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Sarah Stebbins
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Sarah Stebbins is Down East's deputy editor. A native of Cousins Island, in Yarmouth, she began her career at In Style and Martha Stewart Living magazines in New York. Her work has also appeared in Real Simple, Southern Living, This Old House, Women's Health, and other publications. She lives in Portland with her husband, two sons, and Mississippi mutt.
Home + Garden

Five Minutes with Colby’s Jacqueline Terrassa

The director of the Colby College Museum of Art on an acquisition that speaks truth to power, her laid-back gift-giving strategy, and the fancy china she uses every day.
Elaborate moldings distinguish the “west parlor” in the James Walker House in Lovell where Sean Litchfield and Zach Violette’s now live
Home + Garden

A Lovell Home With Lowcountry Vibes

With its wraparound porch and louvered shutters framing massive windows, the Greek Revival looks like it teleported from Charleston or Savannah.
pine paneling in a 1975 Yarmouth, Maine, home
Home + Garden

In Yarmouth, Brady Bunch-Era Pine Paneling Launched a Living-Room’s Funky Design

How a designer pulled off a modern look without removing or painting the home’s signature feature.
OneSixtyFive, an inn in Brunswick, Maine
Home + Garden

Wanted: Eloquent Innkeeper

A Brunswick inn owner’s call for essays in lieu of résumés revives a trend.
Blind Tiger Carleton, located in a 1869 Second Empire in Portland, Maine
Home + Garden

3 Stylish Maine Inns To Check Out This Summer

New owners are putting their stamp on Maine’s historic inns with bold patterns, inventive wall treatments, and spray-painted art.
a series of ipe-clad “pods” on Windsor’s Long Pond
Home + Garden

In Windsor, a Trio of Pods Promotes Personal Space

While the lack of indoor hangout space encourages everyone to get outside.
Gabriel Keith Sutton and Megan Rochelo relaxing with dachshund mix Emmet on a sectional Sutton made for the deck
Home + Garden

A Mid-Century Ranch in Biddeford Gets a Modern Makeover

A creative couple reimagines their 1965 place with sweat equity — and whimsical wallpaper.
Jim and Casha Kerney's off-grid compound in Harpswell
Home + Garden

With Hand Tools and Less Than $100,000, They Built Their Dream Cottage

A fish house and toolshed turned into guest quarters complete the off-grid Harpswell compound.
How to Win at Antiquing
Home + Garden

How to Win at Antiquing

The experts behind some of our go-to local shops share their tips on launching your own collection.
A home Somerville, Maine with a peaked souther gable inspired by an A-frame.
Home + Garden

A Somesville Retreat With Glam, Treehouse Vibes

And a sweeping, bird's-eye view.
Home + Garden

3 Stylish Maine Inns To Check Out This Summer

New owners are putting their stamp on Maine’s historic inns with bold patterns, inventive wall treatments, and spray-painted art.
Benjamin Moore’s Dark Teal in the living room, where a pair of oil paintings by Rev. Jon Hale hangs above a settee from a bygone Burnham auction house.
Home + Garden

A Searsport Home with a Spiritual and Artistic Past (and Present)

An art/religion scholar and a priest are deeply devoted to their former parsonage, built for Winslow Homer's uncle.
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