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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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Farrow & Ball’s Brassica — a lavender purple — on the living room walls of designer Marianne Lesko's 1857 Portland Maine home
Home + Garden

A Portland Designer’s Living Room Will Make You Rethink an Overlooked Wall Color

Marianne Lesko had been trying to persuade clients to use the non-traditional shade for years.
the “Moroccan Room” in Heather Jackson and Colin Lindley’s Freeport new build
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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.
Mechanics' Hall, Portland, Maine
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Union Soldiers, and Velocipede Riders, Once Gathered Here

A by-the-numbers look at Portland’s Mechanics’ Hall, newly minted as a “nationally significant landmark building.”
a light lime green 1920s velvet recliner adds a pop of color to the living room
Home + Garden

The Mid-Century Home of Bangor Academics Is a Lesson in Thrifty Decorating

They tackled one room at a time, often with a budget of just $200–$400.
visual artist Jana Benitez
Home + Garden

Five Minutes With Jana Benitez

Visual artist Jana Benitez on reclaiming a male-centric genre, the stress-relief kits she keeps around the house, and more.
BioHome3D developed by the University of Maine
Home + Garden

Is UMaine’s Experimental 3D-Printed Dwelling the Future of Affordable Housing?

BioHome3D is the result of a two-and-a-half-year effort to create a technology for building homes faster, more efficiently, and less expensively than conventional construction.
Josiane Mutangana
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Five Minutes With Josiane Mutangana

The South Portland seamstress on making home décor that bridges cultures, the symbolism in Rwandan art, and mixing African stories with her daughter’s Paw Patrol books.
cookspace with snowy shiplap walls, cabinetry, and a quartz countertop juxtaposed with maple butcher-block countertops, a pine window seat, and a salvaged barn-wood table
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A Fryeburg Kitchen Rises From the Ashes

After a tragedy, a benevolent designer helps a family build anew.
Christina Salway incorporated salvaged cabinets with Douglas-fir fronts, an antique walnut pantry cabinet, and vintage-inspired appliances in the kitchen
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How a Cape Rosier Barn Became a Soaring Kitchen with a Four-Star View

Weathered beams and a hatchet-marked pine floor are among its charms.
Penny and Art Myles
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No More ’90s Finishes for This Kittery Point Home

Here's how the owners implemented an airy, streamlined look with staying power.
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.
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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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