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Lately I’ve been poring over Coaster’s Chance, a 1760s captain’s cottage on the coast of Maine, north of Acadia. The house is the newest project of Rhode Island-based Moore House Design—and their first Downeast. Available to rent, the interiors have been redone in moody hues befitting the palette of pine, rocks, and seaweed outside the front door.

Join us for a look around:

Photography by Erin McGinn, courtesy of Moore House Design.

the cottage, called coaster’s chance, sits on the end of a private 9 — Above: The cottage, called Coaster’s Chance, sits on the end of a private road on Cutler Harbor and has been in the Moore family for 30 years.

the newly redone kitchen has original beams and a wood stove. the moore house t 10 — Above: The newly redone kitchen has original beams and a wood stove. The Moore House team sanded back the wide-plank wood floors and redid the walls in plaster.

an antique “boulangerie” table serves as both island a 11 — Above: An antique “boulangerie” table serves as both island and gathering space.

the cabinets are painted in a muted hue, sherwin williams’ bosc pea 12 — Above: The cabinets are painted in a muted hue, Sherwin Williams’ Bosc Pear.

two maine classics: painted wood floors and a braided rug. the rug was existing 13 — Above: Two Maine classics: painted wood floors and a braided rug. The rug was existing in the house; after looking for ways to tone down the color, the Moore House team settled on “DIY trash can-over-dying” to get a more muted look.

the dining room has 200 year old horsehair and plaster walls. 14 — Above: The dining room has 200-year-old horsehair and plaster walls.

some of the old wallpaper is exposed in the living room. “it was a 15 — Above: Some of the old wallpaper is exposed in the living room. “It was a slightly bigger project than we had originally thought, because much of the wallpaper was still VERY securely pasted to the plaster,” Moore House Design writes on their blog.

“Our team went at it with razor blades, putty knives, and sandpaper to expose as much of that original plaster as possible. As we were working, we started to fall in love with the map-like look of the two materials and ran with it—adding a bit of coffee-colored paint slurry over the top to soften the contrast.”