Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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95 ists," he says. "Of all the houses we have done, this is my favorite. It is such a grand space and such a cool building." Like many of the biggest life changers, this house was not what Cohen and Lieberman were looking for. "We came east to be closer to our aging parents and because we wanted to leave Seattle," Cohen says. "We were looking for real estate on Cape Cod." En route, they toured the North Shore and drove into Salem. "We saw this house, and just fell for it." They never made it to Cape Cod. When they bought this house, they committed them- selves to a one-and-a half-year restoration project that included plumbing, electric, heating, masonry, plaster, and roofing work. They updated bathrooms and built a new powder room under the stairs on the first floor. They removed a suspended ceiling in the kitchen, ex- posed its dramatic ceiling beams, and installed sophis- ticated German cabinets and appliances. Of special note is Cohen's time spent restoring each of the house's 44 double-hung windows, reglazing endless panes of glass. Overgrown yews at the entry were removed to restore neoclassical simplicity, and the front door and shutters got a glossy new coat of black paint. "The previous owners were here for 45 years," Cohen says. "But over the years, no real damage was done to