< img src= "https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/69d50b34ed4471ab2ccdde40/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/01_2025SEP_NCKT_HB_0406.jpg" alt= "" >” I can’t stress enough how much of a revolving door it is,” says designer Henry Boyle of the seaside Nantucket compound he recently completed for a Connecticut-based couple, their 4 young-adult kids, and a pack of precious pets. “They have an open door policy over the summer season– it’s a constant stream of people.” To get the sandy-toed masses, Boyle, working carefully with the better half and Vicente-Burin Architects, conceived the new main and guest houses as flexible environments– airy, adaptable areas suited for the ebb and flow of beachside amusing.
< img alt=" Image may include Indoors Interior decoration Architecture Structure Furniture Living Room Home Decor and Sofa" src =" https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/69d50b34ee47e0f0831299ff/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/12_2025SEP_NCKT_HB_0621.jpg"/ > A painting by John Roman Brown, which helped shape the main level’s combination, anchors the living-room. Classic rattan poufs, sourced at the Brimfield Flea Market, rest on a wool-and-jute rug from Patterson Flynn.
Max Burkhalter ART: John Roman Brown/ Gallery ARE. Roe Ethridge/ Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.
“From the start, I desired your house to feel warm and welcoming– always prepared for entertaining, eclectic yet lovely, and above all, deeply personal,” the spouse shares. Having understood Boyle for many years, she believed in his instincts. “He understood my taste and how we ‘d use the home. The procedure was easy and enjoyable.”
After almost a decade at the company of AD100 Hall of Fame designer Daniel Romualdez, Boyle approached this task with a fluency in classicism and the choreography of rooms. As his first independent commission, it was also a possibility to assert his viewpoint– one the customers relied on but didn’t always instantly accept. Against the wife’s regulation for a younger sensibility, Boyle layered in graphic contemporary artworks, sculptural lighting, and Scandinavian-inflected millwork. The aim was never a devoted New England beach home; it needed, he says, to “feel beachy and homey and appeal to everybody they amuse.”
“The final stage– when tile, wood tones, furnishings, materials, even the kitchen details aligned– was my preferred,” notes the spouse. In the open dining bar location, vintage French chairs from Morentz collect around a Maiden Home table beneath funnel pendants by NPage Studio. The rug is by Patterson Flynn.
Max Burkhalter.