{"id":15776,"date":"2019-02-22T10:27:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=15776"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:48:06","slug":"stonescape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/stonescape\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonescape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" data-configid=\"37604829\/68737920\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15850\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15850\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Stonescape.jpg\" alt=\"Design: Elliott Elliott Norelius Architecture\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Stonescape.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Stonescape-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Stonescape-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design: Elliott Elliott Norelius Architecture<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">\u201cO<\/span><span class=\"s2\">ne can do worse than be a sweeper of sea stairs.\u201d<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> It\u2019s hardly work when Margaret Smith takes visitors to see 48 Wild Bay Lane on Deer Isle, built in 2010. [See our front cover.] Giants must have arranged the enormous granite stones just-so to seduce visitors in a descent to the sea. <\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>GENIUS LOCI<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Materially and sensually, the entire inspiration behind this $4.995M estate seems to grow from Stonescape\u2019s staggering resource of natural Deer Isle granite. \u201cThe lower part of the house [designed by Elliott and Elliot] is clad in Deer Island granite,\u201d Smith says. Also providing wow factor is \u201clandscape architecture by Bruce John Riddell.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">In a retreat with storybook beauty, you\u2019ve got to have a library. This one\u2019s detailed with outstanding craftsmanship. \u201cThe dining room has striking views of islands and endless ocean waves. The outside patio has a custom stone pizza oven, as well as an in-ground stone jacuzzi, all overlooking Penobscot Bay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The main house has \u201cthree bedrooms, three full baths, and two powder rooms. The interior is finished with extensive wainscoting and custom molding in fir.\u201d Standout features: \u201ca custom-built stone fireplace, an elevator, built-ins, and audio and lighting systems.\u201d The guest house boasts its own fireplace and two more bedrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">The \u2018someone\u2019 who falls in love with and buys this house \u201cwill be standing on the veranda, watching the sunset across the Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some dreams are move-in ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[892,232,224],"tags":[316,318,317],"class_list":["post-15776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","category-shelter-design","category-talking-walls","tag-februarymarch-2019","tag-maine-dream-homes","tag-shelter-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15776"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18939,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776\/revisions\/18939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}