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SO RI Feature: Oldest Home in Wakefield, Reimagined

We’re honored that SO RI featured Laura’s work on one of Wakefield’s oldest homes—a property whose earliest structure dates back to 1725!

“When working on a special property like this, our intention is always to make upgrades that look timeless and original,” Laura notes in the feature. Our approach centered on uncovering the home’s layered history while thoughtfully improving its function for modern living. By clarifying circulation, reconnecting fragmented additions, and making sensitive updates guided by original craftsmanship, the new design honors the home’s character while creating warm, inviting spaces for today.

Check out the article here.  

Coastal project feature in the Home issue of HeyRhody! Magazine.

In this year’s annual Home issue of Hey Rhody! magazine, editor Elyse Major rounds up three examples of quintessential Rhode Island style that can be adapted to help make your home warm and cozy.  We were thrilled to see our recent Coastal Cottage project not only featured, but on the cover!  

The Hey Rhody! home issue drops every October and can be found on local news stands now. Or, you can access the  article here.  

A Great Island cottage earns its stripes by skipping them for natural textures and a neutral palette

Michael Mosca and husband David Melançon live between Manhattan and Narragansett with their six-year-old Parsons Russell Terrier, Lorenzo. Mosca is a realtor with Sotheby’s Mott & Chace International Realty, specializing in luxury coastal properties, and Melançon is the founder and managing partner of a brand strategy consultancy and serves on the board of Providence-based Social Enterprise Greenhouse. Through the years the industrious pair have designed and decorated a Manhattan loft, a Colorado timber home, a California marina bungalow, and an 1890 sea cottage in Ogunquit, which they “restored and loved for more than 10 years until the commute from Manhattan for weekend visits became too much to handle,” Mosca explains. They sold the Maine property and began looking for a home on the North Fork of Long Island until a summer trip to Narragansett, where Mosca “discovered” Great Island.

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A remodeled cottage becomes a multi-generational home on Potter’s Pond in Matunuck.

Twelve years ago, a Warwick couple decided a small beach cottage would be the perfect escape for their family during the summer months. More than 50 years old, the cottage they purchased on Potter Pond in East Matunuck was everything a typical summertime pied-a-terre should be: no frills, full of salty air and complete with a dock and little boat. And all within walking distance to the beach. But after some time, the charming quirks started to become irksome flaws, and the family had also had some growing pains – literally. “It was perfect for our family at the time, but [our] family started to grow in leaps and bounds,” says the homeowner. “Plus, nothing had been done to it and it was starting to fall apart.” The four children in the family started families of their own, and suddenly, grandma and grandpa’s beach house wasn’t big enough for even the most basic camp-style overnight.

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