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From architectural marvels to cozy, character-filled camps and cottages, captivating stories about Maine homes, gardens, architecture, and design.

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Lake August’s Nasturtium print wallpaper and custom paint coordinate in the dining room, furnished with an oak table and chairs from Article
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Pink Is This Homeowner’s “Happiest Color”

Juxtaposed with soft green, it packs a complementary punch in this Yarmouth farmhouse.
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.
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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.
a brick powerhouse from a hydro-electric dam located on the banks of the Sandy River in Norridgewock
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Home is an . . . Old Powerhouse?

A hydroelectric hub turned residence is among the surprising standouts in Maine Preservation’s annual Honor Awards.
Carrabassett Valley’s Johanna Fowler painted her vintage Maine Central Railroad caboose Benjamin Moore’s Heritage Red as a classic alternative to the car’s original yellow.
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Home Sweet . . . Caboose?

For an itinerant Sugarloafer, a vintage train car in need of TLC was the ticket to putting down roots.
yellow cabinet kitchen
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5 Maine Kitchens We Love

The choices these homeowners made amount to a heaping plate of inspiration.
the 1893 Sorrento Public Library designed by William H. Dabney Jr.
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In 19th-Century Sorrento, This Was Party Central

This being . . . the public library?
a series of ipe-clad “pods” on Windsor’s Long Pond
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In Windsor, a Trio of Pods Promotes Personal Space

While the lack of indoor hangout space encourages everyone to get outside.
Writer Eliot Daley stands in front of the Waldoboro farmhouse his family acquired decades after it was sold by his son-in-law’s grandparents.
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A Writer and His Family Reclaim a Waldoboro Property, 70 Years After It Slipped Out of Their Hands

The story has a few loops and tangles — and four generations of men named Kenneth.
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4 Fresh Ways to Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal

Level up your home and landscape with inventive features crafted by local pros.
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Charming Checked Finds For Your Home

Rendered in fresh shades and minimalist motifs, grids, ginghams, and plaids give any décor an edge.
unupholstered and upholstered chairs and pillows at Home Remedies in Portland Maine
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Lifting the Curtain on Custom Design

At Portland’s Home Remedies, drapery and upholstery projects start with real talk in the workroom.
Mackenzie Maher-Coville sitting in her remodeled Portland second empire living room
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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.
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