With a main residence in the British Virgin Islands, this client was drawn to the classic New England vernacular for their vacation home in Ipswich. An extensive facade renovation provides the home with an elegant shingle style exterior that is appropriate to the neighborhood’s historic context. Several modern new baths were added that recall the contemporary lines and materials familiar to homes on BVI. The interplay of historic and modern achieves an aesthetic that is both rooted in its sense of place and fluidly references a home-away-from-home.