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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Crystal Ward Kent |John Hession
More than a century ago, girls and boys dutifully sat for lessons in the little white schoolhouse in East Hebron. Today, guests are flocking to the SchoolHouse, now a charming Airbnb. Owner Tracy Tilson, who lives in Boca Raton, Florida, purchased the property in 2017 with the goal of turning it into a satellite office for her public relations firm, Tilson PR. “I spend a lot of time up here, so having designated office space seemed like a good idea,” she says.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Crystal Ward Kent |John Hession
They say seven is a lucky number, and that is certainly true for Dennis Ciotti and Nancy Larocque, as it took that many years to complete the stunning gardens at their Dover home. The undertaking was the culmination of a long-held dream of Ciotti’s. As a little boy, he walked by this estate on his way to school. One day, the door opened and he got a peek of the grandeur inside. The owner, Mrs. Brown, stood in the entrance.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Jennifer Sperry |Anthony Crisafulli
From their home base in Portsmouth, Peter Bergh and Janet Prince dreamed of a getaway home with quick access to the mountains. “I’m a big hiker, and I’ve hiked all over the White Mountains,” explains Bergh of their hunt. “We knew we wanted to be in this general area, not too far from Portsmouth but more connected to the outdoors.”It took a couple years until they acquired their 40-acre plot in North Sandwich.
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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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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Janice Randall Rohlf
I’ve always loved winter in New England. Regrettably, snowfalls over the years have diminished in size, but I cling to memories of watching the first fat flakes of the season tumble out of the sky and racing with my friends to our local ski area. It was the best feeling to come home after a day on the slopes and smell the burning logs in the fireplace before I even stepped into the house.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Janice Randall Rohlf |John Hession
During the four decades architect Philip Laird has spent time at Lake Sunapee, he’s witnessed a great deal of change. “A lot of old summer cottages have been torn down and something bigger has gone up,” he relates. “Sometimes they’re nice, sometimes not.” So, when he was approached to respectfully renovate an Adirondack-style lake house built in 1911, he accepted. “It was so nice to be able to do something that was in the character of the existing house,” he says.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Mary Ann Esposito |John Hession
For Jack Carnevale and his wife, Andrea, owners of the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford, preparations for the holidays take on added meaning as they and their staff engage 100% in making sure that inn guests have a memorable experience. Beyond attending to the comfort of his hotel guests — a never-ending to-do list — there is family to consider and how they will enjoy the holidays as well. That leads to the menu, which several of his family’s holiday traditions play into.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Debbie Kane |John Hession
When an active couple decided the mountainside vacation home they’d built in the early 2000s no longer met their needs, they moved farther up the mountain. “We built the house with Cargill Construction and really liked them,” says the homeowner.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Christina Poletto |John Hession
Reimagining a garage delivers a camp-like retreat for relaxed gatherings. On the property of a vacation home on Island Pond in southwestern New Hampshire, what once was a detached garage received a significant makeover that turned a ho-hum space for two cars into a warm and sophisticated camp-like retreat called Island Pond Club. Architect Michael Petrovick, who has an office in Keene, was consulted in 2020 and began designing the new domicile for the client that fall.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
nhhomemagazine.com | Sara Harper |Robin Sweetser |John Hession
A star of the Garden Conservancy Open Days Tour, this gem with nods to Monet’s Giverny features abundant perennials, unique trees, vegetables and much more set amid meandering paths that lead to a pond and a cozy teahouse. Last year Ellen and Bruce Clement of Westmoreland celebrated half a century on their hillside farm. “We bought this property in 1973 as a ‘stepping stone’ sheep farm.
