Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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204 of Catherine & McClure Interiors missed being close to the water. She and her husband, Mark, had lived in Newton for years and decided it was time for a change of scenery. But when she was visiting her old stomping grounds, she found just the scenery for which she was looking—a brand-new condo community was being built on the water with unob- structed views of the skyline and sailboats and trawlers drifting by, and she was hooked. "I called my husband to let him know I had found the place." They purchased a second- floor 2,300-square-foot unit the next day. Skaletsky's daughter and business partner, Dani McClure, also lives in Swampscott, which affo ds the mother-daughter team proximity for work purposes and also allows Skaletsky more visits with her grandchildren. What started out as a hobby for Skaletsky evolved into a 20-year career. "Friends would ask me to help them decorate their houses, and this snowballed into my design business today," she says. For Skaletsky, design runs in her blood. "I grew up visiting Zim- man's with my mother—the love of all things interiors runs in the family." And although many of her clients are in Newton and Weston, she could not pass up the opportunity to return to her North Shore roots. Having grown up in Swampscott, interior designer Catherine Skaletsky Cool Colors Skaletsky introduces green throughout the living space. Opposite, the living room opens onto a deck; Skaletsky's home office