Design Wire- May 2016
Huston & Company recently launched the Balance Dining Table. Based on a custom design for a couple on Long Island, the cherry table features an 84-inch-long bevel-edged surface atop a pair of...
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American realist painter BO BARTLETT, who summers and paints on Wheaton Island, will have a solo show at the Ameringer McEnery Yohe gallery in New York City. The exhibition runs from July 7 to August...
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Nicola’s Home in Yarmouth completed a redesign of its neighboring restaurant, Royal River Grill House, with the opening of a cozy outdoor dining space. On the awninged deck, hand-braided rope lighting...
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This past fall Eloise Humphrey and Daphne and Paul Comaskey, owners of El Camino Cantina in Brunswick, opened a new restaurant called Salt Pine Social in Bath. At a location renovated by David Matero...
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The Appalachian Mountain Club has enlisted the aid of 12 Maine contractors and suppliers, including E.W. Littlefield and Sons, Kodiak Steel Co., and Hammond Lumber to construct a new lodge. Designed...
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In January the North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen voted 4:1 to rebuild the Wescustogo Hall on the site of the former North Yarmouth Memorial School. In collaboration with volunteers from the Wescustogo...
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The nonprofit UNION MEETING HOUSE COMPANY in Readfield has currently raised over $100,000 for renovations on the historic building, which was originally built as an interdenominational place of...
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AMY DUTTON HOME has reopened in Kittery Foreside. In the redesigned showroom, interior designer Amy Dutton focuses on a holistic, full-service design process that includes all room elements, from...
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Now the president and CEO of HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY, MIKE HAMMOND has swapped positions with his father, DON HAMMOND, who remains active in the company as vice president. Architect TOM LANE has joined...
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The AMERICAN ART AWARDS board has chosen the PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART as the best gallery or museum in Maine. In an official statement, the board noted the museum’s dedication to the community and its...
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ROB BRAMHALL ARCHITECTS has designed the new DREAM MAKER LODGE at SUNDAY RIVER, a four-floor contemporary mountain residence of 29 condominiums situated along Dream Maker Trail on the resort’s North...
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CALEB JOHNSON STUDIO and WOODHULL OF MAINE recently renovated and redesigned the Higgins Beach Inn in Scarborough. Owned by Migis Hotel Group, the new design features 23 updated rooms and bathrooms, a...
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COASTAL ENTERPRISES, INC. (CEI), a community development financial institution, has recently received LEED Platinum accreditation for its new headquarters in Brunswick. CEI worked with CWS Architects...
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SCATTERGOOD DESIGN ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING of Portland, GO LOGIC of Belfast, ELLIOTT AND ELLIOTT ARCHITECTURE of Blue Hill, and KAPLAN THOMPSON ARCHITECTS of Portland received awards at the 2017 AIA...
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PHI BUILDERS AND ARCHITECTS has recently renovated its showroom. The updated space has three kitchen vignettes, each featuring a different style of cabinetry. One has a more traditional look with...
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PORTSIDE REAL ESTATE GROUP has reopened their Falmouth office in a renovated building at 417 US Route 1 in Falmouth. Along with Debbie Kingry of Foreside Design, owner Dava Davin and her husband, Jim...
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Chilton Furniture Co. has recently redesigned its Freeport showroom in a warm, minimalist style. After removing the fraying carpet, Jen and Jared Levin, the company’s owners, finished the existing...
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Rockwell Kent’s home and studio on Monhegan Island has been admitted into the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program. The grant-based program is...
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Nemo Tile and Stone recently introduced two new styles to their tile collection. The first style, Aster, is a Moroccan-inspired line. These square tiles are covered with bold, geometric patterns in...
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Developer Ron Gan has teamed up with Bild Architecture and Aceto Landscape Architects to create plans for a live–work space at 874 Riverside Street in Portland. The two-acre lot is only a mile away...
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