Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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32 WINTER 2021 T HE ARTIST L AUR A PETROVICH-CHENEY'S WORK creating quilt-inspired wall sculptures out of wood reclaimed from natural disasters revolves around the premise that "material has memory." So, it's fitting that she and her husband, Peter Cheney, have also "reclaimed" their Marblehead home by shoring it up structurally and revamping it to fit its oceanside locale while retaining its charm and soul. "I feel an energy there. This house had a lot of love," Petrovich-Cheney says. "There's a spirit of creativity in the house, and a sense of love and peace in this house that's real special." That's not to say that the home didn't need some TLC. It was first built in the mid-1800s as a summer cot- tage, and over the years, subsequent owners tacked on a hodgepodge of additions that left the house feeling dis- jointed and thrown together. Outside, there were two competing front doors and a clutter of gables. Inside, previous owners had removed—and not replaced—a support wall, leaving only "two bay windows holding up the entire second and third floor," says Petrovich- Cheney. The floors buckled and sloped unevenly. vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ The kitchen was designed as an open concept space with a beachy feel.