Brian Shuff

2 weeks ago | decormaine.com | Brian Shuff |Miranda Valentine

At a Long Lake, Maine family camp renovation, the project was about honoring the original architecture but bringing in a contemporary sensibility ArchitectureStephen Blatt Architects|ConstructionHubka Construction|Interior DesignHand + Eye Design|CabinetryCrown Point Cabinetry|FlooringMorningstar Stone & Tile|TileOld Port Specialty Tile Co. At a Long Lake, Maine family camp renovation, the project was about honoring the original architecture but bringing in a contemporary sensibility You are...

Aug 23, 2024 | decormaine.com | Brian Shuff |Miranda Valentine

Tucked away as it is, a peninsula on the backstretch of Acadia National Park, embraced by tranquil Somes Sound, no one could deny that Northeast Harbor is a summer haven. But Erika Wibby Mitchell, Associate Broker at Swan Agency and a year-round Northeast resident for decades, makes even the long, cold island winters sound downright enviable. “I’ve been here full-time since right after college,” she says, “but for a whole year before I moved, I visited every weekend, just to be sure.

Aug 20, 2024 | decormaine.com | Brian Shuff |Miranda Valentine

Built in 1890, the Abba Burnham Estate (Burnham is the “B” in B&M Baked Beans) hadn’t seen significant interior renovations for nearly 20 years when designer Leandra Fremont-Smith came to the project. To complicate her charge, the space was not being renovated in whole, but rather in phases, so a significant part of the design involved getting the updated parts of the home to play nice with the as-yet untouched parts of the home.

Jun 18, 2024 | decormaine.com | Brian Shuff |Miranda Valentine

There’s no denying it: Summer brings with it an undue pressure to spend time outdoors, to savor the days that dazzle in such stark relief with our punishing winters, and to participate, whenever possible, in activities that always seem to involve apparatus or equipment that must be hauled, or pedaled, or rowed, or pitched. But what of the more indoor-inclined on these brilliant summer days? Those who prefer a book, or a film, or a scratchy album to an alpine start?

Mar 5, 2024 | decormaine.com | Brian Shuff |Miranda Valentine

“We get a lot of demand to play within the context of coastal Maine and New England architecture,” says Riley Pratt, design partner at Belfast-based OPAL Architecture. “Our goal is a practice that incorporates elements of those traditional regional architectures while continuing to look forward, advancing the types of designs people associate with Maine.”Built along a small ridgeline on the banks of the Bagaduce River, this magnificent single-story home vouches for that agenda.