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You Should Collect These Maine-Made Beauties (Even If You’re Not Storing Salted Meat)

Before refrigerators, artful, durable local stoneware was a kitchen staple.
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Portland’s 10 New Historic Landmarks

In Woodfords Corner and Munjoy Hill — but not without some controversy.
Scott Horty, founder, Camden Real Estate Company
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Ask the Maine Experts: How to Find the Right Real Estate Broker

If you’re thinking of buying or selling, it’s never been more important to have an expert on your side.
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Wood You Believe This Is the First Maine Lumberyard Dedicated to Local Products?

Peek inside Cape Elizabeth’s new “micro lumberyard.”
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Kels Haley’s New Pillow and Fabric Line is as Friendly as Its Creator

Portlander Kels Haley’s new pillow and fabric line is as friendly as its creator.
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A Couple Trades a Life at Sea For a Mid-Century Fixer Upper

On Cumberland Foreside, Stacey and Neil Collins nurture an eclectic home, a mid-century furniture business, and a menagerie.
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This 1900s Congressman Was As Flamboyant As His Rockland Queen Anne

Learn the backstory on Charles E. Littlefield's Limerock Street residence.
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The Great Maine Style Guide

Living here presents questions, practical and aesthetic. We’ve got answers, culled from a slew of trusted local pros.
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Ask the Maine Experts: How to Refinance Your Home

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Jen Sansosti and Steve White’s modified container home perches in a two-acre clearing overlooking a pond on a 63-acre Brooklin plot.
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Should You Live In a Shipping Container?

They're of a piece with Maine's maritime setting, but require some ingenuity to turn into homes.
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On Cumberland Foreside, a couple nurtures an eclectic home, a mid-century furniture business, and a menagerie.
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Architectural flourishes punch up a Rutherford Island carriage house whose character had been buried beneath Sheetrock.
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