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As seen in the February/March 2004 Better Homes and Gardens Remodeling
Issue, this house is one of the two southernmost houses on the peninsula
of quaint and historic Stonington Village. Solidly built in 1968
the house recalled rather bland European suburban architecture on the
exterior and was marred by a dark interior. The home's best views would
have been from the garage-if it had any windows. The new
owners who are ardent sailors since childhood wanted to take better
advantage of the waterfront views, and imbue the house with a sense of
18th and 19th century surroundings in historical Stonington Village,
with a nautical theme throughout the house. Collaborating with architect Mark Comeau
along with interior Designer Ted Papas, Quality Woodwork helped design
and fabricated two of the fireplace mantels (as seen in the photos), the
mahogany bollards on the backyard's
stone staircase, several shelf units and a large entertainment center in
the basement.
"The details is reminiscent of houses in old coastal towns,"
Comeau says, noting that out-of-work shipwrights often spent their
winters creating this kind of woodwork in the homes of wealthy sea
merchants. The nautical theme is so well executed that visitors comment
that they feel they've boarded a boat, savoring the new, but
 seemingly
centuries-old, connection between house and sea |
