Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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67 of the two-sided fireplace, a feature that topped the homeowners' wish list. Peng faced the chimney breast with textural beige limestone tiles that echo the home's exterior granite façade and provide a neutral but nu- anced backdrop to the main living space. The seating arrangement of the living area on the other side of the fireplace is more formal. Here, a tailored sofa and four chairs are arranged at right angles around a rift-sawn white oak coffee table. Peng infused color into a sitting area by the windows using a pair of mirror- image seafoam-green chaises that pick up the color of the sea. There's also a family room tucked into the far corner of the first floor, with a daybed holding pride of place in a glass bump-out overlooking the ocean. This page, clockwise from top left, The furniture is comfortable, but low slung, so as not to impede the view. Warm white walls and oak accents soften the hardness of the stone and glass. In the dining room, a Tufenkian area rug from the Steven King showroom in the Boston Design Center adds a layer of cozy texture atop the travertine tile floor. The ledge that runs around the fireplace breaks up its massive volume and provides extra seating.