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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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the fenced garden area at the Willard Gallery in South Portland, Maine
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At a Photographer’s Backyard Gallery in SoPo, Art Blooms Indoors and Out

View works in a garden cottage and on the walls of her house and shed.
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Art By the Whole Family Enlivens This Italianate

In Thomaston, painter Greta Van Campen has settled on the same street where she was raised.
A sofa from a Massachusetts Crate & Barrel’s “scratch and dent” section and a jute rug anchor Lynn Krauss and Stephen Blatt’s Vinalhaven guesthouse, which also sports a tiny kitchen and a claw-foot tub.
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Thrifty Purchases, and Boatloads of White Paint, Transformed This Bungalow

An artist and an architect bring their spare, yet colorful, aesthetic to a Vinalhaven cottage designed with guests in mind.
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When It Was Time To Rebuild, They Went Smaller

We’re crushing on this 1,035-square-foot MDI camp with an outsize view.
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This Peaks Island Charmer Was Deemed a Teardown

A couple spent a year and a half meticulously rehabbing it instead.
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A Portland Carriage House Becomes a Chic Guest Suite

The thoughtful renovation created a snug getaway "that still feels like you're in the stable."
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At a Brunswick Inn, a Designer and Her Husband Marry Streamlined and 19th-Century Styles

The 1819 structure was the home of Captain Daniel Stone and his daughter, Narcissa, an unheard-of-for-her-time entrepreneur and real-estate developer.
Herb and perennial gardens flourish near the entrance to Edith and Joel Ellis’s 19th-century Turner home.
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Gardening Is Her Art Form

In Turner, a former nursery owner mixes unusual plants on a massive blooming "canvas."
Douglas-fir soffits work with the bold paint job to warm the metal exterior of Liz and Todd Howard's shipping container home
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In Northport, a Couple’s Purple Shipping-Container Compound Stops Traffic

Four boxes comprise the main home and three more house guests.
The cherry-red door on Carol Bass and Bob Newton’s Pownal home — equipped with a bronze-colored metal roof and granite patio — hints at the boisterous palette inside.
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Cabinets the Color of Construction Signs Enliven an Artist’s House

Following an unexpected return to Maine, a couple finds peace in an 800-square-foot kit house in Pownal.
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The Third Incarnation of This Prefab’s a Charm

Note the airy interior and broad windows that embrace Embden Pond.
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Animal Art (And a “Mustachioed” Cat) Enlivens Their Living Room

In their Brunswick home, Samaa Abdurraqib and Matt Fein cultivate art, inspiration, and a “zoo theme.”
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