
First Period home gets second life

Homeowner Al Boynton, with pal Sobe, enjoys the Inglenook, a 327-year-old brick seat inside the large fireplace.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

The home won a preservation award from the Town of Ipswich last year.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

The staircase dates to about 1830. A reproduction cigar store Indian and braided rug in the parlor were both made in Massachusetts.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

The kitchen has an island topped by re-purposed barn wood.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

The kitchen, with an island topped by re-purposed barn wood, opens onto a bluestone patio that Boynton built.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

The pencil post bed of tiger maple was made by Eldred Wheeler in Hanover. The bench at its foot dates to the late 1800s.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013

A cabinet made by D.R. Dimes & Co. in New Hampshire displays pottery in the kitchen.
Eric Roth
| October 27, 2013