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A seaside family home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, gets a fresh living room design with the help of a New York designer.

- JENNIE NUNN

For a New England shingle-style home in Osterville, Massachusetts, a new construction collaboration with architecture firm Shope Reno Wharton, designer Michael Cox, founder of Foley & Cox in New York, was tapped to create a fun and more contemporary aesthetic. "The waterfront property has charming views of a children's sailing school, and the large picture window in the living room sets the tone of relaxed welcome," explains Cox, who worked alongside principal architect Arthur C. Hanlon to select interior architectural details such as overscaled base moldings and