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Arts & Leisure

Take a Spin Through the State’s Musical History at the Maine Historical Society

Its current exhibition, Music in Maine, hits all the high notes.
Katharine Watson outside her Portland Maine studio
Home + Garden

A Portland Printmaker’s Designs are Cropping Up Everywhere

The flower-packed motifs are destined to become perennial favorites.
Home + Garden

Meet Portland’s “Plant Healer”

Nurturing other people’s houseplants, Amalia Bussard thrives.
Home + Garden

Strategic Upgrades Transform a York Harbor Cape

Fresh paint and fabrics, and a dash of wallpaper made a world of difference.
Home + Garden

This Peaks Island Charmer Was Deemed a Teardown

A couple spent a year and a half meticulously rehabbing it instead.
Home + Garden

Studio Artisane Is Out to Demystify the Woodshop

Want to build your own coffee table or pendant light? Falmouth’s Sandrine Moser will show you how.
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Home + Garden

She Brings Flowers to the People

Coming to a bar or restaurant near you: locally sourced stems, ripe for the picking, in a Falmouth seller’s vintage Ford.
Home + Garden

Harness the Maine Outdoors in Chic Holiday Displays

Three local designers show how to get creative with seasonal greens.
Home + Garden

Let These Furniture Rehabbers Inspire Your Next Project

With elbow grease and inventive finishes, these DIYers turn drab, second-hand furnishings into showpieces.
Home + Garden

At a Brunswick Inn, a Designer and Her Husband Marry Streamlined and 19th-Century Styles

The 1819 structure was the home of Captain Daniel Stone and his daughter, Narcissa, an unheard-of-for-her-time entrepreneur and real-estate developer.
Home + Garden

4 Fresh Ways to Decorate With Quilts

Yarmouth’s Dash Masland wants you to bring quilts out of the bedroom and into your décor.
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From Cape to Cubist Ode

A moody, modernist abode for a Star Wars lover triumphs on a waterfront Portland lot.
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