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M A R T H A ' S MAGNI F A family's new island home bucks the Vineyard's design Anne and Charles Hajjar 110 t was midwinter of 2009 when Robin Pelissier made her first visit to the site of the future Martha's Vineyard manse. Standing with her new clients in the middle of the frost-covered plot abutting the Farm Neck Golf Club, the designer talked through her vision for the summer retreat that, two years later, would fulfill her clients' every wish. "We stood there in the middle of the snow, putting sticks and stones out on the ground," Pelissier recalls. "I'd be holding up a twoby-four trying to show ceiling height and saying, 'Can you see it?'" Fortunately for Pelissier, they could. Charles and Anne Hajjar had long admired the Hingham-based designer's work in friends' homes near Boston, so they knew that Pelissier's aesthetic fit well into their longtime PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMIE EMMERMAN (HAJJARS) I PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC ROTH PHOTOGRAPH BY TK; ILLUSTRATION BY TK BY DONNA GARLOUGH BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 110-115_BC_F_Home_LATESPRING13.indd 110 4/10/13 11:52 AM