Historic home in vibrant coastal town is a contemporary beauty!

Hi! We are your hosts, Diane and Al. While you are enjoying our home, we will be cruising the Maine coast and living on our old 36 foot trawler, something that we do each summer. We had long careers as psychologists and always lived in land-locked areas. When we found retirement bliss in coastal Maine, we had no idea we would become captivated by the idea of spending time ON the water, not just looking at it. Encouraged by friends, who’ve done the same, we decided to open our home to Belfast visitors during summer months. We hope you’ll find it as inviting and comfortable as we do when we’re not on the high seas.

Choosing to live in old intriguing houses every time we moved, Al and I also developed an interest in rehabbing old houses, and the Michael S. Chapman house is the fourth one that we have transformed. Because Al always takes down at least one interior wall, see if you can guess where he chose to exercise this option in this house! You will see some of Al’s ceramics throughout the house which has been a major outside interest of his, and hopefully flowers will be blooming during your stay which reflect my efforts to increase the beauty outside.

We expect to be available if something arises for which you need our attention, but in case we are out cruising, we will make sure that you have emergency contacts as well. Please enjoy the many places in our house that we have created for different needs and moods!