“Hold the magnetic screwdriver for me, Paige,” Caroline said.

Paige held the small steel screws while Caroline lined up the heavy brass plate against the dark oak frame of the front door.

The newly engraved text read Seabrook Living Architectural & Interior Design in deep, crisp block letters.

“It sits two inches higher than the old sign,” Paige said as Caroline tightened the final screw into the hardwood frame.

“It sits right where it belongs,” Caroline said.

By seven o’clock in the evening, deep blue dusk was gathering over the Rhode Island harbor outside the bay window, filling the quiet studio with warm evening light.