Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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64 hen Sydney Jerabek found a gem of a home right on Marblehead Harbor, she turned to a designer she knew well—her daughter, Molly Frey—to spearhead the renovation. A Marblehead resident herself, Frey specializes in remodels and interior design, particularly kitchen projects and whole-house redos. The founder of Molly Frey Design is adept at problem-solving and maximizing an interior's potential, but this particular project posed a unique challenge: transforming a two-family structure into a seamless coastal oasis. Its harborside setting was ideal, but its walled-in, dated apartments were not. "One of its strangest features was that it had two entry doors along the side off an alleyway, not where you'd expect them to be," recalls Frey. "The first task was creating just one entry at the front, facing the court- yard between the house and the detached garage along the street. It was kind of a plain gambrel house, so creating a fo- cal point with a new front door really helped with the curb appeal," she explains. In collaboration with contractor Malmquist Builders, Frey masterminded a complete redo of the interior, which involved A guest bedroom is kept in neutral grays.