An antique birdhouse in the form of a Victorian mansion stands at the foot of the home’s original front door.
Creveling had a new custom top made for the antique dining table. The silk map depicting Eastern India and East Asia is one of a set of four regional maps that were a gift from a friend.
Framed quilting pieces, needlework, and vintage chandeliers characterize the two small guest rooms.
Framed quilting pieces, needlework, and vintage chandeliers characterize the two small guest rooms.
A friend convinced Creveling to paint the kitchen a shocking red with yellow trim.
Local sea charts hang on the walls of the back porch.
An armillary sphere sits between two armchairs in the house’s deep backyard.
The garage/boathouse dates from the 1930s and is now a guesthouse. Creveling hung framed swaths of Quadrille wallpaper to lighten the dark wood walls; Indian dhurries line the floor.
The garage/boathouse dates from the 1930s and is now a guesthouse. Creveling hung framed swaths of Quadrille wallpaper to lighten the dark wood walls; Indian dhurries line the floor.
The garage/boathouse dates from the 1930s and is now a guesthouse. Creveling hung framed swaths of Quadrille wallpaper to lighten the dark wood walls; Indian dhurries line the floor.
Creveling’s animal menagerie populates the house, both in the library, which features framed pages from a French architecture encyclopedia, and the stair landing.
Creveling’s animal menagerie populates the house, both in the library, which features framed pages from a French architecture encyclopedia, and the stair landing.
The living room sofa is upholstered in a British Khaki fabric.
Creveling collects Irish linen, which covers most of the furniture in the master bedroom.
Creveling collects Irish linen, which covers most of the furniture in the master bedroom.
Guests now enter the house to the right, through the screened porch.
When Joanne Creveling and her husband Frank Lookstein bought their 1890 Queen Anne cottage in 1979, they knew they wanted to stick to a singular style credo in order to create their perfect summer home.
