Leave the bustle, vibration and electric atmosphere of the city of Boston and travel 60 miles north to the coastal village of Kittery Point, Maine, for a mind altering experience. Turn off the highway and emerge into the entirely unexpected, relaxed, picture postcard scene you've been seeking. Capture the essence of New England with its paradoxical quality of energetic restraint that characterizes the beautiful. Put its impact down to freshness. What we're here to admire is architectural simplicity, grace, light, air and expanses of water and sky.

Pass onto Cutts Island, crossing cultures and time zones, and there, private as a personal secret, set among the meadows, and adjacent to a sandy beach, is the kind of place where children and pets run in a joyful release to freedom. There are two residences. The unsophisticated 5+ bedroom "Homestead", with porte cochere, and an awesome view, is a spare, pared down interpretation of Maine Coast Shingle Style. Confident in its low-key luxe, it has, nonetheless, had some upgrades that include new baths, and a kitchen with a sunken solarium dining area. "The Dairy", made of stones harvested from the fields, has been converted into an intriquing 3-bedroom guest house with recreational ell overlooking the landscaped stone patio and the beach - read: a retreat set up for the creative professional from which to write that novel or design that duplex.

This property is organically connected to its decadent setting, yet would perfectly reflect society's current obsession with stealth wealth - seeking out those oh-so-anonymous places that speak volumes about the owners. The best part is, its all healthy and virtually fat free.