When a house acquires a name on the Island, it’s a sign that a stranger has arrived, worked hard, sacrificed, and achieved something memorable.
By Ali Berlow
Daffodils are the year-round Vineyarder’s special pleasure, along with pinkletinks and parking spots in Edgartown.
By Paul Schneider
Deep in the woods of Chilmark off Tabor House Road, the earthly and the ethereal meet in the timber-frame home of the Goff-Maidoff family.
By Margaret Knight
A renowned expert on indigenous flora on Martha’s Vineyard, Carlos Montoya has been interested in native plants since he began landscaping here some twenty years ago.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
Two generations of Taylors have lived in the same family home on a hilltop in Aquinnah. But only for nine months out of the year.
By Brooks Robards
South Mountain Company of West Tisbury builds some of the most expensive homes on Martha’s Vineyard. It also builds more affordable housing than any other design and construction firm on the Island. The funny thing is, South Mountain builds both types of house in much the same way.
By Ian Fein
A lifelong resident of Chappaquiddick watched a big, new house rise up where scrub and trees once grew. At first glance, it looked like just another out-of-place manor imposing itself on the wilderness. Then she met the family who owned it.
By Margaret Knight
Ask the experts your toughest home-owning questions.
By Tom Dresser
When John Abrams takes you on a tour of his five favorite buildings on Martha’s Vineyard, he doesn’t talk much about architecture. To Abrams – the president and co-founder of South Mountain Company, the innovative design and construction firm in West Tisbury – a building is defined by the way it connects to the community it serves, or to the setting in which it stands.
By Ian Fein
Notable Island designers and builders identify the rooms that best express their aesthetic.
By Joyce Wagner
A rose is not just a rose, and other surprises.
By Jeanne Campbell