TMS worked with the owners on a redesign of the historic home, keeping some elements and reworking others. A large fireplace divided the kitchen and as the architect explained “There are five fireplaces in the house but this one just dominated the room and chopped up the space. Removing it allowed us to expand the kitchen with a better layout and more room for entertaining.”
The home now has a large kitchen that flows into the dining and living room areas. The home has two first floor living rooms separated by a Rumford fireplace. The second living room connects to a glassed-in porch that has been insulated, heated and equipped with new operable windows and serves as a year-round retreat.
Nautical motifs and an ocean color palette reinforce the home’s seaside location. The master bedroom is located at the top of the house and is built like a ship’s cabin with original tongue-and-groove paneling on the walls, built-ins and banks of windows that take full advantage of the spectacular site. As the homeowner said “It is literally like being on a ship in the ocean.”