“The texture of experience,” said the artist Willem de Kooning, “is prior to everything else.” Texture, of course, is composed of everything we perceive through our senses: color, light, touch, smell, sound. It is what makes things real to us … Continue reading →

Tearing down a vacation house that has been in one’s family for 60 years, even to build a dream home, can be bittersweet. However, the owners of this waterfront property in Southport made sure to honor the site and its … Continue reading →

In the late 1800s, everyone who was anyone in Boston or New York wouldn’t be caught dead on the city streets come high summer. Once the heat rolled in over the cobblestones, the so-called “nobs” rolled out. The smartest among … Continue reading →

“For this project we started with a dated cottage and brought it forward in time, with a focus on capturing the amazing views so that they could be embraced from as many sections of the house as possible. The clients … Continue reading →

For Mainers, the old word “rusticators” implied wealthy city folk who descended each summer on countless lake camps around the state. Especially on Mount Desert Island (MDI), this term encompassed Astors and Rockefellers. But in truth, the first “rusticators” who … Continue reading →

“The story of the house…” begins Christina Salway. Then she stops. “Well,” she says, “it’s a magical house.” We both know how this sounds. Most people think their house is special. But this old farmhouse that is special to Salway, … Continue reading →

Cadillac Mountain is a focal point for anyone on Mount Desert Island—at 1,530 feet, it’s the most dominant peak in the area and for many miles in either direction along the North Atlantic coast. From early October to early March, … Continue reading →

Nate Holyoke now owns one of Maine’s larger high-end building companies, but he was a 21-year-old just starting out when he began working on a special piece of lakeside property. The owner was building a camp there, and the general … Continue reading →

Canadian-born chef Mary Rolph Lamontagne has lived all over the world, but her heart has never strayed far from southern Maine. She first visited the Prouts Neck area of Scarborough with her grandparents and then eventually began to vacation there … Continue reading →

When David Duncan Morris and Peter Floeckher—director of design at Caleb Johnson Studio and director of residential construction at Woodhull of Maine, respectively—started a teardown and rebuild of two cabins on Limington’s Pequawket Lake (also known as Horne Pond), Floeckher … Continue reading →