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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Janice Randall Rohlf |Morgan Karanasios
Image Contracting in Bedford is no stranger to bespoke bath remodels, yet this was their most ambitious to date. This primary en suite left nothing untouched. Everything in the space was relocated and reconfigured for function and best use of the space. The oversized walk-in shower is now located where the wraparound double vanity once was. The porcelain tile with blue veining subtly expresses the homeowners’ favorite color while offering durability and ease of cleaning.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Janice Randall Rohlf |Morgan Karanasios
The homeowner, an established interior designer, collaborated with the kitchen designer to create this inviting, highly detailed kitchen that makes the best of both form and function. Central to the design was the ability to walk from the natural black walnut scullery (formerly the couple’s dining room) to the main kitchen. In the entryway from the garage, beautiful built-in cabinetry offers stylish storage options that the previous doors did not.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Janice Randall Rohlf |Morgan Karanasios
Late April/early May is bursting with color at the Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow, where half a million blooming tulips are celebrated during Tulip Fête, a pick-your-own extravaganza unrivaled in New Hampshire. This is just one of a host of reasons to visit the 100-acre Monadnock Region property owned by Ariane and Tom Ice, two attorneys who decided four years ago to realize their dream of offering year-round FarmLuxe vacation stays and family-friendly events tied in with agritourism to the public.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Crystal Ward Kent |Morgan Karanasios
It is challenging enough to start one new business, never mind two, but Christina Van Blake was determined to double down on her commitment to meeting client needs. In the span of a few years, she opened HOME, her interior design and furnishings company, and across the street, house & HOME, a retail store featuring home décor and gifts. Both are located in Dover in the Pointe Place mixed-use development on Dover Point Road.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Dan Szczesny |Morgan Karanasios
I’m chatting with architect Maggie Randolph, talking about our dogs. We’re supposed to be discussing her and her husband John’s new, innovative complex of workforce housing homes in Dover, but their golden retriever, Hugh, keeps knocking my recording phone off my knee and begging for attention. Maggie runs GSD Studios, an architecture and planning firm. John runs GSD Communities, which also owns Harmony Homes Assisted Living and The Cottages at Back River Road.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Christina Poletto |Morgan Karanasios
When designer Jennifer Myers of The Weekender House, a small interior design firm in Portsmouth, learned about a one-bedroom project on Islington Street, she assumed this new client would request what so many of her other customers desired: comfortable living spaces with a coastal aesthetic. Then she met the condo owner, Alicia Childs, and learned more about the unique project. Turns out, Childs wasn’t seeking a version of coastal chic, after all.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Emily Reily |Morgan Karanasios
Instead of buying off the rack, potter Lori Rollason remembers shopping in the 1960s for vibrant fabrics to sew her back-to-school outfits. Making clothes by hand reinforced Rollason’s belief that items should last longer than trends do. “It was always the approach we took,” she says. “And I always gravitated toward the more patterned, brightly colored fabrics.”Rollason, of Hillsborough, learned how to throw pots as a high school student in Middletown, Conn.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Crystal Ward Kent |Morgan Karanasios
Today’s bathrooms continue to become personal retreats — relaxing sanctuaries where one can refresh and recharge while showering or bathing. This Londonderry family called on designer Kathleen Costello of Granite State Cabinetry in Bedford to renovate their kitchen and dining room in 2021, doubling its size. Delighted by the outcome, they embarked more recently on not one, but two bathroom makeovers as well as a laundry room/bath refresh.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Lisa Cavanaugh |Morgan Karanasios
A classic back cottage on the New Hampshire coast is transformed into a darling guest retreat Tucked within the state’s roughly 18 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, the town of Rye is a picturesque hamlet perfect for summer living and entertaining. Kerry and Matt Glance relish the beauty and warm-weather pace here, and having space for visiting family and friends was exactly the reason they decided to renovate the cottage at the back of their Ocean Boulevard property.
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Apr 21, 2023 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Morgan Karanasios
The clients wanted a respite from their busy lives; a spa-inspired suite was the solution. Set against a palette of light and dark greige tones, rich walnut brown and polished nickel accents, an oversized horizontal channel-tufted Vanguard velvet bed sets the stage for luxury. New custom-stained beams that match the newly stained floor provide polish and structure.
