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The original white clapboarded 1920’s Colonial revival summer cottage was the inspiration for all the additions Judge Skelton Smith architects has envisioned and completed over many years of involvement with the house and it’s family.Annisquam , a charming seaside village in the town of Gloucester, is blessed with a picture postcard harbor surrounded by manyContinue reading “Annisquam House”

Set in a snowy New Hampshire landscape in the shadow of an 18th century barn a new structure dubbed the Cider House is set to start construction in the Spring. The area long noted for its apple orchards and cider presses is responsible for its name. The Cider House will present the rules at theContinue reading “Cider House”

This house was designed to reflect a grouping of vernacular sheds. Unpretentious and simple from the street while complex and contemporary from all other aspects. Built around a “reflecting pool” deep enough to be used for swimming the drawings show what can be achieved when weathered clapboarded side walls are paired with oversized shingled roofsContinue reading “Wellesley”

Springtime is early in the South of France. By March the Luberon Valley where we live is in full bloom. Now that Winter has arrived in Boston it is good to look ahead a few months to a time when we are able to return home . Our 12th century house once part of theContinue reading “Madams Garden”

Imagine the surprise when we opened our Holiday mail to see this watercolor like photograph of a recently completed project in Marion Massachusetts . As most of our readers know we typically send cards of this variety at this time of year . How interesting to receive one ourselves from old friends and clients! TheContinue reading “Home for the Holidays”

A sudden snow storm can lead to many discoveries. It is a brief period of time when everything goes quiet and is the perfect time to think about doing a bit of light housekeeping. Housekeeping is an all to seldom event in our office and tends to produce “finds”such as the one that occurred yesterdayContinue reading “Emily Post”

We recently received an email from the owners of the Hancock Inn in  Southern New Hampshire. It spoke of how they were carrying on in a most uncertain time. The note was thoughtful and included handsome pictures of the natural beauty and animal life that surrounds them. A “ Blog” worth visiting- atmospheric, reflective andContinue reading “A Walk In Paris”

Since none of us are able to travel, we thought it might be fun to share some pictures of our neighborhood in Paris and our village in the south of France. The stone cottage in Mènerbes was built in the twelfth century, and photographs of it appear in our portfolio. The Paris apartment is onContinue reading “Paris and Ménerbes – France”