Nantucket

NYSID at Nantucket by Design

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Nantucket Oldest House
As a board member of both the Nantucket Historical Association and the New York School of Interior Design, Maria Spears was instrumental in orchestrating a unique and creative event for Nantucket by Design. Nantucket represents the best of old and new and in thinking of how to meld the island’s history with the power of design, a group of NYSID students were invited to reimagine two rooms in Nantucket’s oldest house.…
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Ike Kligerman Barkley at Nantucket by Design

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   8 Comments
view from Ike Kligerman Barkley Nantucket house
After almost four decades of presenting the Nantucket Antiques Show as their major annual fundraising event, the Nantucket Historical Association updated and rebranded this much anticipated week, introducing Nantucket by Design this year. Honing in the focus on design and designers, they organized, under the capable, enthusiastic and energized leadership of inaugural chairman Maureen Bousa, a terrific week of events highlighting established and emerging talent as well as iconic island properties and local resources.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds VIII

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   11 Comments
Friday Favorite - the Weaving Room
This week’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts with a discovery that truly deserves its own post. But with many articles simmering on the back burner, this favorite find will lead off the group today. I’m not quite sure how I have never known about the Weaving Room, Anna Lynn Bender’s enticing Nantucket studio.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds VI

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
Chanticleer Nantucket rose garden
This installment of Friday Five Favorite Finds starts at an all time favorite island restaurant. While Chanticleer may be a new and different iteration from the classical French gastronomic experience it once was, it is still a delicious and charming culinary destination.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds V

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
Favorite Finds Flowers on Chestnut entry
Today’s first pick of our Friday Five Favorite Finds is Flowers on Chestnut. The place to go on Nantucket for beautiful flowers is housed in a charming house at 1 Chestnut Street in the heart of downtown. Five Favorite Finds Flowers on Chestnut entryFlowers on Chestnut side yardWhether you are looking for a single bouquet for your island home, rental or boat or multiple floral arrangements for a wedding (see what they did for my niece’s Nantucket nuptials) or major event, the selection at this charming shop is consistently stunning.…
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ReMain Nantucket

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   11 Comments
Nantucket Main Street
Behind the charm of the cobblestone streets and rose covered cottages, Nantucket is a real-life, year round community that has not only the same considerations of any small town but also the additional challenges of island life, an iconic historic district and a seasonal tourist trade.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds IV

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
Nantucket Unitarian Church
This week’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts off with a bit of Nantucket history. In the early 18th century, the island was made up primarily of Quaker and Congregational worshippers, a century later adding a second Congregational Churches on island, with the original “north church” on Centre Street and the “south church” on Orange Street.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds III

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   3 Comments
Favorite finds Nantucket Looms
Today’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts with a pick from an iconic Nantucket institution. Founded in the 1950s by artist and master weaver Andy Oates and businessman Bill Euler, what is now the Nantucket Looms started as a small textile operation.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds 2

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
Wauwinet Inn - five favorite finds
For the second installment of my Friday Five Favorite Finds from Nantucket, we start by visiting the far northeast end of the island. Wauwinet is where the island narrows and curves around with Nantucket bay on one side and the Atlantic a short walk away on the other.…
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Happy Fourth of July!

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Happy Fourth of July
From a quintessential American setting, wishing everyone a very happy Fourth of July! The Nantucket fireworks were last night, and while we didn’t venture into town for the festivities, the spirit was evident island-wide, as everyone from storefronts to iconic rose covered cottages proudly display their red, white and blue!…
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