For the last five years, painter Mercedes Foss has been riffing on her 1904 house’s quirky flourishes.
For 50 years the midcoast Maine preserve has been educating visitors on how its gardens grow — and much, much more.
On jeweler Aaron Ruff’s multifaceted home, a three-sided, glass-walled bump-out faces the Sasanoa River.
Sharon Eblacker and James Haibach have been rehabbing their 1760 place since 2018.
Molly Ahrens’s property dazzles with Monet-like dabs of color from more than 1,000 tulips.
In an era of sky-high housing and construction costs, it’s little wonder some Mainers are seeing the appeal of a tinier abode.
Her blooming backyard with a gabled cottage is straight out of a storybook.
Elsie Freeman’s rambling shore-front borders are filled with astilbes, coneflowers, heleniums, hydrangeas, and phlox.
Really — the owners of this perennial-and-sculpture garden welcome visitors.
Now, curving, crushed-stone paths connect a wisteria-draped pergola, an arched bridge, a pond, and a natural woodland.
Built around 1895, the Ocean House Hotel reopens this month with a splashy new interior.
And builds one very charming potting shed.