House Lust: A Bright, Barn-Inspired Cottage in the Richmond Woods is on the Market

The hyper-efficient home was a labor of love for its architect.

Two decades ago and fresh out of Yale School of Architecture, Lindsay Suter built a house in the woods for his mom. It turns out, the place was a gift for Mother Nature, too. “It was built as a sustainable house before sustainability was really popular,” says Christine Tanner of RE/MAX Flagship, who sold the land to the family twenty-five…

The Ocean House Launches the Sipping Terrace

The private greenhouse-dining experience features dainty epicurean delights as well as cocktails made with Sipsmith gin.

The Sipping Terrace at the Ocean House. Photos by Chip Riegel. Tea time just got trendier. With summer right around the corner, the Ocean House just introduced a new food and drink concept in private greenhouses called the Sipping Terrance.   The experience features epicurean delights as well as Sipsmith cocktails made in partnership with the 200-year-old London gin producer….

House Lust: The Barnacle, an Iconic Summer Cottage in the Dumplings, is on the Market

The house was carved into the craggy Jamestown coast in 1888.

Island Realty’s Petra Laurie calls the Barnacle a “once-in-a-lifetime house,” and she has the authority to say so. The property has been in the Laurie family since the 1920s. She can still recollect the feeling of awe that washed over her the first time she saw it. “It’s just amazing,” she says. “I’d never seen a house built into a rock…and…

House Lust: In the Heart of the East Side, a Fairy Tale Villa Stands the Test of Time

The William and Clara Bridgham estate in Providence is on the market.

Despite what you might’ve heard, real magic doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s honed by generations of men and women — and, most importantly, by time — before it reaches its true potency. The William and Clara Bridgham estate, at the corner of Blackstone Boulevard and Rochambeau Avenue in Providence, is proof of this. Long before today, it…