Oak Bluffs Cottage Renovation by Hutker Architects

Years ago I was invited to a summer barbecue at a friend of a friend’s Cape Cod cottage located on the tip of a sandy peninsula that could only be reached by boat. Everything about the place was wonderfully simple and spare — the house didn’t even have electricity or cell phone reception.

Which was good and bad. We did have to signal and holler for someone to come tow us in the middle of the night when our boat went dead in the water during what should have been a ten minute trip back to the mainland — not exactly the kind of scenario city dwellers typically relish, but pretty darn exciting all the same.

This beautiful renovation of a Carpenter Victorian Gothic cottage on Martha’s Vineyard by Hutker Architects reminds me of the feeling I had in that house — a combination of calm, quiet, loneliness and the comfort of home. Not at all a bad place to be.

Via: Remodelista.

(Images: Julian Wass)

Comments (10)

Delightful.

posted by hrhprincessfiona on August 24th 2009 at 10:56am
view hrhprincessfiona's profile

thank you for that beautiful stairwell image

posted by ocha on August 24th 2009 at 11:31am
view ocha's profile

my other dream house..I want a cottage like this on the Cape or in Mystic.

posted by LoriSF on August 24th 2009 at 12:21pm
view LoriSF's profile

Yikes! That stairway would never pass code!

posted by JWet on August 24th 2009 at 1:01pm
view JWet's profile

I have a very similar stairway in my 100-plus year old house... it's the back stairway from the kitchen to the second floor. Guess it's grand-fathered (or great grand-fathered) in...
I love the multi-colored glass-paned doors and that yellow dresser!

posted by mirandabee on August 24th 2009 at 1:51pm
view mirandabee's profile

Simply beautiful!

I could live there!

Love the stair case too, wether its "Up to code or not" *rolling eyes*

posted by Icanmakeit on August 24th 2009 at 2:09pm
view Icanmakeit's profile

Love, love, love it, now if I could just plant that little cottage in place of my house in the city, prompt the neighbors to move elsewhere, and install a small lake on their property I'd be set!

posted by Rucy on August 24th 2009 at 7:08pm
view Rucy's profile

I don't know why- I love cottages and old homes- but those images you uploaded scream "HAUNTED" to me.

posted by Shannon Ashley on August 25th 2009 at 1:09am
view Shannon Ashley's profile

Love the porch--I would never leave it!

posted by coffeesnob on August 26th 2009 at 8:26pm
view coffeesnob's profile

I've seen this place before, many years ago, I think in Martha Stewart. Anyone?

posted by funstraw on August 30th 2009 at 1:42am
view funstraw's profile