“I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else,” wrote E. B. White, with no further explanation necessary. This week the Remodelista editors found design inspiration along craggy shorelines and in velvet-green forests. Here are their five favorite design ideas to steal from Maine.
Woodstoves
Above: In a kitchen designed “with maximum efficiency in mind, particularly for the long Maine winters, heat from the woodstove—the house’s only heat source—rises through the ceiling into the sleeping loft above, then is pulled back downward through a floor grate to create a convection heating system for the whole house,” writes Annie. Photograph by Greta Rybus.
See more in our Kitchen of the Week post, featuring builder Anthony Esteves and designer Julie O’Rourke’s home on the island of Spruce Head in Maine.
Meet the modern trundle bed. Alexa rounds up her favorites in this week’s 10 Easy Pieces post.
Spatter-Painted Floors
Above: “Here on Cape Cod (where I’m lucky enough to spend the summer), splatter- or spatter-painted floors are so common that we take them for granted,” writes Justine. Photograph by Matthew Williams.
Above: A “new soft goods company from a native Mainer and veteran of the textile industry, has a collection inspired by the state’s wilds, rocky coasts, and pine forests,” writes Annie.
