Constructed for a great-grandson of the Gamble Householders, this Maine residence brings Greene & Greene craftsmanship to the coast.
Dominic Paul Mercadante Structure has designed this dreamy Craftsman fashion residence in Camden, Maine, nestled on a mountainside overlooking the harbor. Generally known as Overlook, the home has a private connection to one among America’s most well-known properties. The home-owner’s great-grandparents, David and Mary Gamble, employed architects Charles and Henry Greene to design the Gamble Home in Pasadena, California, inbuilt 1908. As a boy, he spent Sundays, birthdays, and Christmas there, and a long time later he requested Mercadante to assist him construct an East Coast model.
The problem was translating the fashion of Greene & Greene from the dry local weather of Southern California to the extra different local weather of mid-coast Maine. The roof is steeper to shed snow, the rafter tails are shorter to let in additional daylight, and the interiors use lighter woods than the Greenes’ famously darkish rooms. As an alternative of redwood, the outside is clad in purple cedar shingles stained lichen inexperienced to match the Gamble Home. The group constructed a 2,000-square-foot visitor home first, beginning in 2008, so they might take a look at the joinery particulars and the price. The 6,000-square-foot essential home adopted and took 26 months to finish. Proceed beneath to see the remainder of this superb residence…
Lichen Inexperienced Shingles and Cedar Shake Roofs
Panorama architect Stephen Mohr designed the gardens and ponds. Right here, a granite slab crosses a stream stuffed with koi.
Above: The storage sits on the east finish of the home, with {custom} wooden doorways.
Rounded rafter tails, copper gutters, catch basins, and downspouts.
South Garden and Gardens Dealing with the Ocean
The again of the home faces the ocean, with a terrace and a lined porch above. Broad granite steps lead right down to the south garden.
Above: Daylilies and different perennials fill the gardens beneath the south facade.
A better take a look at the porch, with the {custom} pool fence within the foreground.
Above: Element of the post-and-beam connections on the south porch. Because the home-owner places it, in Greene & Greene joinery, surfaces are rounded and polished, and joints are pillowed and uncovered.
This out of doors dwelling space has wicker armchairs with orange cushions, and purple begonias on high of the stone fireplace. The out of doors kitchen is simply behind the stone wall.
Infinity-Edge Pool Overlooking Penobscot Bay
From the southwest nook, you’ll be able to see the third pond just under the pool. The visitor home sits off within the distance to the left.
Above: Fieldstone partitions encompass the infinity-edge pool, with views of Penobscot Bay by means of the white pines.
The pool gate has a stepped high, a form repeated within the home windows, doorways, and railings.
Above: The west finish of the house appears to be like over the second of three ponds created on website, related by small streams and waterfalls. The out of doors bathe is behind the wooden display screen partitions.
After a swim, you’ll be able to rinse off on this out of doors bathe, which has its personal altering space.
Stained Glass Entrance Door
Glass artist John Hamm of Whittier, California, based mostly the entrance door on the well-known Gamble Home doorways, utilizing a pine tree, clouds, and the ocean to offer it a Maine really feel. Charles Greene collected tsuba, the guards on Japanese swords, and their form impressed the custom-designed escutcheons on each door in the home.
Entry Corridor Lined in Douglas Fir
The entrance corridor is modeled after the one within the Culbertson Home, one other Greene & Greene residence in Pasadena. Mercadante designed the staircase with a cloudlift motif, the identical stepped curve discovered on the home windows.
Above: The doorways, home windows, and trim are all vertical grain Douglas fir. Straight forward is the eating room.
Eating Room with a Fieldstone Fire
Below a vaulted wooden ceiling, the mahogany eating desk was formed like a tsuba. The hearth is constructed from Maine fieldstone, and a lighted china cupboard sits within the nook.
Dwelling Room with a Tiled Fire
The lounge has a beamed ceiling, a protracted window seat piled with pillows, and a carved panel of pine bushes above the tiled fire. A tree stump espresso desk with a glass high sits between the sofas.
Paint Shade Tip
Questioning concerning the creamy wall shade? In response to a reader’s query on-line, Dominic Mercadante mentioned it’s a Benjamin Moore shade, however the precise identify didn’t flip up in his information. He recalled taking a look at Devon Cream (OC-102), Vintage Lace (OC-104), and Calming Cream (OC-105) earlier than going with one thing totally different, so these three are a very good place to start out.
Take into account that vertical grain Douglas fir appears to be like and feels very totally different from pine subsequent to a painted wall. His recommendation: by no means select a paint shade from {a photograph}. Paint massive samples, about 24 inches sq., on a few partitions within the room, since your eye judges shade based mostly on the colours round it.
Kitchen with Figured Maple Cupboards
The kitchen cupboards are maple, a mix of figured chook’s-eye and tiger maple with some quarter sawn, completed with water-based urethane. The counter tops are Silver Cream granite from Africa.
Above: Maple panels conceal the fridge, and a cookbook shelf is constructed into the island finish.
Breakfast Nook with Harbor Views
A spherical glass desk sits beneath a hipped wooden ceiling within the breakfast nook, with home windows framing harbor views.
What We Love About This Residence
This Craftsman residence has gorgeous handcrafted particulars all through. We’re loving the stained glass, the uncovered joinery, and the way in which the ponds and gardens encompass the entire property. Our favourite spot must be the higher porch off the proprietor’s bed room… we will think about lounging within the rocking chair and watching the sailboats come into Camden Harbor with a cup of espresso in hand!
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Sunroom with a Vaulted Fir Ceiling
Home windows on three sides of the sunroom look out to the gardens and the bay. Wicker furnishings sits on a inexperienced and white rug over a Norumbega flagstone flooring.
Residence Workplace and Music Room
The owners needed an workplace and personal retreat subsequent to the proprietor’s bed room. A grand piano sits on an vintage Persian carpet from their very own assortment.
Above: A gasoline fire is ready into the nook, with bookshelves and storage cupboards alongside the wall.
Proprietor’s Bed room with a Copper-Hooded Fire
Pocket doorways with wisteria panels by John Hamm separate the workplace from the proprietor’s bed room. Past them is a cushioned window seat with drawers beneath.
The bed room fire has a {custom} glass tile encompass and fireplace with a copper hood. Within the higher proper, even the return air grille is {custom} made in bronze.
Above: Wisteria vines twist up each side of the encompass, beneath a riveted copper hood.
Here’s a nearer take a look at the joinery on the proprietor’s bed room fire mantel.
Above: The proprietor’s bed room opens to the south porch, with a woven rocking chair and binoculars on a tripod searching to the bay.
Dressing Room and Proprietor’s Lavatory
A view of the built-in fir dresser within the proprietor’s dressing room.
Above: The proprietor’s lavatory vainness is topped with Jurassic Inexperienced granite from Brazil, with a hand-painted coastal mural on the wall.
Household Room and Residence Cinema
The household room and lounge sits simply off the cinema, with a coral couch, a yellow plaid armchair, and a forged iron range.
Above: Contained in the cinema, painted cranes fly throughout the ceiling above two rows of leather-based recliners. Take a look at extra of our favourite residence theater concepts.
The Residence at Night time
Here’s a nearer take a look at the primary entry at night time, with the stained glass entrance door set between two fieldstone piers. The porch chandelier, the door and its stained glass sidelights, and the bronze door {hardware} have been all {custom} made.
Above: A night view of the west finish throughout the bottom pond.
