Interior designer Louisa Smith connected her South Shore home’s indoors with the outdoors—and created an all-weather perch for her sons and their animal friends.

This isn’t your grandmother’s waterfront. Here’s what you need to know about life in Boston’s fastest-growing neighborhood.

Spa? Check. Gym? Yes. Home theater, wine cellar, game room with a bar? Check, check, check. Indoor basketball court? Of course!

See, smell, feel, and even taste the ocean from this modern build on the North Shore.

This 3,644-square-feet house has ties to the Declaration of Independence (and a pretty sweet backyard).

We compare a spacious home in Dorchester with a Colonial by the water on the North Shore.

Two Cape Cod lots with waterfront access for the steep price of one.

Breaking records is good. Continuing to break records cause of low inventory? Not so good.

When it comes to the local housing market, these folks know how to close the deal. Our annual look at the region’s best-performing agents.

Noted Rhode Island architect J.D. Johnston designed this Tudor-style abode.

Planters in Lincoln, outdoor furniture in the South End, and seeds and “starts” in Brookline—these local retailers have all the goods you need.

A peek into Newport cottages, Hopper heads to Cape Ann, and a guide to seaside soirees.

Mona Ross Berman gives a sprawling, several-acre island abode the gut renovation it deserves.

More than 350 years of domestic architecture helps tell the story of the city’s evolution.

Liz Caan designs a guest retreat that’s so well adorned visitors may never want to leave.