blog : local history
Incident at Ipswich (part 1)
April 20, 2013
In the course of research into our property’s history, we came across some intriguing material related to a direct ancestor of our farm’s 1824 founder, Edward Bugbee. With further research we cobbled together one family's true story.
A Maine Italianate
March 18, 2013
A careful restoration will be invaluably aided if you let the building be your guide. Paying attention to those sometimes subtle tells - allows the structure to voice its opinion - lets an old building speak its mind. Sometimes that conversation can take you beyond the nut and bolts to real events and history.
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Little Gussie
January 25, 2013
It seems that the New Year invariably brings with it some early spring cleaning. While organizing photos, letters and papers we’ve gathered about the history of our property, I came across a real life Cinderella story.
Happy New Year
January 2, 2013
We are kicking off 2013 with some new additions to our The Tradition of the New collection - the North Fork wine rack and an assortment of cutting boards we call collectively, Little River.
Dr. Holmes Cottage Museum (part 2)
June 9, 2012
As the story goes, Captain James Holmes, fresh from the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, walked 175 miles with everything he owned in a knapsack on his back, from his birth town of Plymouth, Mass, to "Bog Brook Plantation," later known as Hebron, a promising new settlement in western Maine.
Dr. Holmes Cottage Museum (part 1)
June 8, 2012
Last fall the St. Croix Historical Society contacted us about restoring antique windows in the Dr. Job Holmes Cottage Museum in Calais. With their glazing and paint failing, they were urgently calling for a total overhaul.
A Swiss Villa
March 31, 2012
In the course of our Eastport kitchen renovation on Shackford Street, many misplaced relics from the home's first family spilled from the walls; a 1904 calendar, a photo of a dapper young man in a suit and a vaudeville ticket to name a few.
Queen Anne Simplified (part 1)
March 7, 2012
Designing a kitchen starts the minute we see the space; wheels are in motion - ideas begin to percolate. Even as the renovation continues to take shape we commit where we have to but keep our options open till that last stroke of paint.
Cinqueterre
August 11, 2011
The first time I ever heard the name of one of my favorite Down East destinations, we were still living in Sag Harbor, New York.
'Over Home'
March 13, 2011
Last Thursday, our current bath renovation was unexpectedly interrupted - giving us a day off that coincidentally coincided with my birthday. We took this opportunity to hop across the border and go as locals like to say, 'over home.'
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