Frank Tamborella’s nearly 4,000-square-foot Nassau Bay home features a panoramic view of Clear Lake with decks surrounding all four floors. Photo by Karin Gaylor Photography
There’s a view of Clear Lake from almost every room in Frank Tamborella’s Nassau Bay home. [Read more…]
Elizabeth Whelan sits with her daughters, Catherine, left, and Victoria and their dog Hope in their Seabrook home. Elizabeth and her husband, David, have incorporated a homey atmosphere in the seaside house that includes many personal touches. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Elizabeth and David Whelan, of Seabrook, suffered a double-whammy loss in 2008. Just six weeks before Hurricane Ike destroyed their waterfront home on Galveston Bay, thieves had broken in and taken just about everything that wasn’t nailed down while the Whelans were out of town. Rather than walk away, this resilient family dug in and rebuilt. [Read more…]
Ellie Peters loves lots of light, fresh flowers and bright colors, as shown in the living room of her house. The room contains Peters’ most prized item: a doll house built by her grandfather. “It is an exact to-scale copy of the house I grew up in,” she said. Photo by Robert Mihovil
As witness to more than 150 years of family history, Ellie Peters’ colorful Church Street cottage is a treasure trove of memories and memorabilia. Vintage furnishings, serious antiques and Peters’ own current decorative touches flow throughout, tempered by an awareness of the home’s significance in time. [Read more…]
The Kemah home of Mike Tindall and Jennifer Stevenson features natural light combined with a surfer vibe. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
After 17 years of city life in Houston, Mike Tindall and Jennifer Stevenson decided it was time to return to the water. At least it was for Tindall, who spent his youth around Galveston Bay, where his family owned homes in and around Bacliff. Stevenson, a Texas transplant, was eager to make the transition, too. Like Tindall, she’s an expert surfer. [Read more…]
Gary Foy, George Parsons III and their dog, Mikey, have restored the 1892 William and Lena Juneman Smith Cottage in the 1700 block of Ball Street in Galveston. The Queen Anne cottage is one of three sister cottages built by architect William Pautsch. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Long before builders developed colorful beach house communities on the Texas Gulf Coast, architects such as Nicholas Clayton and Alfred Muller stitched their signatures across the city blocks of Galveston Island. [Read more…]
Islander Maureen McCutchen bought a 70-by-120 foot lot on Lake Madeline two years ago and built her dream home, which was completed in March. Photo by Kara Mullins
Maureen McCutchen lived on the West End of Galveston for 14 years, but wanted to get closer to her downtown office at Mills Shirley, where she’s a law partner.
So, McCutchen bought a 70-by-120-foot lot on Lake Madeline on the island two years ago and finally built her dream home in March. [Read more…]
One of two deep swings provides poolside seating at Susan and Andy Smith’s West End home. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
You have to drive a bit down FM 3005 to get to Sunset Cove, an enclave of waterfront homes in Galveston Island’s West End. But with seascapes rolling past on both sides, the trek hardly matters.