Lately I’ve been poring over Coaster’s Chance, a 1760s captain’s cottage on the coast of Maine, north of Acadia. Available to rent, the interiors have been redone in moody hues befitting the palette of pine, rocks, and seaweed outside the front door.
Photography by Erin McGinn, courtesy of Moore House Design.
The cottage, called Coaster’s Chance, sits on the end of a private road on Cutler Harbor and has been in the Moore family for 30 years.
The newly redone kitchen has original beams and a wood stove.
An antique “boulangerie” table serves as both island and gathering space.
The cabinets are painted in a muted hue, Sherwin Williams’ Bosc Pear.
Two Maine classics: painted wood floors and a braided rug.
The dining room has 200-year-old horsehair and plaster walls.
Some of the old wallpaper is exposed in the living room.
“The outcome felt aged and imperfect, like something out of an abandoned historic homestead,” the team adds.
The main bedroom suite is housed in a transformed hay loft.
Antique wood blocks (once used for making wallpaper) hang on the wall, and a linen curtain opens to reveal the soaking tub.
A fold-away drying rack, hung in a window, helps towels to dry—an old Shaker trick.
Once the home’s main bedroom, the Captain’s Suite is named for the sea captain who built the property.
On the subject of the pleated shade the team writes We definitely went minimal with the additions to this space so we wanted to add a touch of texture as well as pattern somewhere...
...without overpowering any other elements In the spirit of having a little fun during our install we ruched up the fabric around the shade s base and voila Just what we were looking for
The painted floors add dark gloss.
The ensuite, with beach finds on the shelves.
The Wheelhouse Loft—named for a brass plaque on the door that reads “certified wheelhouse,” a seafaring term—got an all-over coat of white paint to make it feel more open.
“To add a little visual depth we painted the headboards fun colors that paid homage to some of the paint colors original to the cottage,” the team writes.
The view over Cutler Harbor.
Dinner can be taken outdoors in good weather.