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Franca4design Offers Creative Spark for Our Clients Growing up, Franca Conway had a creative aunt who lived in New York City and worked in fashion design, traveling throughout Europe to assist with runway shows. She

Coming Off Strong Year, Contractors Eye More of the Same in 2026 This piece was written by George O’Brien of BusinessWest and published on Feb. 2, 2026. Bill Laplante says it wasn’t that long ago

Oak Hill Architects: a Like-minded Partner Focused on Quality Bill Laplante met Andrew Reck of Oak Hill Architects in 2019 when homeowners Chris Orszulak and his wife, Gina Pantuosco, wanted to rebuild their 1950s-era Cape

Meet Our Trusted Partners at Vartanian Custom Cabinets In the early 1980s, the word in the luxury homebuilding industry in Western Mass was that Ray Laplante was the guy you had to sell to.  “If

Communication, Custom Features and Quality Materials Make the Laplante Difference The Laplante Difference is real. Our work, and the homes we build, are exquisite, offering comfortable, luxury spaces for our customers to live in. What

Laplante Construction Proves There’s No Downside to Downsizing Written by Stella Tirone | Originally published by Boston Design Guide Cape & Islands There is something to be said for downsizing, and Laplante Construction knows all about it––think