Life building downstairs

As I get settled into Mississippi Life from Maine Life-I thought I would share with the curious the Pearl Street House. Not quite finished but we had a good three weeks. These videos are a decidedly un-shelter magazine ready peek but I will use it this year to work long distance to finish the project up....so not everything thing in life is picture perfect. Composed image to the left is from Mr. Plommer.

building the inspiration

We visited the project we are working on in Brooklyn on Park Avenue-I thought I would divulge the source for the siding idea. The second picture is a warehouse here in Belfast and I looked at it alot last summer and when Erin and Owen (client/collaborators) were working on what the building should be clad in I thought of this image......I loved that the blue is tone on tone with the sky........The siding is meant to be a gentle envelope with all the action and life of the building going on inside.

building crush in depth

This is a video of my newest obsession Primrose Hill here in Belfast Maine. Them some big old columns....take that Natchez.

Red looks good on you..........belfast

There is something about the light in Maine that makes any hue of red, orange(think daylilies everywhere), rose look amazing-we could work with this idea in the interiors of Pearl Street?

Building crushes

Here are some current building crushes here in Belfast. The big white box with the Corinthian columns was built in 1812 and was a summer family residence until the 60's. Belfast has a great program
Museum in the Streets where you can go through the town and understand the origin of most buildings..

boat building

We arrived safely in Maine on Friday-lot's to do to get Pearl Street habitable for the month. Here is a structure on the farm-bennett's boat house-he refurbished his sail boat here and now houses it during the winter...I love the shape.

Roadside buildings

A building of stars and a building with lopsided smile...........Time to pack up.

Building ideas

Its a very rainy vacation day when reading and cooking are all that one can really deal with. I did find that Mr. Phineas Quimby was a resident of Belfast in the early 1800's. He was a "mesmerist" and teacher of Mary Baker Eddy and founder of the New Thought movement. I like the idea that men of vision lived in this small Maine town.

Building objects

Some things we collected on our trip to Castine to see the Wilson Museum, a early 20th century didactic collection of a Harvard antropologist. We were inspired by Dr Wilson's vision.