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T he Obamas have an estate nearby. Jackie Kennedy rode horses here. Steven Spielberg shot Jaws on this island 50 years ago, and the locals still talk about it. Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard, is a place that has seen a few things — and learned not to make a fuss about any of them. So, when the new owners of a certain cottage on Upper Main Street turned their dining room into a stylish speakeasy, no one raised an eyebrow. Who dreamed up this act of rebellion on Edgartown's most historic and proper thoroughfare? Meet Dallas art collectors Jennifer and Tom Karol. The Karols purchased the cottage in 2020, a white clapboard charmer with a deep front porch and picket fence that sits comfortably among Upper Main Street's storied old whaling cottages. Never mind that it was built in 2010 — it is a picture of Edgartown propriety and looks as if it has been there for centuries. Tom, a Boston native, knew Martha's Vineyard well. But where most first-time buyers are drawn to the island's dramatic oceanfront cliffs and secluded beaches, Jennifer fell for the conviviality of Upper Main Street — the historic houses, the restaurants, the shops. "I knew it the second I walked in," she says. "This house is mine." Back in Dallas, she texted her interior designer: Do you want to make some magic happen? Corbin See had designed the Karols' Dallas home — a collaboration that began In the living room, sofa by Marroquin Custom Upholstery in striped Manuel Canovas fabric from Cowtan & Tout; Peter Dunham cushion fabric from James. Roman shades, Patmos fabric by Carolina Irving from James. Painting sourced on Martha's Vineyard. A dry bar tucked into a bookcase, with Miles Redd wallpaper from Schumacher. Dior glassware. 52