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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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Five Minutes with Sarah Storms

The co-founder of creative content firm SGBMade on pattern mixing, the power of a great table runner, and her Babar-inspired living room
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Their Blue Heaven

An Icelandic glacier was the springboard for a couple’s serene new build in Falmouth
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Sound Plan

A patchy landscape is made worthy of its perch on MDI’s famous fjard.
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Shared Vision

Chanel Lewis and Patrick Jones create a home that reflects who they are together.
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Found Art

Brighten your home (while practicing safe social distancing) with a playful arrangement of backyard blooms.
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Growth Mindset

Landscape designer Ted Carter shares his recipe for creating a dream yard. Hint: the most important ingredient is you.
Inn on Winter's Hill, Kin
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A Kingfield Mansion Designed by Famous Inventors

Kingfield’s enterprising Stanley twins designed one of the mountain town’s most beautiful homes.
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Living Large in a Small Space

Louise Hurlbutt, of Hurlbutt Designs, tells how to make the most of tight quarters.
a Second Empire tiny home in Round Pond, Maine
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The Little House That Could

Once deemed a teardown, this wee Second Empire is now a Round Pond celebrity.
Artist Bo Bartlett rows his skiff, the Conrad K, in Matinicus Harbor toward Wheaton Island
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Painters Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby Find Peace and Inspiration On Wheaton Island

Andrew Wyeth, and his wife, Betsy, unwittingly led the couple to their 1905 home on the remote Penobscot Bay island.
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7 Pretty Pieces to Spruce Up Your Yard

The prettiest garden décor and gear is right here in our own backyard. We dug up a few of our favorites.
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Nice Connection

We’re crushing on this twinning St. George retreat.
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