Inside the Maine home of award-winning Broadway designer Drew Hodges and his partner Peter Kukielski, a former curator at the New York Botanical Garden.
Photo: Maura McEvoy
Step Inside a Broadway Designer’s Tranquil Retreat in Maine
Best known for branding iconic Broadway shows including Hamilton and Rent, Drew Hodges has sensitively reimagined the interiors of a 19th-century saltwater farm
Art lured Drew Hodges to the coast of Maine several decades ago, but a 19th-century saltwater farm, set on one of the coast’s storied peninsulas, is what anchored the trained artist and award-winning Broadway designer to the place.
Best known for his iconic branding of Broadway shows (Rent, Hamilton, Chicago), Hodges has sensitively reimagined the interior, and filled it with a collection of his favorite artists, many who are synonymous with Maine.
An exuberant European floor lamp sits in front of a trio of paintings of Monhegan Island, where Drew Hodges first experienced Maine. “There’s a bit of modernism here. I didn’t want it to be a salute to the 1800s,” he says of his residence, featured in Maine Houses II (Vendome Press). Photo: Maura McEvoy
Hodges’ fascination with the state emerged when he was a young artist. “While everyone around me was gushing over modern art, I was looking at the paintings of Rackstraw Downes,” he says, of the British-born artist who painted Maine landscapes in the mid-1960s.
It was another artist who inspired Hodges to take the plunge and purchase the picturesque retreat. “The house recalls Andrew Wyeth’s Weatherside, which, of course, made it hard for me to turn away,” says Hodges.
The home’s steep roof pitch adds a sense of airiness to the interiors. Photo: Maura McEvoy
A pair of Donald Judd prints that Hodges likes for their suggestion of horizon lines. Photo: Maura McEvoy
“The house recalls Andrew Wyeth’s Weatherside, which, of course, made it hard for me to turn away”
Drew Hodges
Hodges’ home is just one of several unique properties featured the pages of the recent tome The Maine House II (Vendome Press) by Maura McEvoy, Basha Burwell, and Kathleen Hackett.
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Hodges opened up the home's galley kitchen to make the Maine residence more conducive to entertaining. Photo: Maura McEvoy
The dining area’s upholstered chairs and rug feature matching mustard hues. Photo: Maura McEvoy
A pair of Donald Judd prints electrify an entertaining area in Drew Hodges' home in Maine. Photo: Maura McEvoy
Much of Hodges' collection installed throughout the home are works by Maine artists. Photo: Maura McEvoy
The renovated property was originally a rare saltwater farm that dates to 1826. Photo: Maura McEvoy
Water views from the dock house. Photo: Maura McEvoy
A shingled dock house at Drew Hodges’ waterfront home in Maine sits in perfect proportion to the land and sea. Photo: Maura McEvoy
“They’re like Monopoly pieces stuck together,” says Hodges of his classic big house, little house, back house, and barn featured in the book Maine Houses II (Vendome Press). Photo: Maura McEvoy
Hodges' goldendoodle Frances surveys the bucolic property along the Maine waterfront. Photo: Maura McEvoy
Cover: Inside the Maine home of award-winning Broadway designer Drew Hodges and his partner Peter Kukielski, a former curator at the New York Botanical Garden.
Photo: Maura McEvoy
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