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Sara Anne Donelly is a Down East contributing editor.
exterior of kennebunkport dome home
Home + Garden

A New Owner Is Bowled Over By His Kennebunkport Domed Home

Built in 2003 by sculptor Daphne Pulsifer, it's an inhabitable "piece of art."
the Eliot modular accessory dwelling unit (ADU) produced by BrightBuilt Home for Glenn Close's episode of Celebrity IOU
Home + Garden

A Mini Eliot Dwelling Debuts on HGTV with Actress Glenn Close

The Emmy Winner surprised a friend with a backyard ADU designed by BrightBuilt Home.
1980s log cabin living room after Hannah Oravec's renovation
Home + Garden

With a Sander and Gallons of Wood Stain, a Couple Transformed Their 1980s Brunswick Log Cabin

The 16-foot-tall living-room ceiling required four passes with an orbital sander on turbo mode.
In Tiffany and Louis Mizzell’s Kennebunk library, a damask-patterned daybed from One Kings Lane and a Henry Isaacs seascape blend with walls and woodwork in Benjamin Moore’s Labrador Blue. Color-coded children’s books enliven the palette.
Home + Garden

Blue Is a Neutral in This Rainbow-Colored Federal

In Kennebunk, Tiffany Mizzell dreamed up a thrilling take on a coastal palette.
Mackenzie Maher-Coville sitting in her remodeled Portland second empire living room
Home + Garden

A Portland Second Empire Gets a Glow Up

A couple who loves to host trades tight Boston quarters for a 1900 place in the Forest City, but its jigsaw of dark rooms and small backyard needed reworking before party time.
the “Moroccan Room” in Heather Jackson and Colin Lindley’s Freeport new build
Home + Garden

A Home Designed With Fun and Family in Mind

In Freeport, a builder’s castle-inspired place accommodates bold colors, eclectic décor — and indoor scootering.
Britt and Anthony, pictured with their kids, Charlie, 12, and Hadley, 10 outside their Bar Harbor home
Home + Garden

A New Build for a Family with Old Ties to MDI

Immediate and extended family helped with this Bar Harbor build, and the whole extended clan cheered them on.
Fortland glamping site #16 at House Island’s Fort Scammel
Home + Garden

A New Portland Glamping Spot Mixes Style with 19th-Century Military History

Just a 10-minute ride from South Portland, Fortland feels worlds away.
Bedroom in Goose Rocks Lighthouse
Home + Garden

She Calls This Lighthouse Home

Off North Haven, a painstakingly restored, sumptuously furnished, 19th-century lighthouse is a beacon of pride for its owner.
cabin on Duck Ledges Island, in Addison, Maine
Home + Garden

Her Own Private Island

Charlotte Gale claimed this windswept speck of rock, in Addison, after passing the previous owner’s test.
Stephanie and Bobby Masland’s 1819 dairy- barn-turned-home was moved from Minot to Harrison in 1999 and rebuilt with most of its original materials.
Home + Garden

They Live in a Barn!

A family trades the suburbs for a quirky 19th-century agricultural building and hobby farm in Harrison.
In her revamped Dover-Foxcroft barn, Brenda Schultz layered an oil painting from Brunswick’s Cabot Mill Antiques on a stenciled wall and toile and velvet pillows on a sleigh daybed.
Home + Garden

Renovating Dover-Foxcroft: One Woman’s Quest

Brenda Schultz is on a mission to refurbish her hometown, one barn and canoe shop at a time.
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