Newton Massachusetts Home Indoor Pool Basement Art Hallway Magazine
Best of Boston Dwelling 2020
Our annual guide to the region'southward top designers, builders, and makers.
As Bostonians, we're surrounded by some of the land's finest designers, builders, and makers. Hither, nosotros spotlight 35 of them, celebrating all the ways they make our homes—and lives—more beautiful.
The Designers
The Builders
The Makers
Left to right: Kristina Crestin, John Carlton, Lisa Tharp / Photos by Joe St. Pierre
The Designers
COASTAL ARCHITECT
Hutker Architects
When information technology comes to masters of littoral design, Hutker Architects remains unrivaled. The team of pros continues to wow us with their contemporary abodes—each thoughtfully engineered to maximize ocean views and flood even the darkest of spaces with light. Minimalist details such as cable railings and trim work seem to diminish from sight while glass partitions and oversize windows accept middle phase. And no thing the room, Hutker puts equal thought into all parts of a house. To wit: A recently designed glass-floored hallway—which appears to glow from beneath—that may be just as stunning as the Cape home'southward airy main bathroom, equipped with a Japanese soaking tub overlooking the coast.
533 Palmer Ave., Falmouth, 508-540-0048; hutkerarchitects.com.
Littoral INTERIOR DESIGNER
Kristina Crestin Design
When you lot set foot in a Kristina Crestin–designed space, you may not detect the subtle nautical elements. But that's on purpose: "I love to claiming [myself] to avoid trite coastal motifs," the North Shore–based interior designer says. So how does she create the laid-back feel that comes along with living shoreside? Crestin adds texture, millwork, and a splash of blue—all inspired past the h2o. In a contempo project, she channeled the Ipswich River into a assuming bunkroom, decked out with a moving ridge-like wallcovering and navy shiplap door panels. As for the rest of the house? Turquoise accents, playful hooks shaped like fish, and a hanging chair with views of the marshes anchored it perfectly.
978-890-7186, kristinacrestindesign.com.
CONTEMPORARY Architect
LDa Compages & Interiors
If there's ane thing the team at LDa Compages & Interiors knows well, it'southward that creativity lies at the center of contemporary design. Whether they're designing a solar panel–equipped butterfly roof or filling 3 walls of a living room with large expanses of glass (or both, in the case of principal Treff LaFleche'due south own Newton domicile), these pros make ingenuity wait effortless. But while LDa deftly uses gimmicky forms and materials, the virtually 30-twelvemonth-old firm doesn't overlook the touch on of a bit of traditional New England flair. Case in point: the shiplap walls they designed for a midcentury modern–inspired home in Wellfleet, or the clapboard-laden outside the squad selected for a sun-filled domicile in Milton.
222 Third St., Cambridge, 617-621-1455, lda-architects.com.
CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR DESIGNER
Rachel Reider Interiors
Rachel Reider'southward take on modern? Comfortable, cozy, and filled with colour. Since founding her interior-pattern firm in 2006, Reider has bestowed her unique sensibilities on the expanse'due south finest homes, bringing plush effects and metal accents into an industrial South End loft, for instance, or taking a Shingle-mode Weston abode to showstopping (and family-friendly) new heights with soft, neutral fabrics and traces of marble and drinking glass. Every infinite the designer conjures boasts its own distinctive sparkle, thanks to Reider'south bully ability to layer just the right combination of textures, patterns, and hues—a true art class, if ever there was i.
535 Albany St., Boston, 617-942-2460, rachelreider.com.
KITCHEN DESIGNER
New England Pattern Works
If kitchen design is the perfect marriage of form and function, consider Karen Swanson the ultimate officiant. Since founding New England Design Works in 2011, the Boston Architectural College grad has presided over some of the area's most covetable spaces, bringing harmony and cohesion to city and suburban abodes alike. Her refined kitchens—cute blends of custom cabinetry, well-placed islands, sleek butler's pantries, hidden apparatus garages, and sunny breakfast nooks—exude elegance and restraint. And she's not spring to any one style, either: Swanson'south impeccable gustatory modality shines through whether she'due south cooking upwardly a transitional kitchen highlighted by soapstone counters and stainless steel appliances in Arlington or a modern space with a waterfall island and charcoal-hued cabinets (fabricated by fellow Best of Boston Habitation honoree Bespoke of Winchester) in the Due south End.
978-500-1096, ne-dw.com.
LANDSCAPE Builder
Matthew Cunningham Mural Design
Local mural architecture got a lot more interesting when Matthew Cunningham arrived on the scene. And now, fifteen years after founding his ain firm, the Maine native shows no signs of slowing downwards: Colorful, textured, and untamed in all the right means, his carefully considered green spaces—routinely host to native plantings and salvaged stone—are still garnering attending from clients and colleagues almost and far. Next up for Cunningham? The designer recently announced a teaching gig at Harvard, his graduate alma mater. With Cunningham helping shape the metropolis's side by side generation of mural architects, nosotros're resting easy knowing the future of the field looks as brilliant as e'er.
411 Chief St., Stoneham, 617-905-2246, matthew-cunningham.com.
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECT
ZeroEnergy Design
ZeroEnergy'due south commitment to sustainability goes back—manner back. Long before cities began banning plastic numberless and straws, the firm'due south cofounders led Cornell University's Solar Decathlon squad to a second-place finish for their off-grid, solar-domicile design. Although the team has since moved on to other endeavors, they set in move a commitment to innovative sustainable edifice that still guides the company today. Now under the atomic number 82 of architect (and local passive-house advocate) Stephanie Horowitz, the house's projects cleverly integrate rigid insulation, high-functioning windows, and the like into modern family homes that stand up apart in their neighborhoods (kindly direct your attending to the open-concept Lincoln farmhouse that, thanks to solar panels and other features, produces more energy than it uses). Sure, these homes may be passive, merely their "wow" cistron is annihilation but.
156 Milk St., Boston, 617-720-5002, zeroenergy.com.
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECT
Dell Mitchell Architects
It's hard non to be impressed by this Back Bay firm, founded by principal Dell Mitchell in 1995. Comprising one magical moment after another (swoon-worthy dentil molding, grand archways, antique hardwood flooring), each of the squad's polished schemes underscores a peachy understanding of archetype design while as well catering to the needs of the modernistic-day homeowner: a balancing act Dell Mitchell performs better than anyone else effectually. See, for example, the 19th-century Boston townhouse the grouping masterfully reconfigured effectually a v-story atrium, flooding the gut-renovated space—and the clients' extensive art collection—with low-cal. The home's high ceilings, dramatic curved staircase, and capital-adorned columns? Simply the icing on the (exquisitely designed) block.
20 Newbury St., Boston, 617-266-0201, dellmitchellarchitects.com.
TRADITIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER
LeBlanc Design
Speak with Tiffany LeBlanc for but a minute, and yous'll learn something her clients already know: She'due south truly passionate about design. And it shows in her work. Inspired past her extensive travels through Europe and Asia, the native New Englander relies on texture-forward materials and finishes—and a few well-placed pops of colour and pattern—to create archetype yet comfortable spaces without an ounce of stuffiness. 1 recent success? The woodwork-heavy home in Newton she softened with romantic chroma tones, metallic accents, and cuddle-friendly article of furniture. Light and airy, the reimagined Tudor is the perfect embodiment of LeBlanc'due south covetable aesthetic: warm, welcoming, and carefully considered.
560 Harrison Ave., Boston, 857-957-0911, leblancdesign.com.
Jacob Lilley Architects' "Loftier Rock" projection. / Photo by Greg Premru
Jacob Lilley Architects' "High Rock" project. / Photograph by Greg Premru
Jacob Lilley Architects' "High Rock" project. / Photo past Greg Premru
TRANSITIONAL ARCHITECT
Jacob Lilley Architects
Modern and traditional sensibilities blend beautifully in the piece of work of Jacob Lilley, who cut his teeth at a number of acclaimed compages firms before launching his own Wellesley-based company in 2012. Trained at Cornell University, Lilley at present leads a small team of designers, focusing on custom renovations and new builds that skillfully toe the line between gimmicky and classic. For proof, banquet your eyes on Lilley's own abode—featured in this issue's Heading Home column (page 160)—or the business firm'south thoughtfully scaled "High Stone" project in the 'burbs, where tried-and-true wood details mingle with en vogue flooring-to-ceiling windows that showcase views of the manicured grounds.
103 Central St., Wellesley, 781-431-6100, jlaarchitects.com.
TRANSITIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER
Lisa Tharp Interior Architecture + Design
The first rule in Lisa Tharp's designer playbook? "Respect or enhance the architecture," she told us in 2018. So it's no surprise then that the Boston-based interiors whiz thrives in history-sensitive settings—ideal outlets for Tharp's old-meets-new style, as she showed in the 19th-century Greek Revival home she revamped for a local family unit of four. Afterwards carefully choosing which architectural details to modify (the hardwood floors) and which to preserve (the marble fireplaces), Tharp set about enlivening the rest of the business firm with a refreshing white palette and a modern mix of custom furniture—most of which the Boston College alum designed herself.
125 Newbury St., Boston, 617-341-9900, lisatharp.com.
The Builders
CUSTOM Abode/DESIGN BUILD, BOSTON
Hampden Design+Construction
A house is simply not a home unless Hampden Design+Construction had something to do with it. Led past principal David Cohen, the Newton-based business firm concentrates almost exclusively on residential projects, designing and building renovations, additions, and fully custom homes effectually Greater Boston. At the center of Hampden'southward portfolio? A mastery of materials, from sun-filled rooms with large swaths of windows to houses where rich wood steal the bear witness both within and out. Designing a custom home is a feat the company doesn't have on lightly, either, tackling just i or two such projects a twelvemonth with light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-like focus—making each of their homes a truthful rare gem.
617-969-1112, hampdendesign.com.
Left to right: site supervisor Mark Pellegrini and Robert MacNeille. / Photo by Joe St. Pierre
CUSTOM Dwelling/DESIGN BUILD, NORTH
Carpenter & MacNeille
Starting from scratch is what Carpenter & MacNeille does all-time. In fact, that's why the Essex-based house oft appears in these pages: It produces gorgeous, wholly original designs. Founded in the tardily '90s by architect Robert MacNeille and the late builder Terry Carpenter, the firm has since established itself every bit a regional go-to for its craftsmanship. You need just to flip dorsum to the Gloucester home featured in our Fall 2022 issue to appreciate it; dreamed upward by senior architect Michael Gray, the newly built abode—complete with a striking glass curtain wall, plus custom furnishings constructed in Carpenter & MacNeille'south woodworking store—seamlessly integrates with its waterfront surroundings. Does that qualify the squad for all the same some other Best Of nod? We're arguing "yes."
106 Western Ave., Essex, 978-768-7900, carpentermacneille.com.
Photo by Joe St. Pierre
CUSTOM Abode/Design BUILD, SOUTH
Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders
Building from the ground upward tin can exist intimidating: Why agonize over blueprints, floor plans, and fabric selections when you can leave all that to Polhemus Savery DaSilva? The East Harwich–based firm'due south designers, builders, and craftspeople have had their hands in harborside retreats, rustic farmhouses, beach escapes, and luxe local resorts, which ways they've pretty much seen—and washed—it all. Consider the ocean-themed sleeping accommodation they devised for a sprawling waterfront house on the Greatcoat: A prime example of the team's creativity and workmanship, the white-walled space holds a pair of ship ladders and a tugboat-inspired wall carving.
157 Rte. 137, East Harwich, 508-945-4500, psdab.com.
CUSTOME HOME Design/BUILD, Due west
Cutting Edge Homes
Finance and economics may seem like an unlikely background for the president of a design-build firm, only that hasn't slowed down Sean Cutting of Cutting Edge Homes. He and his team boast a diverse portfolio of custom-home craftsmanship, just their expertise lies in blending the old with the new. Have the 1879 Victorian they revamped in Wellesley, where exposed-wood beams and wide-plank flooring complement Neolith countertops and whitewashed walls. There'due south likewise the mod kitchen the firm forged within a about 200-year-former Lincoln manse, which seamlessly merges new cedar shingles with original stone walls. And Cut Edge'due south community service record shines but equally brightly as its designs: For every project the team completes, they donate a portion of the proceeds to local charities, including Habitat for Humanity. Talk about edifice a better domicile.
100 Waverly St., Ashland, 508-435-1280, thinkcuttingedge.com.
High-END REMODELING, BOSTON
Kevin Cradock Builders
Take a peek at Kevin Cradock Builders' Instagram posts, and you'll observe something a little dissimilar about the photos: The team not only shares images of their shiny finished projects, just (unlike many other industry 'Grammers) plenty of work-in-progress shots, too. Information technology's those glimpses behind the scenes—filled with exposed joists, visible PVC pipes, and bare drywall—that reveal their unadulterated honey for the process of renovating a home. Led by Kevin Cradock, a one-time stop carpenter who too specializes in custom cabinetry and piece of furniture, the Boston house's skilled projection managers, builders, and millworkers pour their passion into all manner of urban center spaces, whether it'due south a classic Dorsum Bay abode with ornate wainscoting or an airy Victorian with rich woodwork in Cradock's native Jamaica Plain.
119 Business concern St., Boston, 617-524-2405, cradockbuilders.com.
Loftier-END REMODELING, NORTH
Groom Structure
Don't get usa wrong, nosotros love New England's historical architecture. The bay windows? The lord's day porches? The gabled roofs? Swoon. Only what if those features require a little (or a lot of) updating to bring them into this century? Cue Groom Construction. This Salem-based, brother-owned company has been reworking the region'southward homes for the past 40 years, bolstered by a repertoire that holds everything from mahogany-paneled studies all the manner to personal spas and smart-home integration. With a workforce that's nigh 200 strong, odds are proficient that a Groom staffer can craft any you lot accept in listen. Or, at the very to the lowest degree, build you a mean indoor sauna.
96 Swampscott Rd., Salem, 781-592-3135, groomco.com.
HIGH-END REMODELING, South
Cataldo Custom Builders
Tough winters, short timelines, and unexpected mishaps are no match for Cataldo Custom Builders, which delivers quality results to every new build and renovation it tackles. Led by owner Ralph Cataldo, an industry vet backed by more three decades in the biz, the squad of experts rejiggers floor plans and creates additions that seamlessly blend with their surroundings. And the house'south craftsmanship is flawless: It'southward hard non to drool over Cataldo's sun-soaked family rooms, ii-story libraries, and hugger-mugger hideaways tucked behind custom shelving. Even the kiddos will be impressed—show them the indoor sports courtroom the team congenital for a Buzzards Bay domicile, and they'll be begging for one in no time.
172 Eastward. Falmouth Highway, East Falmouth, 508-548-1133, cataldobuilders.com.
HIGH-END REMODELING, West
Concept Building
What keeps clients coming dorsum to Concept Building? The firm credits its strong team of project managers, as well every bit its network of skilled architects and craftspeople. And just look to Concept's work for proof of their accomplishments—from a reconfigured kitchen with a new ten-foot, two-tier island to a 3-machine garage that doubles as a hangout, the Waltham-based company fashions spaces uniquely suited to the needs of mod life. Plus, only true professionals can pull off a total-home renovation and a forepart-entry add-on while the homeowners are still living in the house. If that'southward non a home-building success story, nosotros don't know what is.
781-703-5970, conceptbuildinginc.com.
LANDSCAPE Blueprint/BUILD, BOSTON
Jean Brooks Landscapes
If you've got your own private outdoor space in the middle of this urban jungle, you lot're already one of the lucky ones. But if it's been dreamed up, constructed, and maintained by the team at Jean Brooks Landscapes? Consider yourself truly blessed. For most 30 years, this group of designers, builders, and gardeners (with varied backgrounds ranging from fine art history to mechanical engineering to green compages) has masterminded lush, artful landscapes that brand the most of their clients' natural surroundings. Should the job call for a Dorsum Bay roof deck with spots for growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs, or a Cambridge Queen Anne–way dwelling house and grand made beautiful with climbing wisteria and a variety of copse, the firm'due south gorgeous dark-green spaces are inappreciably garden-variety.
255 Commandants Mode, Chelsea, 617-354-0643, jeanbrookslandscapes.com.
Landscape Blueprint/BUILD, Due north
Zen Associates
In Zen Associates' case, the company'south name is right on the nose—or should we say the chakra? This Woburn firm'due south designs positively ooze tranquility, whether through lush rooftop terraces or pool-and-pavilion-blest backyards. It'southward probably because Zen'due south 40-plus craftspeople strive for balance in their processes and products: The team's projects blend fine art with scientific discipline, indoor with outdoor, natural with manmade, and reclaimed with new to effortlessly beautiful ends. Ringlet through the company'south portfolio, and you lot'll meet what nosotros mean; from a burn down feature in Wellfleet to a geometric cedar-and-bamboo fence in Cambridge, Zen projects are remarkable in their complex simplicity.
10 Micro Dr., Woburn, 800-834-6654, zenassociates.com.
LANDSCAPE Blueprint/BUILD, Due south
The Gardeners
The Gardeners are on a mission to get you outside. And with 1 expect at their shapely pools boasting cascading waterfalls and winding water slides, we're certain they'll succeed. The family-run business has been transforming drab yards into lively outdoor escapes across the South Shore for more than 60 years. The Gardeners reshape lawns with lush florals and trees, elevate entertaining areas via outdoor kitchens and moisture bars, and install fire features and hot tubs (controlled by phone) to keep you lot outside in the colder months. Oh, and did nosotros mention the firm's maintenance team volition remove the snow that's blocking your way to the Jacuzzi during the colder months? Suddenly, New England winters don't seem and so dreary.
6 Main St., Kingston, 781-934-6430, thegardenerslandscape.com.
Scot Indermuehle. / Photo by Joe St. Pierre
Photograph by Joe St. Pierre
LANDSCAPE DESIGN/BUILD, West
Sudbury Design Grouping
Your lawn should exist a sanctuary, a private escape to relish nature and your surroundings—and maybe a drinking glass of chard while cozied upward in front end of an outdoor stone fireplace, too. Whatever your oasis entails, Sudbury Design Group has six decades of experience in creating outdoor spaces you'll never desire to leave. Armed with plans from the firm's frontward-thinking landscape architects and designers, Sudbury'due south masonry contractors tin tackle custom terraces and mod water features, while the grouping'south green thumbs add life with flora including bamboo and perennial beds. But the company'south job doesn't cease there. The manor care team offers services from disease control to seasonal plantings, and then you can enjoy your view all twelvemonth long.
740 Boston Mail service Rd., Sudbury, 978-443-3638, landscapearchitectureboston.com.
The Makers
ARCHITECTURAL METALWORKER
Concentric Fabrication
Metalworking may be 1 of the world's most ancient trades, merely its relevance to today's building manufacture remains equally of import equally ever. Just ask Rob Lorenson and Derek Riley. Since opening the doors to their 5,500-square-pes, South Coast–based workshop in 2012, the in-demand craftsmen have been called upon to create their stunning (and stylistically various) railings, staircases, fireplace surrounds, and doors for homes throughout the region. Their handmade pieces fifty-fifty include custom sculptures and piece of furniture, similar a alive-edge ash table finished with curved steel legs. While Lorenson and Riley's creativity knows no bounds, we're equally dazzled by their customer service: Not only will the pair and their small-but-mighty team oversee all aspects of your product's creation, they'll make sure they're on-site to install information technology for you, as well.
179 Riverside Ave., Somerset, 508-672-4098, concentricfab.com.
Photograph by Joe St. Pierre
CERAMICIST
Jill Rosenwald
We guarantee that Jill Rosenwald'southward colorful wares take played a starring role in a dinner party near you. When placed on a table, the native New Yorker's super-fun designs, which grace everything from "Peony" vases to cocktail trays, instantly conjure a cheerful elegance. (We dare yous non to feel fancy scooping mushroom risotto from a hand-painted "West Palm" bowl, inspired by current of air-swept copse.) Swing by Rosenwald's Boston studio, where her squad of artisans throws, glazes, and gilts each fabricated-to-social club masterpiece just blocks from Fort Point Aqueduct. Should you grab a dish or two for your own drove, get ready to start planning your adjacent big bash—these beauts deserve an occasion.
369 Congress St., Boston, 617-422-0787, jillrosenwald.com.
Photo by Joe St. Pierre
Jill Rosenwald. / Photo by Joe St. Pierre
John Carlton. / Photo past Joe St. Pierre
CUSTOM DOOR MAKER
Historic Door
Stroll through Beacon Hill, Charlestown, or the Back Bay, and there'southward a good chance you'll spot some of John Carlton's piece of work. Since founding Historic Door in 2005, the quondam preservation carpenter and furniture maker has devoted his career to designing and restoring some of the city'south almost coveted entryways. Take the antiquarian door Carlton replicated for a edifice on Comm. Ave., complete with intricate carvings and turnings, too equally floral-motif blacksmith work. The craftsman spends equally long as several months on each project, with the added challenge of sourcing high-quality hardwoods prevalent in the 19th century, such as American black walnut and quarter-sawn white oak. Still his noble crusade makes the laborious process worthwhile: "[I'm] preserving the architectural history of the city, one doorway at a fourth dimension," he says.
31 Newton St., Brighton, 617-308-6011, historicdoor.com.
CUSTOM FURNITURE MAKER
Infusion Piece of furniture
A stint in the Peace Corps inspired Quentin Kelley's career switch from engineering to woodworking. While building latrines and h2o systems in the Dominican Commonwealth, Kelley also constructed some furniture, and, well, his fate was sealed. At present, the Infusion Furniture founder's sleek creations dot backdrop all over the region: There's the walnut-and-laminate bench in a Dorchester flat lobby, the light-wood briefing table in a North End marketing agency, plus dozens of cabinets and consoles in local residences. If you lot're looking for a quick dose of Kelley'south modern aesthetic, consider one of his evergreen designs, such as the quirky "Trio" stool in neon yellow. Just if yous're hoping to go fully bespoke, Infusion is just as ready to make that happen: Reach out and let Kelley and his team work with you lot to make whatever information technology is you lot're envisioning (a combo vino fridge and dry bar, perchance?) a reality.
15 Channel Center St., Boston, 617-223-1181, infusionfurniture.com.
DECORATIVE GLASSWORKER
Jim Anderson Stained Glass
Whether information technology's adorning trendy restaurants in the Back Bay or stately brownstones on Buoy Hill, Jim Anderson's elaborate stained-glass work is simply most everywhere—and for good reason. Trained at the Schoolhouse of the Museum of Fine Arts, the sought-after artist has been churning out painted, etched, and engraved designs for 40-plus years, working with clients from the S End to Due south Africa on detailed pieces for doors, windows, skylights, and more. Anderson even lends his talents to repairs and restorations, showing his mastery of lite and colour in cut-edge homes and historical buildings alike.
548 Tremont St., Boston, 617-357-5166, jimandersonstainedglass.com.
Pauline Curtiss. / Photograph past Joe St. Pierre
DECORATIVE PAINTER
Patina
When it comes to painter Pauline Curtiss's custom creations, more is most certainly more than. That's considering the artist turns every infinite she touches into a 1-of-a-kind masterpiece, drawing on well-nigh xx years of experience (and a BFA from RISD) to bring but well-nigh any vision to life. Created with assistance from a small all-female staff, Curtiss'south long list of successes runs the gamut from wood floors fabricated new with colorful kaleidoscopic patterns to a trompe 50'oeil–inspired wall landscape in a children'due south bath. While her immaculate work may look similar a luxury wallcovering from afar, it'south the handmade characteristics you lot tin see upward close that make it truly exceptional.
617-653-3119, patina-designs.com.
KITCHEN CABINETRY MAKER
Bespoke of Winchester
It'south the little details that determine the difference betwixt good kitchen cabinets and great ones—and no one understands that better than the folks at this Winchester firm. Their custom creations—each meticulously fabricated and finished with formaldehyde-gratis materials in their x,000-foursquare-foot Revere workshop—get above and beyond standard cabinet fare, offer elevated twists on contemporary and classic styles with luxe hardware, gleaming grilles, and delicate glass panels. And if that hasn't convinced you to requite the team a call, mayhap this will: Bespoke of Winchester hands over its surplus edifice materials to a nonprofit home-improvement store, and so (in add-on to their legions of satisfied clients) you know the firm cares near its customs, too.
25 Thompson St., Winchester, 781-570-2210, bespokeofwinchester.com.
MILLWORKER
EA Custom Millwork
Born to do it. That'south the phrase that springs to heed when praising craftsman Everett Andrews, who has been working with his hands his entire life. Exposed to the fine art of creating things at an early age—courtesy of his architect grandad, who enlisted a young Andrews in a gristmill-building project—the seasoned pro has just about done it all: habitation remodeling, piece of furniture and cabinet making, and (of course) millworking. If you ask united states of america, the latter is where his talents truly smoothen. Based in Worcester Canton merely lending his expertise to projects throughout Greater Boston, the EA Custom Millwork owner counts an inviting home library with rich cherry paneling and beams amid his many triumphs.
508-328-0693, eacustommillwork.com.
Stone FABRICATOR
United Marble Fabricators
Who you lot partner with says a lot most your business organisation—and United Marble Fabricators has teamed upwards with some of the finest design pros (read: former Best of Boston Home winners) around. It all started in 1987, when the squad opened a modest stone-and-tile shop in Somerville. As the concern grew and its services diversified, the at present-Watertown-based company made a proper noun for itself in the local residential market, winning over would-be clients with its globally sourced slabs of marble, granite, limestone, and more, to say nothing of its reliable blueprint, fabrication, installation, and maintenance services. With more than 650 in-stock options for counters, walls, floors, and backsplashes, it's no wonder United Marble Fabricators is the industry get-to.
ten Munroe Ave., Watertown, 617-926-6226, unitedmarble.com.
Fabric DESIGNER
Mally Skok Design
Nothing could be more than boring than having a habitation filled with fabrics and wallcoverings that look like anybody else's. That'south where Mally Skok comes in. Since 2009, the interior designer turned cloth guru has been pushing aside Boston's toned-downwardly aesthetic for "pattern that doesn't play by the dominion volume," she says, hand-painting patterns inspired past her adventures to far-flung locales such as Bharat, Istanbul, and Africa. The result? Bold textiles that add a global flair to pillows, chairs, and walls, besides as more subdued schemes, such as "Botswana Copse," for those afraid of fuchsias and yellows.
23 S. Great Rd., Lincoln, 781-259-4090, mallyskokdesign.com.
Swans Isle Company makes plush pillows, stylish wraps and organic baby blankets. / Courtesy photograph
Swans Isle Company makes costly pillows, stylish wraps and organic infant blankets. / Courtesy photo
Swans Island Company makes plush pillows, fashionable wraps and organic baby blankets. / Courtesy photo
Cloth MAKER
Swans Isle Company
This Maine-based outfit knows a matter or two about crafting handwoven textiles. Spinning wool since 1992, their classically trained artisans load upwardly one-time-school machinery with sustainably sourced fibers—most of which come up from New England farms—to produce plush pillows, stylish wraps, organic infant blankets, and more. Their designs are uncomplicated, but thanks to their rich colors (courtesy of hand-dyed yarn) and flawless stitching, there's no need for distracting patterns or flashy embellishments. And when you've snuggled upwards with the company'southward signature "Heritage" throw one likewise many times, wearing out its plush blend of silk threads and Corriedale wool, Swans Island will exist in that location to repair it.
231 Atlantic Highway, Northport, ME, 207-338-9691, swansislandcompany.com.
UPHOLSTERER
Custom Upholstery Services
Let's face up it: Entrusting a stranger with your favorite pieces—the velvet settee that's been in your family for ages, perhaps, or the classic Eames chair yous proudly bought for your first abode—tin can be downright terrifying. Thankfully, the team at this Framingham store wields the know-how to ease your separation anxiety, bringing years of experience to every headboard, sofa, bench, and ottoman they bear upon. Comfortable upholstering, repairing, and restoring both contemporary and vintage pieces, the group likewise offers frame-edifice services: a convenient option for those looking to create furniture from scratch.
584 Waverly St., Framingham, 508-309-4962, customupholsteryusa.com.
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