It’s amazing what a few miles can to the market. This month, we compare a historical mansard in Boston with an elaborate beach house in Bristol.

Three floors of top amenities, exceptional accommodations, and a desirable location make this lavish property the real deal.

Designer Annie Hall fearlessly blends form and function in a living room where local artwork is the star.

For Coterie, the former Boston resident pays posh tribute to the Public Garden.

Using raw materials, Merida weaves time-honored skills with modern techniques to create its art-inspired, sustainable rugs out of a Fall River factory.

Designer Justine Sterling improves flow, adds aesthetic interest, and creates cohesion in the dining room and adjacent foyer of a family’s spacious Victorian.

Two savvy design firms strive to transform an 1840s Greek Revival into a 21st-century abode.

A long-neglected grand residence in Chestnut Hill regains its luster for a family’s homecoming.

When a new sculptural stairwell replaces a space-consuming relic, an 1892 row house in the South End is readied for its next century.

Reserved and compact from the front, the renovated form of a 19th-century Bay Village row house is gradually revealed as one travels through the home.

Daher Interior Design complements a client’s art collection with furnishings that stand strong.

It took a decade for a dream house to come together, but it was worth the wait.

“I make pictures of things that make me gasp,” the New England artist says.

Transforming the common kitchen, celebrating a century of Avedon, and Nina Farmer’s enduring interiors.

The inventor of the soda fountain, A.D. Puffer, used to live here.