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July 19, 2012 · 6:06 am

Design Diary: Local 186 in Provincetown

Despite the 90+ degree heat, we ambled (ok, drove with the A/C blasting) into Provincetown yesterday, having promised the boys a trip to the Penny Patch and Puzzle Me This. The allure for us was the chance to try out the new upscale burger spot at 186 Commercial Street, Local 186. It’s a new venture owned by Eric Jansen and Guillermo Yingling. Eric co-owns the superb restaurant Blackfish in Truro, where many a summer night you can find us at the bar. Anyway, the burgers, fries, and onion strings were tasty, but the real surprise was the decor. It is crisp but homey and very pulled together. I haven’t had a chance to connect with anyone to find out who’s responsible, but I did take a bunch of photos for you.

ADDITION: This morning I heard back from GM Jennifer White (thank you!), who provided me with many, many details, which I used to caption the images. She says, “It was a collective local effort. Every piece is all made by local artists with reclaimed woods and other vintage materials, all collected from old Provincetown properties.” They goal was for it to look new and different, eclectic, layered, and collected, but not over the top. It’s right on.

Susie Neilsen, graphic designer and owner of Farm Gallery in Wellfleet helped with the overall design concept and layout. She also designed the logo, menu, and website.

The murals are by artist Kris Smith, owner of Coastline Tattoo, in town.

Mat Millett, owner of Helltown Gallery, with the help of Tom Magar (the bartender and an off-season carpenter), made the custom tables in the back dining room and the vintage tin-covered bar back.

The onion strings, served in a shiny metal tin, where extra salty and delicious.

Another shot of the back dining room banquette table.

All the dining chairs are covered with vintage feed and flour sacks that Jennifer White found on eBay and other sites.

All the designs are different.

A local craftsman named Michael made the barn wood coffee tables in the lounge (above) and hostess podium, as well as the copper artwork and reclaimed ductwork.

One of the coffee tables in the lounge has a built-in Ouija board.

Bartender Edwige. Industrial lighting over the bar came from a warehouse in Yarmouth.

A niche in the entry that looks through to the bar is filled with cocktail paraphernalia.

Waiting area.

My lunch: The Old-Fashioned—8 oz. Painted Hills burger, Nueske’s bacon, Grafton Reserve cheddar, $14.

Co-owner Gui Yingling arranged a collection of vintage knives over the fireplace in the back dining room.

There are a couple of different vintage animal sculptures,from yard sales ,flea markets, and auctions are mounted on the walls.

Bar-style seating on the front patio.

Architect Steven McGovern designed the new covered porch, in keeping with the design of the original Victorian building. Local craftsman and master carpenter John Badam and his team built it. You can’t see them in this photograph, but there are flying saucer style lamps that co-owner John Yingling had stored in his garage for over 20 years, knowing they’d come in handy someday.

The view—Cape Cod Bay—from the covered porch. It’s visible from some of the tables inside too.

Design Diary: John Derian’s Provincetown House

Photos of John Derian‘s Provincetown cottage were published by Vogue Living a while back, as well as Martha Stewart Living. This week the Boston Globe featured it too. I still haven’t been into his shop, which is right behind the house, but I’ll try to go this weekend and take some photos. I’m off to the Cape for the rest of the summer in the morning!

John Derien relaxes on antique grain sack bolster cushions by a galvanized table in the outdoor seating area of his home in Provincetown. Two 14-foot red vintage Chinese life saving boat oars lean nearby. The home is a restored 1789 sea captain's house on Commercial Street.

Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

John Derian lounges against antique grain sack pillows on his porch. The swathe of red on the right are two14-foot vintage Chinese life saving boat oars.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

The shingled home is a restored 1789 sea captain’s house on Commercial Street in Provincetown’s West End. The Greek Revival columns were added in the early 19th century.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

The white sofa is Derian’s “Geranium,” a design inspired by Hepplewhite-style antiques of the late 16th century. (Locally, Lekker in the South End carries Derian’s line of upholstered pieces.) The worn pedestal table holds a Chinese lacquered box, a trough filled with carpet balls, and a stone lamp from France. The duo of framed birds above the sofa are ink drawings.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

In the cozy kitchen, a 19th-century round butcher block table is used as extra counter space. The fixture hanging above is a Robert Ogden mirror shade made by Mennonites in Pennsylvania. The 19th-century sofa is covered in antique grain sacks.

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Photo: Vogue Living

A tattered chair and a stump sea made from a 19th-century beam. The print on the large pillow echoes that of the wallpaper.

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Photo: Vogue Living

The living room has its original wallpaper and a paint-splattered wood floor.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

The front bedroom, which is in the original part of the house, has a 19th century canopy bed. A 19th century Dutch seascape hangs above a marble-topped 19th century French cafe table. A Hugo Guinness drawing of a geranium hangs next to the fireplace over a French side chair.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

A guest room with a French iron bed covered in a 19th-century homespun sheet from Transylvania; a red Jeanette Farrier pillow adds color. A vintage insect chart, a style we’ve seen a lot of lately, leans against the wall next to the sink. The gold-painted empire mirror is from 1830.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

Left: An 18th-century chest holds a 19th-century French lantern bottle covered in fabric and a Boston School painting; , a Federal mirror hangs above. Right: A Hugo Guinness linocut ‘‘Chrysanthemum’’ drawing hangs above an early 19th-century Amish dry sink, on which an enormous clam shell and a 19th-century candle holder rest.

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Photo: Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

British-born artist Peter Gee‘s palette makes for great art. Gee owned and taught at the Hawthorne School of Art in Ptown before he died in 2005. (His work looks amazing . . . look for an ARTmonday post devoted to Gee later this summer.)

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July 30, 2009 · 5:41 pm

Shopping Trip: Provincetown’s Wa, Melt, and Simply Danish

Last night I picked up my friend Sharon Kitchens (she who writes Delicious Musings) at the ferry in Ptown. We wandered from the dock into the West End. On our journey we stopped at Wa, a little zen decor spot I thought was more garden goods than home furnishings, since the exterior sort of resembles a Japanese garden, but they had some great accessories sourced from around the globe.

Wood chests, African sculptures, and betel nut boxes from Southeast Asia.

Local ceramics.

Bark birdhouses.

Ikat cushion on a woven chair.

Silvered glass.

Stone vases.

And my favorite, succulent candles.

Next stop, new natural beauty boutique Melt.

Then I spotted Simply Danish, which just opened six weeks ago. It’s a spare space, with a museum-like display of modern home accessories from companies like Ferm Living, Stelton, and Menu. The photos didn’t come out that well, but here’s a sampling of their goods.

Rubber vases.

Trivets.

Decals and dish towels.

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July 5, 2009 · 12:13 pm

Gardens: Provincetown

Many of the homes along Commercial Street in Provincetown have wonderful lush gardens, full of color and life. This one belongs to architect Brad Walker, design principal at Ruhl Walker Architects in Boston. I actually haven’t even stopped by to see it yet, but he sent me these pictures.