Snowman Lost Its Head | @45whiteoak
The Petersen Tegl Cover Brick is built to last generations. A masonry shingle on a fully ventilated rain screen, designed to endure.
The hard part wasn’t installing brick. It was honoring the detail. Instead of running a straight trim from the window to catch the butt end, we mitered every return. That meant slowing down and compound-mitering every single shingle.
Up top, buried in the snow, the hip roof carries the same logic. Every corner has a different pitch. Every hip needed its own angle.
Medium gray to settle into the neighborhood. Handmade texture paired with machine-bent stainless.
By NS Builders × @of_possible
Offered for sale at $12.25M
Listed by [email protected]
📸 @motifmediaco
Nickelback Tudor | A Different Kind of Tudor
Our Nickelback Tudor project set out to challenge what’s been built over and over again in this neighborhood. An experiment in materials and proportion, drawing from European Tudor precedents and the early American detailing that @stevetiek is known for.
A legacy home isn’t built to fit the mold. It’s built for the family who plans to live in it, grow in it, and pass it on.
Photography by @robertbensonphoto
By NS Builders × @stevetiek
“The house-shaped house is starting to feel like home.”
Tucked away on a private lot, this Scandinavian-inspired home keeps things simple where it matters most. A black mega-shingle exterior on the outside. Clean lines and warm, livable spaces on the inside—designed for a family to actually live here, not just look at it.
The homeowner came to us with a goal to build something truly unique and started with process first. From there, we assembled the right team and executed the work with intention, step by step.
Architecture by @of_possible
Mansard | what does it mean to craft with intention?
It’s the collective effort to do the work to the best of everyone’s ability. It’s handling the small details now because they’re the ones that matter later. It’s the discipline to step back and be proud of every step, not just the final photo.
In this kitchen with @sottileandcompany , the plaster hood is the moment. @trowelincplastering is onsite soldering the corner beads and dialing in the base coat so the finish reads exactly as the architect drew it — crisp lines, true corners, no compromise where the eye lands.
Protecting the vision, in practice.
By NS Builders
DM us if you’re considering building or renovating in 2026 we have one slot open in our schedule for an additional project this year.
45 White Oak. 🌿✨
Some homes demand a higher level the second you step onto the property. This was one of them.
NS Builders built this home with an uncompromising standard from start to finish, and when we were brought in to handle the landscape lighting, the goal was simple — make sure the exterior matched the level the home was built at.
Every detail mattered. Every fixture placement mattered. Every nighttime angle mattered.
Grateful for the trust on a project like this
Built By: @nsbuilders
Designed By: @of_possible
#LandscapeLighting #OutdoorLighting #ArchitecturalLighting #LuxuryHomes #CustomHomes
Just before dusk the home begins to transform
During the day, you live with the lights off, floor to ceiling glass lights up the home and you’re connected to the landscape. Changing through the seasons, the weather and the time of day.
At night the landscape disappears till dawn… lame. We changed that, @nite_lite_boston brought light to the landscape so when day shifts to night you are still connected. Both as the occupant and the passerbyer.
Will share more later.
By NS Builders x @of_possible
Landscape by @msc_site.masonry.landscape
Lighting by @nite_lite_boston
45 White Oak | the mechanical room, because the details that disappear behind the walls deserve the same rigor.
Space planning this room started long before the first conduit ran. Coordinating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing layouts up front means each trade gets the room they need to install cleanly, service easily, and hold the line on the standard we set. When the equipment is laid out with intent, the rest of the house benefits quieter chases, tighter ceilings, and the design above stays exactly as the architect drew it.
Clean work by our trade partners.
Mechanical by @ags_hvac_services
Electrical by @driscollelectric
Plumbing by @lavalleesystems
Mechanical equipment @mitsubishihvac@zehnderamerica
Panels by @get_span
Water Heater @rheemwater
Floors epoxied by @revelgarage
“Excavator Door” in the back of the One House project
We’re framing the upper floors and excating the basement as we prep for a new slab and new helical footings for our future elevator pit.
By NS Builders x @joe_the_architect
(Miniature) Site work by @mcgueexcavating
One House — two South End row houses becoming one, reframed from the top down.
Replacing the entire interior structure inside a pair of historic brick shells means the existing walls call the shots, not the plans. We’re working one floor at a time, top down, so the brick stays supported and the architect’s envelope stays exactly as drawn.
We specified @trimjoist trusses for this reason: the cuttable end lets us field-adjust to walls that are nowhere near plumb or square after 150 years, without compromising the framing layout or the finished ceiling heights the design depends on. Every joist lands where it’s supposed to land.
The details are what protect the vision. We sweat them so the architecture reads the way it was drawn.
By NS Builders x @joe_the_architect
Why we installed @thermoryusa decking at our @45whiteoak project.
Spruce material, thermally modified with a single coat of Cutek oil on it.
By NS Builders x @of_possible
