THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE

Tales & Opinions From Maine Regarding Architecture, Art, Books, Design, Landscape, & Occasional Whims

30.5.11

ACROSS THE STREET FROM MRS. WHARTON

In 1903, Edith Wharton, who had spent summers at Newport since childhood, sold Land's End, the cottage that she had renovated and decor...

22.5.11

HABS AND ACCURACY: You Still Have to Be Able to Think for Yourself

Fast quiz: Which of these two houses is the Ruggles House at Columbia Falls, Maine? A. B. The answer of course, is that 'B' ...

20.5.11

SO A DILETTANTE WALKS INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE, AND THERE'S THIS ELEPHANT...

I used to think, even if not trendy or fashionable myself, that at least I had some bead about what was going on in those worlds. However, ...

15.5.11

MOVING HOUSES: A LA ROCHELLE POSTSCRIPT

M oving one's house has always been a popular pasttime in New England . Since the earliest days, buildings have been on the move, by la...

3.5.11

AND THE ANSWER IS....

Thanks to the intrepid Flo, yesterday's beautiful mystery house (click here ) is a mystery no longer. The handsome house was built i...

1.5.11

AN INTERESTING HOUSE, & QUESTIONS WHOSE ANSWERS I DO NOT KNOW

I have a particular fondness for the houses of Federal era New England---and if that house, as is increasingly rare, has survived in untouch...

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The Down East Dilettante: is an antiques dealer and part time writer in Down East Maine, a bit ADD, whose amateur enthusiasms dance around architecture, design, landscape, style, history, arts, and more. Occasionally amusing, more often amused. To email the Dilettante, click on the email link in my extended profile

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