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Colonial homes to the east and west inspired the white clapboard siding; the upper portion is clad in cedar with a steel wool and vinegar stain that instantly aged it.

Limited by zoning, a designer creates a small, energy-efficient home with a Scandinavian soul

Britta McCarthy took inspiration from small homes in Denmark that make efficient use of space.

The backsplash tiles are from The Tile Shop in Wellesley. The owners’ daughter, who is a trained chef, requested the pot racks.

From barn to home: Couple creates ADU for returning kids

With a smart layout, high ceilings, and storage built into the walls, the unit lives larger than its 900 square feet.

The home, which is clad in eastern white cedar with a white stain, is oriented east-west to fit the site, thus enjoying nice light throughout the day.

Explore the ‘Matchstick House,’ a slender contemporary design built on a narrow lot

Building restrictions limited options for the lot, so the architect designed a 16-foot-wide-by-78-foot-long home.

Advice

It’s too much work to have sex with my husband

This week's daters: Leigh Ann and Tommy

Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ‘I kept being drawn back to her eyes’

Miss Conduct Classics

My co-worker revealed things about my family to people in our office

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This week's columns

A park ranger surveys receding waters at the Great Salt Lake in 2022.

Great Salt Lake in Utah is disappearing. New Englanders should be concerned.

The lake could vanish in a matter of years — a disaster that would reach well beyond Utah.

CONNECTIONS
When our parents sold their house, it beckoned us back for one final meal
The screened-in porch my parents added as a young couple held so much more for our family decades later.

Style Watch
Pink goes sophisticated in this Topsfield kitchen refresh
Blush cabinets add personality to a 1910 cottage. 2 hours ago

Your Week ahead
Five things to do around Boston, July 21-27
Judge Eastie’s food festival, play ’80s arcade games, and try heavy metal yoga. 2 hours ago

On the Block
Homes for sale in Gloucester, the original seaport district
The hardest-working waterfront on Cape Ann is also home to a lively arts and restaurant scene. 2 hours ago

Comments
Readers respond to essays about perimenopause, homelessness, and more
A selection of letters to the editor of the Globe Magazine. 2 hours ago

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July 13 | Best of the Best

The Boston Globe's Best of the Best 2025

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Explore the very best of Boston, from restaurants to culture, curated by over 60 Globe journalists and correspondents. It's the ultimate guide to more than 300 winners for Boston's top food, drinks, and fun things to do.

new categories

17 neighborhood restaurants we can’t live without

These six record stores are a vinyl lover’s delight

Sweet choices at the six best doughnut shops around Boston

The nine top thrift stores and vintage shops for treasure hunters

High spirits: The nine best cocktail bars for a drink (or two)

The 15 best bakeries to get your daily bread (and a lot more) around Boston

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In 1972, Roxie Laybourne was a 61-year-old ornithologist working in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to testify at a Maine murder trial.

She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine.

A mild-mannered scientist, a brutal murder in Maine, and the birth of forensic ornithology.

Holocaust survivor Janet Applefield speaks with students at Malden Catholic school. “I’m a witness of history,” Applefield says, “and those who hear me are becoming witnesses also.”

She’s 90. As part of the last generation of Holocaust survivors, she’s racing to tell her story.

Phil Eng, general manager of the MBTA, walks on the stairs of an MBTA station.

Even the MBTA can’t stop Phil Eng

Trump vs. Massachusetts: How one state represents everything the president despises

Special Projects

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Sandra Birchmore was 23 years old when she was found dead in her Canton apartment in 2021. Initially, investigators suspected suicide.

Sandra Birchmore put her trust in the police. They broke it.

New England’s 50 fastest-growing companies

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