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The cottages on Auditorium Park, where camp meetings were held in Northport’s Bayside Village, are named for the hometowns of the church societies that built them.
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Welcome to Bayside, Maine’s Storybook Village

In Northport’s Bayside neighborhood, you’ll find charming gingerbread cottages with spiritual roots, friendly owners, and inventive patch jobs.
exterior of a renovated Sprucewold cabin
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They Found Their Dream Log Cabin in a Storied Rusticators’ Community

Purchasing this Boothbay Harbor camp leads a couple to put down deeper roots in Maine.
Cone flowers, ferns, hydrangeas, lavender, peonies, and yarrow encircle the cottage, which sports new cedar shingles, windows, and a reimagined porch.
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It Doesn’t Get Cuter Than This Cape Porpoise Cottage

A couple finds peace, and a decade-long project, on a tidal cove.
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You and She Could Write an Ag Romance

How a fixer-upper for would-be farmers sees Maine’s sizzling housing market.
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For These Artists, Every Wall in the House is a Potential Canvas

See how local creatives transform their own spaces.
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Looking to Immerse Yourself in Nature in a New Spot?

We give you an airy cabin, a “hobbit house,” and a geodesic dome.
Among the living-room treasures in decorator Sister Parish’s family home on Islesboro: trompe l’oeil pelmets hand-painted at her New York firm; an armchair with a swiveling book holder modeled after one Thomas Jefferson designed; a mantel tapestry salvaged from a church; and a barrel-back chair and matching lampshades in her company’s prints.
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Tour Sister Parish’s Islesboro Cape

The home of the iconic decorator lives on as a family retreat — and real-time design lab.
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In Friendship, a Gardener Cultivates Middle Earth Vibes

The sylvan surroundings brought out the sprite in Donna Roggenthein.
The Second Empire Treat/Peirce mansion on the corner of Route 1A and Loggin Road in Frankfort, Maine
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In Frankfort, This Second Empire Slows Traffic

A writer investigates a deteriorating landmark-turned-yard-sale-spectacle.
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Smell These Roses!

That’s what passersby stop to do when they encounter this enchanting sunken garden on Castine’s Main Street.
mushroom home decor
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The Mushroom Design Trend is Alive in Maine

Naturally appealing (and funkier than flowers), mushrooms are sprouting up everywhere.
Rich West’s 1904 bungalow on Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth
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A Cape Elizabeth Gardener’s Lavish Container Garden Slows Traffic

Rich West started planting his Cape Elizabeth container garden as soon as he moved into what, 27 years ago, was a fixer-upper.
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