The coast of Maine is a magical place with rocky shorelines edged in evergreens. Sailboats and kayaks maneuver through the waters and the air is heavy with the sweet smell of sea grass and salt. The welcome signs to the state say it all: “Maine, the way life should be.”
Wanting to relocate so that she could be closer to one of her children, when the owner of this property first saw the house in 2006, she was hesitant about moving in. Built in 1966, the grounds were overgrown and the house was in disrepair and “practically uninhabitable, both structurally and aesthetically,” says Anne Genter of Friday & Genter Interior Design in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, with whom the owner has worked for twenty years. With Genter’s moral and professional support, the owner tackled the project, the third and most challenging house on which the duo has worked.
