Lessons I’ve learned from artists’ homes

I want to live a little more like them in 2025.

I’ve interviewed hundreds of homeowners and designers since I spoke with artist couple Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby about their über-remote Maine home five years ago, but I’ve never stopped thinking about their life on Wheaton Island. They wake up with the sunrise and go to sleep when it sets. They let the windswept grass around their house grow long and w…