A 100 year old cottage perched on Chatham's pristine New England coastline, provides a pared down seaside experience rarely attainable in today's world. Like a crooked and weathered storyteller, it mesmerizes all who visit. Unencumbered by central cooling or heating and living as close to the natural world as possible, one can focus on the breeze, the water and listen to the summer rain on the roof. A compliment to life in Manhattan, the cottage provides the Architect with ongoing design inspiration to design essential living and work environments.