Home on Nantucket

<div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><span class="c"><span>Three sisters share this house by the sea on Nantucket. </span></span><span class="c"><span> </span>J. Gwynne Thorsen</span> was in charge of the <span class="c"><span>architectural and interior design.</span></span> Unfortunately there are not many photographs of the interiors so these will have to do.<br /><span class="c"><span></span></span><span><br /></span><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl02_wathne.jpg" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The entrance façade features a pergola covered with New Dawn roses.<span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl03_wathne.jpg" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">An oil by Ben Austrian, which introduces the living room’s rabbit theme, hangs above the mantel. <span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl05_wathne.jpg" /><br />Displayed in the bedroom of the upstairs tern suite are 18th- and 19th-century dog portraits.<div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><span></span><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl07_wathne.jpg" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">The red hummingbird suite on the second floor opens to a private balcony. A pair of hand-colored 18th-century botanical prints are near the banquette. <span><br /><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl06_wathne.jpg" /><br /><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">Dutch doors allow a view from the kitchen, at the south, through the house to the ocean<span>.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2001/04/wathne/hosl04_wathne.jpg" /><br /><span class="c"><span>Antique kismos chairs around the dining table.<br /><br />Photography by </span>Peter Vanderwarker</span><span><br /></span><br /><span>All images and information from <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.<br /></span></div></div><br /></div></div></div></div>

Home on Nantucket

Three sisters share this house by the sea on Nantucket. J. Gwynne Thorsen was in charge of the architectural and interior design. Unf...

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