The Maine Coast

house when I saw it was no more than three~quarters finished. As ; might be expected, there are some " would-be builders who should have 'stood in bed. How could you tell, in advance, before it was too late?

OUR SUITABILITY would depend, so it ."seellls to me, on your I ...",~,;,,:,~':~~';~;~;;yr:~~~~ for irichQosing to do your own work. At Shelter Institute the advantages are represented to be chiefly moral. Therefore, when it comes to doingit-yourself, they would have you a~~~ItJP~,themaximum, and·,not just .'tiH(,)~s~:.,l)u;ilding either. 'Pat Hen- .' nin, co-founder and co-director, can be heard to declare that at least once in :';lif~ you" should experience the illumination that descends. when yoti<t~ke your car complet(~lyapart. Though this suggestion brings to mind a contrary piece of advice - if it ain't broke don't fix it - Hennin nevertheless finds an attentive hear-

eye or " nd no skill'in their hands no'inatter how earnest their ,. ,,;;. ..

devotion to;"theideal of Craft may be. One told me of his unnerving discovery that \e really disliked doingit-himself because he was just no good with tdpls. His only recourse was to hire c<intractors for the work he could not\do, which of course rendered his o'tiginal budget meaningless. Already in debt, he had to borrow an extra $8,000, and xethis