New England Design... Redefined
A home in Manchester, New Hampshire, owned by TMS clients Megan and Stephen Cairns, was honored on April 17th by the Manchester Historic Association with a Design Award given “for the historically-sensitive addition to the 2451 Elm Street house.” As described in the press release announcing the awards… “This brick Colonial-Revival house was built in…Read More
We recently had the pleasure of working on a new oceanfront project. While the project was new to us, the house is anything but. Built in the 1840’s, this 150-year-old New England gambrel had already seen one remodel in the late 1980’s that had unfortunately taken away some of the original charm. We worked with…Read More
Recently, one of TMS’s associate architects, Nicole Martineau, was fortunate to be able to visit a BEGA lighting factory in California. She shared this account of her trip with us: I had the privilege to attend a BEGA lighting Factory V.I.S.I.T.S. Program this March. V.I.S.I.T.S. is an acronym for “Very Important Specifiers Invited to Santa…Read More
It is just about time for the start of This Old House’s 2010 season. This year Tom Silva and crew are going to transform a home in Auburndale, MA. This season should be interesting to many people because they are taking a home with little architectural appeal and transforming it into a home with charm…Read More
Clever storage solutions are so popular that an entire magazine, Storage, a Better Homes & Gardens Special Publication, is devoted to the topic. The Fall/Winter issue just hit the newsstands and features a TMS-designed addition that has the storage problems really figured out! The homeowner is a certified professional organizer and the mother of four…Read More
The new EPA regulations regarding remodeling homes that may potentially contain lead paint are in effect this month. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) posted this concise article on their website about the new regulations. The bottom line – if your home was built prior to 1978 and you are considering a remodel, make sure…Read More
We wanted to share this interestng article on embodied energy from Design-Sherpa. Green buildings are all the rage. New technologies and innovate thinking are turning the new construction projects of today into the most efficient and effective ever. But is this new and innovative thinking for new facilities looking over existing structures that their preexisting embodied…Read More
New England Home lists our own Robert Carty as one of New England’s top architects and it’s no surprise that we agree. While we feature some of our past projects in our galleries, Robert depicts his style as “probably a cross between craftsman style with some contemporary influence.” If you like what you see, we…Read More
