{"id":12921,"date":"2017-05-15T13:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=12921"},"modified":"2017-05-15T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:49:40","slug":"oarweed-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/oarweed-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Oarweed Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 2017 | View story as PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

The cottage of daydreams in Ogunquit.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n

\"20160625-IMG_6674\"Darling, we\u2019ve made it. We\u2019re looking out the windows of the most perfect tiny cottage on Perkins Cove.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just the windows. A wraparound deck and garden terraces showcase the picture-perfect fishing fleet. The iconic white drawbridge is framed in the center of your view from lofty 11 Oarweed Lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an older home originally,\u201d listing agent Chris Erikson says. \u201cThe property was redone completely in 2011 by Jerry D\u2019Hart of Coastal Construction. The owner is a professional interior designer. She wanted to keep a Maine cottage feel.\u201d He walks to the large bay window, the boats floating behind him. \u201cThis used to be a deck. Then it was closed in,\u201d with a further deck beyond it.<\/p>\n

This cottage \u201cwas built around 1905,\u201d says seller Andrea Giles. The first owner was \u201ca fisherman, so the house even had a floor [with a hatch] that opened up to pass the fish through [from the cove below].\u201d<\/p>\n

An interior decorator, Giles has livened things up with her collection of local art. Among the canvases: \u201cGeorge Carpenter, Michael Palmer, Brad Kenney (artistic director at Ogunquit Playhouse), and Claire Bigbee.\u201d The effect of the paintings is striking against the soft blues and greens of her contemporary seaside palette.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis house graced the cover of Coastal Home,\u201d Erikson says. He walks to the imposing stone fireplace, where other art colony painters may have warmed themselves as owners or tenants circa 1920-1950. \u201cThis is original. It\u2019s wood-burning.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a \u201cfirst-floor bedroom, with two bedrooms and a bath upstairs.\u201d On the lowest level there\u2019s a fourth room, presently being used as an office with bath. The wraparound deck on the top level makes you feel as though you\u2019re on a ship. The kitchen is new, but still just a footnote to the memorable view. Besides, why cook when you\u2019re steps from waterfront restaurants including M.C. Perkins, Barnacle Billy\u2019s [see our review, page 77], Jackie\u2019s Too, Oarweed Oceanside, Cove Caf\u00e9, and Foot Bridge Lobster.<\/p>\n

If you love Maine, this may be the center of the world. It\u2019s where the gulls are. None of which answers the question, what the heck is an oarweed?<\/p>\n

An oarweed is a living variant of a ribbonlike brown kelp long and thick enough to stop a dory. Think laminaria digitata, magic and mermaids.<\/p>\n

The house is cooled by a scenic waterfall so close you can hear the white noise as snow runoff pounds into the cove. Price tag is $1.99M. Taxes (2015) are $7,191. View: priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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