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Interior of the Ocean House Hotel in Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

The Oldest Hotel on Old Orchard Beach Gets a Colorful Update

Built around 1895, the Ocean House Hotel reopens this month with a splashy new interior.
Amy Manning built and fitted out the airy shed entirely with reclaimed materials and bric-a-brac.
Home + Garden

In Nobleboro, a Gung-Ho DIYer Reimagines Her Scraggly Midcoast Lot

And builds one very charming potting shed.
a Jumping worm — also known as a crazy worm, a snake worm, and an Alabama jumper
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A Destructive Earthworm Is Wriggling Its Way into More Maine Gardens 

And there might not be anything that can halt its spread.
Rachel Ambrose with her staff — and resident pups — at Home Remedies in Portland, Maine
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Home Remedies Inspires Living Areas That Are Lasting and Loved

Shop owner Rachel Ambrose advises clients to buck trends in favor of personal style.
Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, Maine
Home + Garden

Restoring Kennebunk’s Wedding Cake House Is No Piece of Cake

Keeping up the landmark that resembles an elaborate confection hasn’t always been sweet.
rainbow dried flower wreath
Home + Garden

The Maine Flower Collective Wants You to Pick Locally Grown Bouquets

Farmers across the state are banding together to take on the hegemony of imports in local flower shops. If they succeed, Maine floriculture could hit full bloom.
Farmhand Pia Capaldi’s tiny home in
Home + Garden

4 Stylish, Efficient Maine Dwellings Under 1,000 Square Feet

In an era of sky-high housing and construction costs, it’s little wonder some Mainers are seeing the appeal of a tinier abode.
Maine upholsterer Molly Hutchins, owner of The Recovery Room, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Home + Garden

Throwing Out Old Furniture Doesn’t Sit Well with Upholsterer Molly Hutchins

At the Recovery Room, in Boothbay Harbor, she and her husband restore everything from bar stools to sectionals.
exterior of custom post and beam home by The Barn Yard
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The Barn Yard Is Raising Customized Post and Beam Barns

Its cutting-edge timber frame builds are cropping up all over the country — including here in Maine.
A former card catalog at Bucksport’s Buck Memorial Library is now a seed catalog
Home + Garden

Seed Libraries Are Sprouting Up Around the Pine Tree State

Maine libraries have added seed “borrowing” to their growing list of resources.
in the living room, West Elm swivel chairs that can face the baby grand or a puzzle on the reclaimed-wood coffee table
Home + Garden

The New Owners of Portland’s Edward Cox House Can’t Believe Their Good Fortune

Designed for a banker by John Calvin Stevens, the West End home maintains many of its original features.
Ford Reiche in a boat near Halfway Rock Light
Home + Garden

Ford Reiche Is a Beacon to Maine’s Forsaken Landmarks

The entrepreneur and preservationist who rescued Halfway Rock Light has set his sights on Harpswell’s Little Mark Island Monument.
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