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Golding house c.1905 - Rob driving the wagon with his father, Nathaniel standing behind.

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.

Best of Maine

June 29, 2012

Two side tables, Mill Cove and Roque Bluffs, from our furniture collection are featured in Down East magazine's 58th annual Best of Maine issue - on newsstands in July.

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.

The cottage, ell and barn, c. 1890s (lower left) from the steeple of the Congregational Church.

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.

Ruins of the Consea Factory, Prince Cove, Eastport - photograph by Joyce Jackson

Those Ancient Chinese Poets

April 14, 2012

I thought I'd wrap up the story of our renovation on Shackford with a few poems written by our client, Tom Sexton.

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 2)

March 20, 2012

The director of Campobello International Park kindly emailed photos of the Cottage's butler's pantry and kitchen. Elements like brass cupboard latches, bead board doors and soapstone countertops felt just right for our Queen Anne's Victorian kitchen.

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.

The Summer Me

October 15, 2011

On the heels of finishing the ‘in-home’ phase of our current kitchen renovation and with Labor Day approaching - we headed down the coast for one last summer adventure. Old friends from my days at Syracuse University had invited us for a visit.