Name: The Maine House II
Brand: Maura McEvoy, Basha Burwell, and Kathleen Hackett
SKU: 9780865654426
Price: 60.0 USD
Availability: InStock

The Maine House II

By Kathleen Hackett

Photography by Maura McEvoy

Basha Burwell

$60.00

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Spend any amount of time in Maine – a weekend, a summer, a lifetime – and its impression lasts forever

When The Maine House was initially published, the reception was astonishing. Over multiple printings and across the world, the book sounded a rallying cry, summed up perfectly in one of dozens of reviews, that it “crafts a plea to preserve a living history belonging to individual, family, and state; a visual call to recognize these homey structures and others like them as ‘extraordinary gifts.’” The Maine House II moves beyond the authors’ cri de coeur; they’re on a mission. Through 25 homes—inshore, inland, and on islands— McEvoy, Burwell, and Hackett highlight the beauty and importance of preservation, restoration, thoughtful renovation, and low-impact living in the place they love the most.

From visionaries who saw home in a decommissioned lighthouse, a former hotel, and a boat shed to families resolutely leaving generational homes largely untouched (some continuing to live off the grid) and still others honoring vernacular architecture by living with it in surprising ways, The Maine House II captures the myriad ways one can live in this singular place—in the present—while preserving the past and ensuring its future.

296 pages
9 1/4 x 12 in. (235 x 305 mm.),
portrait
250 color illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-86565-442-6
Hardcover
US $60 / CAN $75 / GBP £50
Publication Date: May 2024

Photographer Maura McEvoy has spent every summer of her life on the Maine coast. Her work has appeared in House Beautiful, Town & Country, Condé Nast Traveler, Outside, and Martha Stewart Living.

Born and raised in Maine, Basha Burwell is a stylist and art director for national retailers and clients such as L.L. Bean, Garnet Hill, and Pendleton.

Writer Kathleen Hackett spends her summers in Maine. Her most recent book is Brooklyn Interiors; she contributes to Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, T Magazine, House Beautiful, Veranda, Martha Stewart Living, and Southern Living.

There’s just something about a Maine House that evokes everything we love about summer. Photographer Maura McEvoy treats us to a tour of 25 dreamy homes (from a post-and-beam barn to this coastal compound) in the new book, The Maine House II.

— Country Living

A new book honors Maine’s historic architecture—humble, saltwater-weathered, and quintessentially ‘Maine’.

— Vogue Online

30 houses across the Maine landscape, on islands, on the coast, and inland, that epitomize the vernacular architecture of the state. . . . The photographs are expansive and evocative. . . . these spaces speak to a way of life, a statewide aesthetic, and a time-loved sense of being.

—Library Journal

Rich in photos and feeling, The Maine House II shows how the buildings we inhabit can be a beautiful expression of where we live

—Yankee Magazine

The authors, whose previous book “The Maine House” was a plea to love and preserve their state’s architecture, here turn to action, chronicling the historic preservation and renewal of 30 such houses, from farm to seashore.

— The Boston Globe‘s holiday gift roundup

The 30 rustic cottages in this book are teeming with character and quirkiness. . . . Passed down over time yet remarkably unchanged, the preservation of these family retreats is poetic in scope.

— House & Home