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House Lust

House Lust: A Renovated Prudence Island Contemporary With Water, Water Everywhere

A pandemic project house makes its stunning debut.
Casey Nilsson,

In March of 2020, as the pandemic struck and urbanites flocked to the suburbs, Jacob Wint and his fiancee embarked on an enviable opportunity, swapping city life in Boston’s North End for a sun-dappled, waterfront cabin on Prudence Island, where they have family.  The hitch? The house was entirely unfinished. Thankfully, the previous owner, who built it in the 1990s, left…

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For One Family, Adaptive Design Turned a 1960s Ranch House into a Home

The renovations are both beautiful and functional for the couple, their daughter and their young son, who uses a wheelchair for mobility.
Sarah Francis,

The lowered kitchen island makes wheelchair access easy. Visual Comfort pendant lights illuminate the island’s work space; bamboo shades are by Taste Artful Interiors and Design, which did additional aspects of the project. Photography by Rob Brewster.Starting Point When Jackie and Jonathan Orent realized it was time to move, one requirement topped their must-haves: a single-level floor plan that would…

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House Lust

House Lust: Inside This Rumstick Neck Estate, Luxe Design (and Good Wine) Reign Supreme

The mansion, one of the priciest in the East Bay, is back on the market.
Casey Nilsson,

In the Venn diagram of timeless and dramatic architecture, this house would rest — luxuriously, that’s a given — in the overlap. It’s easy to imagine a freshly divorced Daisy Buchanan here, dipping into the wine vault at indecent hours and soaking off her woes in the marble bath. But, unlike the Gilded Age mansions in Gatsby, this Rumstick Neck property…

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House Lust

House Lust: An Eco Oasis in Saunderstown is on the Market

On this woodsy property, the choice is yours: a sun-dappled dip in the heated oversized pool, or the ten-person hot tub?
Casey Nilsson,

As a realtor, Ann McCrory sees a lot of cookie-cutter properties. “This not one of them,” says McCrory, of Randall Realtors Compass. “It’s such a cool house.” Her listing, in the woods of Saunderstown, was strategically designed for efficiency. Deciduous trees keep the house and outdoor seating area cool in the summer. When branches go bare in fall, the sun…

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House Lust

House Lust: An Airy Former Public House and Tavern in Portsmouth’s Town Center is on the Market

Built in the 1600s, it was also a post office and an inn.
Casey Nilsson,

This place has served a whole lot of people over its lifetime. Even those with troubled histories, from an elderly hellion to mothers in recovery, found self-worth, shelter and hospitality here. “I sold this property before,” says Frank Oliveira of RE/MAX Newport, who listed the airy, expansive Colonial last month. “But what really got me excited about the property is…

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Our Favorite Cosplays from Rhode Island Comic Con 2021

We spotted some of the most creative getups from Marvel superheroes to childhood classics.
Kaitlyn Murray,

Human Torch from Fantastic FourAfter a COVID-induced year hiatus, Rhode Island Comic Con returned with a vengeance at the Dunk at Convention Center this past weekend. Though we failed to see any Squid Games characters (as predicted in our Comic Con Crash Course preview here), we did run into quite a few creative and impressive cosplayers throughout the convention. Scroll…

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Business, Wine

Say Cheers: Shepherd’s Run in South Kingstown is RI’s Cool New Vineyard and Event Venue

The 1933 summer residence-turned-winery, hotel and event venue in South County continues the tradition of tranquil grounds and stunning architecture.
Edelinda Baptista,

Visit the grounds of Shepherd’s Run, a new winery, hotel and event venue in South Kingstown. Photo courtesy of Susan Denice. What was once the manor gifted to Rush Sturges and Elizabeth Hazard Sturges by Thomas R. “Shepherd Tom” Hazard is now the site of fine wine gatherings and joyous celebrations. The mansion is called Shepherd’s Run, and it’s been…
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House Lust: Inside the Chafee Family’s Dreamy Potowomut Estate

The stunning property, along Greene's River, just hit the market.
Casey Nilsson,

Photo credit: Mott and Chace Sotheby’s International Realty It’s no wonder the late Senator John Chafee, a lifelong Republican, went on to become one of Congress’s foremost environmentalists. When you behold Earth’s glory from your bedroom window — rolling meadows, golden salt marsh, a river bend replete with waterfowl — surely you, too, would want to save it. But our…

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House Lust: A Charming 1830s Cape on Peeptoad Pond in Scituate is on the Market

The main house and a stand-alone carriage house apartment both boast views of the water.
Casey Nilsson,

This property, at the corner of Elmdale and Harmony roads in Scituate, boasts nine acres, six of which potentially could be subdivided into two salable lots. “But everyone who comes to see it doesn’t want to split it up, anyway,” says Residential Properties’ Debbie Mann, who listed the property earlier this month with her realty team, DeMascole, Rossi and Mann. “It’s…

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Paris Meets Newport in this Airy Pied-a-Terre

This apartment proves it: Newport's New Gilded Age is underway.
Casey Nilsson,

Photography by Erin McGinn.Elements of Style This 900-square-foot apartment was carved out of a Gilded Age home in Newport. But in a near-blasphemous reversal of expectation, the space was bland, dark and without focus — a pall for its globetrotting homeowner whose art, antiques and furniture were lost in the mix. “We saw the bones and it just needed a…