Rustic at Heart
A Harrington summerhouse is an anchor for a pair of academics.
By Tom Groening, Photography by Brian Vanden Brink
At the bottom of a peninsula, as a dirt road winds to its end, a house is perched on a granite bluff overlooking the shallow and protected bays off the rocky western Washington County coast. A rangy remnant of a late Victorian summer colony, the house would not likely be mistaken for a bungalow or cottage. Nor is it the sort of house with floors calling out for waxing, fine furniture demanding an appointment with a dust rag, or walls reminding you it's time for fresh paint.Instead, the Harrington summer home of Andrew and Donna Sorensen is a cozy, unpolished retreat whose setting, as well as its construction and décor, sets the pace of life within it.
