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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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This Schoolhouse Rocks!

A couple rebuilds a former academic building in Newcastle with salvaged finds.
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4 Fresh Ways to Decorate With Quilts

Yarmouth’s Dash Masland wants you to bring quilts out of the bedroom and into your décor.
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Flawed Pieces Get Star Treatment Here

Ripped canvases, worn pencils, and a table no one else wanted enliven antiques dealer Lexi Joyall’s Richmond living room.
Andrew DeGraff works at a mid-century drawing table in the Waldoboro home he shares with Michelle Provencal
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Their Formal Parlor is Now a Fun-Filled Studio

A couple’s artistic passions drive the design in their Waldoboro Greek Revival.
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For a Writer and Her Little Brood, a Sprawling Brunswick Home Is the Perfect Fit

And, no, she doesn't want to "take in a boarder."
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Even the Display Tables are For Sale in this Eclectic New Shop

Handmade linens mix with quirky vintage finds in one of the oldest buildings on the Portland peninsula.
the Archibald-Adams House in Cherryfield, Maine
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The History of Cherryfield Flows Through This Handsome Federal

Its 19th-century owner was a doer, if not "the most pious man in town."
Cumberland Crossing by OceanView
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Finding Refuge in Maine

Cumberland Crossing by OceanView offers a safe haven for these sustainability-minded retirees.
cupola-topped home with (non-operable) barn doors and a mudroom wing and porch designed by Freeport design-build contractor Heather Jackson
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An 18th-Century Barn Inspired This Freeport New Build

Inside: Rooms arrayed like stalls and space for scootering and four-square contests.
conjoined homes in Portland’s West End share a nearly identical outer shell
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These Conjoined Homes Have Polar-Opposite Personalities

One devoutly minimalist, the other jewel-box eclectic, they offer design inspiration for a range of tastes.
The study of Alna's Kingsford Manor
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Their Happy Place Is One of the Oldest Homes in Lincoln County

An Alna couple presides over 250 years of history on the Sheepscot River.
Marjanne Rademaker bought plain wreaths for the sunroom and other spots and dressed them up with her own ribbons
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This Homeowner Wanted a Place to “Make Magic”

And that’s what she found in the cozy Rockland cottage she decks out for the holidays.
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