The off-grid cape was built over three summers on a small Island in Muscongus Bay. Tucked into the oak trees, its vernacular design hearkens to centuries past.
Chamfered spruce joists contrast with reclaimed oiled floorboards to comprise the ceiling of the living room. Custom moulding runs throughout the house.
A restrained, elegant bathroom with walls of edge and center bead douglas fir.
A lamb’s tongue detail on the beam chamfer
Light pours into the studio, bringing out the warm tones of the southern yellow pine floor. A reclaimed mantle surrounds the brick fireplace.
A douglas fir built-in nestles under the stairway.
The interior doors are locally milled pine hand-beaded, scrub-planed, splined and glued together.
Western hemlock clapboards and twelve over twelve light windows clad the ell of the house.
Vaulted dormers bring more light and views to the master bedroom.