landscape Architecture in Portsmouth

Photography courtesy of Eric Roth

Photography by John W. Hession

Owl’s Head Camp Expansion

Photography by Rob Karosis

Thanks to the grandfathered foundation, the architect was able to design a new home eight feet from water’s edge on a peninsula with 270-degree views of Lake Winnipesaukee. Recessed windows, curved walls, dormers and gable roofs make the home seem smaller than its 3,500 square feet.

Lakeside Sandcastle

This new home is set back from the shoreline to provide better connection to the lake as well as offer greater lakefront yard space for entertaining and playing games. The central living space features a cantilevered, timber-framed clerestory, topped with a cupola, to bring sunlight into the interior.

Photography by Rob Karosis

Designing a two-thousand-square-foot addition that would seamlessly mesh with the thirty-year-old existing home became the key design goal and one of the most challenging to accomplish.

TMS Architects in Portsmouth (603) 436-4274 • tmsarchitects.com Architect of Record: William Soupcoff, AIA Design Architect: Lafe Covill, Assoc. AIA Project Team: Cristina Johnson, AIA, NCIDQ General Contractor: CM Ragusa Builders in Seabrook

Christopher P. Williams Architects, PLLC in Meredith (603) 279-6513 • cpwarchitects.com Architect of Record: Christopher P. Williams, AIA Design Architect: Kenneth Tatro General Contractor: Meridian Construction in Gilford

Clothespin Farm

The initial design goal was to renovate and design a new connector between two existing Cape structures, the original built in 1815. The clean, modern lines of the interior spaces bring the outdoors in and focus to the distant views of Mount Monadnock.

Sheldon Pennoyer Architects in Concord (603) 856-8994 • spennoyerarchitects.com Architect: Sheldon Pennoyer, AIA, LEED AP Project Team: Jasmine Pinto, Associate AIA General Contractor: Tim Groesbeck, Groesbeck Construction in Peterborough • Interior Design: Phoebe Lovejoy, Lovejoy Interiors in Allston, Massachusetts Landscape Design: Laura Trowbridge in Peterborough

Photography by John W. Hession

Photography by John W. Hession

Lakefront Transformation

1812 Plank House

The original Cape was moved where there was better sunlight and views in all directions. The architect created an insulated jacket over the entire existing structure, and retained the frame and plank walls as finished features on the interior.

Randall T Mudge & Associates in Lyme • (603) 795-4831 • rtmudge.com Architect: Randall T Mudge, AIA General Contractor: G.R. Porter & Sons in Norwich, Vermont

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A high-performance, LEED Silver rehabilitation of an existing house built in 1994, The River House is sited on an exceptional piece of property overlooking the Connecticut River in Hanover. Great care was taken to improve the energy footprint of the building and the ecology of the site as well as reduce the impact on the river.

Photography courtesy of Gary Hall

Photography courtesy of Greg Bruce Hubbard

The River House

H. Sloane Mayor Architect, AIA in Lebanon • (603) 667-0303 sloanemayor.com General Contractor: O’Hara and Gercke, Inc. in White River Junction, Vermont september/october 2019

The Main Event Our Annual Fundraising Gala Saturday, October 5th Currier Museum of Art

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Bonin Architects & Associates

Winchendon Furniture

Bonin Architects & Associates, located in New London and Meredith, New Hampshire, serves clients in New England with a focus on lake, mountain and coastal homes. We bring architecture and landscape together in a collaborative approach to every project; our values of honesty integrity, commitment and respect are the difference between building a home and building a dream.

New London and Meredith • (603) 526-6200 boninarchitects.com • info@boninarchitects.com

We are passionate about quality. Since 1939, our family-owned company has helped homeowners create comfortable, memorable spaces. Visit our locations in Keene, New Hampshire, or Winchendon, Massachusetts, to find fine handcrafted furniture (most of it American-made) from top manufacturers, including our own designs. Our design consultants are delighted to help you select the right pieces for your home. winchendonfurniture.com

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Whether your project is large or small, complicated or simple, Belletetes takes your ideas and makes them happen. We have all the tools, products and skills necessary to make your project a complete success. Specializing in lumber, decking, windows, doors, paint, stains and flooring—as well as fixtures and cabinets for kitchens and bathrooms—we have everything for your remodeling needs. And don’t forget to take advantage of our free estimates!

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Runtal Radiators

Runtal Announces SecondGeneration Electric Omnipanel Towel Radiator The Runtal Omnipanel II is the second generation of the popular Runtal flagship towel radiator line which was introduced in 1985. The Omnipanel II offers an even larger warming surface area and is available in three heights, a choice of voltages (120, 208 and 240) and 100 colors.

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Since 1988, 3W design, inc. has taken clients’ dreams and made them real without the stress and anxiety homeowners often face alone. We listen to ideas, ask questions, offer choices, design your new spaces—then we build them! From a new kitchen or a redesign, upgraded master bath or complete integrated design of your new home or a remodel—our experience is the remarkable difference in delivering beautiful spaces that are uniquely yours.

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K i tc h e n to u r e v e n t

The Music Hall Kitchen Tour

Photography by GregWestPhotography.com

A perfect get-together for Mother’s Day weekend 2020, and The Music Hall’s largest fundraiser, this is the tour for people considering a renovation project or for those just curious about the area’s top kitchen designs and trends. Tickets on sale February 2020.

Saturday, May 9, 2020 from 10am–4pm Tickets/Info: TheMusicHall.org • (603) 436-2400 september/october 2019

Rolling Green Nursery

Explore and stroll nine acres of display gardens and stone paths. We grow an uncommon palette of annuals, herbs, perennials, vines, flowering trees and shrubs, custom patio containers, as well as provide beautiful hanging baskets. We stock more than thirty-five varieties of Japanese maples, and large and dwarf evergreens. Our staff is knowledgable and passionate about plants. Visit our website for events, hours and directions. Visit us for plants, seeds, advice and inspiration.

64 Breakfast Hill Road in Greenland • (603) 436-2732 RollingGreenNursery.com lighting

The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric is LIGHTING THE WAY YOU LIVE. Visit our Newington or Claremont locations and choose from the largest selection of lighting products in northern New England. Our in-showroom specialists and designers will help you create any atmosphere by bringing your personal style home.

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Create a spa-like experience in your own backyard. We manufacture four-season, luxury plunge pools designed to be warm in winter, cool in summer and small enough to fit almost any backyard space. Soake Pools are made in New Hampshire, and delivered tiled and ready for your finishing touches. Visit our website and contact us for more information.

Concord, New Hampshire • (603) 749-0665 • soakepools.com lighting

Derek Marshall Lighting, LLC

Consider Derek Marshall Lighting for pendants over your kitchen island.

Dramatic form in exquisite art glass is our specialty. Dozens of colors from which to choose. Voted Best of New Hampshire in 2019 by New Hampshire Magazine. Visit our website at derekmarshall.com, or call 800-497-3891 for more information.

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september September 4 The Nashua Garden Club’s September program is presented by Carl Harmon, founder and co-owner of Harmon Hill Farm in Hudson. With 4,200 varieties, Harmon Hill is home to one of the largest selections of daylilies in the world. Learn about the wide variety of daylilies suited to New Hampshire, including old favorites as well as a large selection of new introductions from Northern and Region 4 hybridizers and many from the Southern Region that have turned out to be hardy in New Hampshire. Light refreshments will be served. 7 p.m.

Admission is $5; free for garden club members.

First Baptist Church • 121 Manchester Street in Nashua • nashuanhgardenclub.org September 7

Auburn Day and Duck Race

Enjoy a fun-filled day for the whole family with a celebration for the town of Auburn featuring the twenty-seventh annual duck race, which awards cash prizes for the 10 fastest ducks, including $1,000 for first place; the Salmon Falls apple pie baking contest; a “Pretty Chicken Contest”; a 5K; New Hampshire artisans, crafters and vendors; music and children’s activities; and food. Proceeds benefit the Auburn Historical Association and other local nonprofits.

10 a.m.–3 p.m. Free.

Auburn Village (22 Hooksett Road) in Auburn auburnday.com September 7–8

River Valley Artisans Art & Wine Tour

Poocham Winery and Summit Winery in Westmoreland have joined with the River Valley Artisans for a fabulous weekend of art, wine, food and fun in the Connecticut River Valley. Enjoy a wine tasting and stroll among the displays where the artists will be showing their work, and offering for sale oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, etched glass, delicately carved eggs, stunning art photography, crafted fine jewelry, fiber art, amazing wooden ware and other hand-made items. Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. rivervalleyartisans.com September 7–8

Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival

This event brings many of New England’s finest craftspeople and artisans, selected by jury, to exhibit their wares for thousands of browsers. Music and food round out the two-day festival. The Wells Reserve at Laudholm is a National Estuarine Research Reserve with its headquarters listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

342 Laudholm Farm Road in Wells, Maine (207) 646-1555 • wellsreserve.org 92 | New Hampshire Home

Spend the day on Star Island and don’t miss the silent auction of works by this year’s artists-in-residence program there.

September 15

Star Island Annual Gosport Regatta

Spend the day on Star Island and see this open sailing race from Portsmouth Harbor to the Isles of Shoals, which is organized by the Piscataqua Sailing Association and benefits Star Island. In honor of the tenth year, the event also features a silent art auction of work offered by participants of the 2019 Artist in Residence Program: Christopher Volpe, Marcus Greene, Hayley Wood, Juno Lamb, Ron Quinn and Alastair Dacey. starisland.org/regatta September 14

October 5

This popular annual event—which is sponsored by the United States Coast Guard, the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation— offers the general public the rare opportunity to climb and learn about over two dozen historic Maine lights. lighthousefoundation.org/maine-openlighthouse-day

Meet New Hampshire Furniture Masters at the group’s annual fundraiser. The evening features a silent auction of the masters’ work along with live music, a dance performance, artisanal foods and craft beer. 5:30– 9 p.m. Tickets are $90 until September 6 and $125 after.

The Currier Museum of Art • 150 Ash Street in Manchester • furnituremasters.org

Maine Open Lighthouse Day

october October 2

Flora in Our National Parks

The Nashua Garden Club’s October program is presented by Steve Farrar. Having visited fifty-seven of the sixty national parks, Farrar discusses why flora should be a prevalent reason for visiting our national treasures, right along with viewing their spectacular rock formations, amazing waterfalls and magnificent mountain vistas. He will introduce attendees to parks created to preserve specific plant species, show dazzling varieties of plant displays, teach about two bastions of Champion Trees and provide a tour of the “Plant Heaven” National Park. Light refreshments will be served. 7 p.m.

Admission is $5; free for garden club members.

First Baptist Church • 121 Manchester Street in Nashua • nashuanhgardenclub.org

The Main Event

October 5–6

Annual Quilt Show

Hosted by the Belknap Mill Quilter’s Guild of Laconia, the forty-second annual show features wares from vendors, boutiques and the Harvest Café; raffles for a Pfaff sewing machine; and a quilt made by guild members. New this year: Lynne Tyler teachers a class on making your own “flock of improvisationally pieced birds.” The traveling exhibit From Lobstah to Green Monster: What’s Best About New England is on loan from the New England Quilt Museum and on display throughout the weekend. Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.– 4 p.m.

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Daylillies

October 12

Duck Drop

Held during the eleventh Annual Fall Festival & Pig Roast Weekend, the second annual Duck Drop benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Central New Hampshire.

Watch and win as rubber ducks free fall from the Mount Sunapee chair lift toward targets the whole way up the mountain. Prizes include the chance to win $1 million. Hosted by Northcape Design in Sunapee, Kohler and Mount Sunapee Resort.

Mount Sunapee • 1398 Route 103 in Newbury nhduckdrop.com October 12

Fall & Children’s Authors Festival

Strawbery Banke’s Fall Festival showcases traditional New England handmade crafts, heritage breed and farm animal demonstrations, and the museum’s heirloom gardens and seed-saving program. The event also incorporates the fifth annual Children’s Book Festival, featuring more than twenty local authors and illustrators, and celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Donald Hall’s The Ox-Cart Man. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Strawbery Banke • 14 Hancock Street in Portsmouth (603) 433-1100 • strawberybanke.org

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The show is a collaborative effort between the Currier and Canterbury Shaker Village, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary as an incorporated museum this year (see story on page 78).

The Shakers and the Modern World shows how the Shakers, known for their simple lifestyle and manner of dress—and for their well-designed furniture—did not shut themselves off from the world at large, but rather connected with it, while still maintaining their religious principles and ways of life.

The Currier Museum of Art • 150 Ash Street in Manchester • (603) 669-6144 • currier.org

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October 11 Members-only opening. 5:30–7:30 p.m.

October 12–February 16 Exhibit on view.

October 29

Canterbury at the Currier with Special Guest Ken Burns

Documentary maker Ken Burns directed The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God, in 1985.

The event features cocktails, a light supper, the chance to view the exhibits in a casual setting and a showing of a video made to honor the village museum in its fiftieth year, created by New Hampshire Home photo editor John W. Hession and generously funded by Joan Brodsky. Tickets to the event are $150.

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October 19–20

Held during peak foliage season, this tour offers the chance to visit the studios of painters, printmakers, potters, jewelers, sculptors, fiber artists, photographers, woodworkers, glass shapers and others.

This free, self-guided tour includes studios in Dublin, Hancock, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Marlborough, Peterborough and Sharon. Saturday through Monday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. monadnockart.org/art-tour

Ten artists and craftspeople show their work for sale in nine studios. This is a free, self-guided tour, which includes a no-purchase-necessary raffle. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. deerfieldartstour.beadbush.com

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Coming Home: The Ceramics of Vivika and Otto Heino

Colby-Sawyer College presents this exhibition of fortyeight ceramic works by the internationally celebrated New Hampshire and California potters, from the collection of Forrest L. Merrill at the Center for Art + Design’s Davidow Fine Art Gallery. The Heinos’ work has been featured in more than 200 exhibitions around the world and “has helped redefine the language of American ceramics,” according to Professor Jon Keenan, who curated this show. Weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 15, and weekends by appointment.

Colby-Sawyer College’s Davidow Fine Art Gallery 541 Main Street in New London • (603) 526-3667 colby-sawyer.edu/news/heino-exhibition

The sculptures of Sachiko Akiyama will be on exhibit through September 29.

George Marshall Store Gallery Exhibit

October 12–14

Photography courtesy of M. Lee Fatherree

Lakes Region Parade of Homes Tour

Stoneware bottle with trailed white glaze by Vivika and Otto Heino, 1991.

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The George Marshall Store Gallery is in a midnineteenth-century building owned and maintained by the Old York Historical Society.

Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m.; and by appointment.

140 Lindsay Road in York, Maine • (207) 351-1083 • georgemarshallstoregallery.com Through September 29 The exhibit features work by Sachiko Akiyama, Daniel Anselmi, Paul Bowen, Duncan Johnson, Philip Frey and Scott Schnepf.

October 5–November 10 This contemporary ceramics exhibit has invited New England artists Julee Holcombe and Courtney Sanborn.

Zimmerman House Tours

The Zimmerman House, left by the family to the Currier Museum of Art in 1988, was designed and decorated by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. A uniquely realized version of Wright’s Usonian design principles, the house features the Zimmermans’ collection of pottery, sculpture and Japanese art, and is set to the 1950s-’60s. The home can be toured by the public; see the Currier’s website for times and dates.

Currier Museum of Art • 150 Ash Street in Manchester • (603) 669-6144 • currier.org

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Photography by John W. Hession

Dominique Caissie, co-owner of Terrapin Glassblowing Studio in Jaffrey, is one of the many artists participating in the Monadnock Art Tour.

This local home show and design tour has been an annual tradition hosted by the Lakes Region Builders & Remodelers Association since 2007. This year’s self-guided tour features eleven premier home builders showcasing unique floor plans, a diverse group of styled-homes from contemporary, Adirondack, to quintessential lake house scattered around eight Lakes Region communities. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Three-day admission ticket is $20. lakesregionparadeofhomes.com

Photography courtesy of sachikoakiyama.com

Photography courtesy of terrapinglass.com

Monadnock Art Tour

Sanborn Mills Farm Workshops

Sanborn Mills Farm is a traditional New Hampshire farm and nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainability, creativity, and preserving folklife and agricultural knowledge so that the best of the past can help shape our future. The following workshops are planned; times, tuition and more information available online.

• September 7–8: Blacksmithing: Kitchen Utensils • September 12–15: Ox Yoke Making • September 13: Introduction to Woodworking Hand Tools • September 14–15: Traditional Sash Window Making • September 20–22: Blacksmithing Basics • September 27–29: Blacksmithing: Door Hardware • October 4–6 and 11–13: Blacksmithing Basics • October 19–20: Tool Making • October 26–17 Logging with Oxen Sanborn Mills Farm • 7097 Sanborn Road in Loudon (603) 435-7314 • sanbornmills.org

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beans, pasta, rice and grains that

we want to take advantage of the

we buy in bulk means my gro-

local fresh produce and the meals

cery list is just perishables.

we are starting to crave.

I plant lots of herbs in late

I try to find six or eight fall

spring, and in the fall, they are

recipes that look like something every-

weekend and the recipes we want to

usually lush; the sage, rosemary, thyme

one will love for the dinner rotation.

try. Then I write our meal plan on a

and parsley are all needed for so many

This gets me organized and motivated.

chalk board in the kitchen. It helps to

fall dishes, such as pumpkin ravioli,

Stuffed Acorn Squash, Butternut and

think ahead about dinner time, and our

shepherd’s pie, beef stew, and home-

Apple Soup with Gruyere Cheese

kids love seeing all the comfort food

made stocks and soups. If you didn’t

Toasts, and My Kids’ Favorite Chili

awaiting them. Crock-pot meals are so

get around to it in the summer, try

with sweet potatoes and kielbasa (all

easy and cozy on sports nights when it

planting herbs in the fall. They usually

recipes on my blog) are some we like.

starts to get cold.

last outside until late November,

We love visiting our local apple

All the fall fruit makes me crave

which means you have fresh herbs

farms on weekends where we fill up on

rustic desserts like apple crisp, plum

for Thanksgiving dinner right outside

apples, lots of different squash, apple

or peach galettes, or pears poached in

your door.

cider, maple syrup and honey. There is

wine. I love to make extra galette crusts

so much inspiration at farmers’ markets

and store them in my freezer for when

and local family farms. Delicata squash,

a neighbor drops off a surprise harvest.

We enjoy all fall has to provide— inside and out.

NHH

By K atie Curtis | Illustration by Carolyn Vibbert 96 | New Hampshire Home

september/october 2019

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