Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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184 Manchester-by-the-Sea, this two-story frame house makes space for all the tangible and intangible things that embody leisure, holiday, and together time for a young, active family. They include activities like sail- ing, swimming, lounging by the pool, walking to the beach, and lobster feasts on long summer days. Family and friend sleepovers, parties, and rainy-day ping- pong tournaments are not uncommon in the ultimate family summer home. But it wasn't always the quintessential retreat it is today. Built in 1960, the house began as "a builder's Colonial with a center entry," according to Rob Mac- Neille, design principal and president of Carpenter & 0ac1eille, tKe (sse[ desiJnEXild ȴUP tKat is NnRZn for its extensive client services and the superb crafts- manship of Stephen Terhune Woodworking—the com- pany arm that produces beautiful custom cabinetry, fXUnitXUe, and PillZRUN in a liJKtȴlled sKRS adMRininJ tKe dRZntRZn (sse[ Rffices "There was nothing special about the house when it Zas ȴUst EXilt, e[ceSt tKe lRcatiRn," 0ac1eille nRtes "We came here in 1996 to add a family room and a kitchen; that was the beginning of its metamorphosis." From ho-hum to spacious haven was a multistep process. In 2009, Carpenter & MacNeille returned to the KRXse fRU a PaMRU XSJUade tKat inclXded EXildinJ tKe homeowners' dream kitchen, installing a new master bedroom suite above the garage, building an entry tRZeU and PXdURRP, ȴnisKinJ tKe EasePent tR KRXse a wine cellar, media room, play area, and sleeping quar- ters), and installing new heating, plumbing, and air con- ditiRninJ systePs 7Ke UesXltinJ ȴveEedURRP, ȴveEatK KRXse is siJniȴcantly laUJeU, even ZitKRXt taNinJ intR cRnsideUatiRn tKe ȴnisKed EasePent ZitK its additiRnal sleeping accommodations. "We were the house's second owners," explains the homeowner. "We bought it in 1994 and started our ȴUst UenRvatiRn tZR yeaUs lateU (ven tKen, Ze Kad an appetite to turn this into our forever home. We later moved away, but we love this place and are rooted in Located on a wooded point surrounded by the ocean in