Manchester Historic Association Announced 21st Annual Historic Preservation Awards

April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A view of the home showing the garage addition with master bedroom above

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

Project Feature: Oceanfront Gambrel

February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Oceanfront Gambrel

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

Lighting Discoveries

March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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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

This Old House

September 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
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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

Everything In Its Place

September 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Cairns pantry copy

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

New Lead Paint Regulations are in Effect

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something… Green? What is the Greenest Method – New Construction VS. Existing Facilities?

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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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

TMS Featured Among Top NE Architects

January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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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