Down East February 1988

February 1988

The table of contents from the February 1988 issue of Down East.

Features

Belfast’s White House Glows Anew

Ed and Lois Knoll came to Maine to savor small-town life. Then they took on the restoration of a grand Greek Revival mansion. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.

Gardening by Whim

Adventurous gardeners Jim and Chris McLarty cheerfully admit, “We’ll try anything” in their backyard garden. By Jane Lamb.

Building an Island Camp

Skills, determination, and a young son all help. By Joe Upton.

Art You Can Sit On

Growing numbers of skilled Maine artisans are producing exceptional furnishings for the home. Photographs by Benjamin Magro.

Rooms with a View

John and Elizabeth Gendron traded a staid suburban residence for an airy Kennebunkport house-by-the-sea. By Norah Deakin Davis.

In the Footsteps of Moses Eaton

Sheepscot stencilers Hope and Fred Angier are reviving a lost art. By E.M. Houdlette.

Converting a (Horseless) Carriage House in Bethel

An erstwhile garage gains a new lease on life as a condominium. By Carol Jeffrey.

‘I Never Dreamed I’d Live in This House’

Madeleine Barra and nineteen other retirees are grateful beneficiaries of a North Berwick restoration. By Dotty Austin.

Gimme Shelter!

A guru of the owner-builder movement explains why a house should satisfy more than the age-old need for shelter. By Rex Roberts.

Departments

Room With A View

I see nothing freakish in the satisfaction of freedom from pressure; I think a great many people feel as I do and see nothing captivating about an extra couple of hours added to a day which in all probability was already spun out as productively as it was supposed to have been. By Caskie Stinnett.

The Talk of Frankfort

In-Towners vs. Out-Backers

The Maine Viewpoint

Bob Haskell’s Legacy

Along the Waterfront

Sentimental Homecoming

Outdoor Maine

Winter Anglers Take to the Ice

Down East Bookshelf

A Century of Summers

Top of the Month

Stay Cool in Caribou

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.

I Remember

In a One-Horse Open Sleigh

Cover: The James Patterson White House in Belfast. By Brian Vanden Brink.