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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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Clap Clap and Red Cap Cards wrapping papers, kraft paper, Divine Twine, and Studio Carta ribbons, available at Gus & Ruby Letterpress.

5 Holiday Gift-Wrapping Tips

Looking to spiff up this year’s gifts? We asked master wrapper Samantha Finigan, co-founder of Portland’s Gus & Ruby Letterpress, to share her top tips.

Pattern Play

Give boring walls (and ceilings!) a boost with these clever ideas from an avowed wallpaper enthusiast.

4 Chic, Easy Holiday Décor Ideas

Drawing on nature and nautical themes, we dreamed up chic, easy décor ideas guaranteed to infuse your home with seasonal sparkle — and a sense of place.

Kennebunk for the Holidays

There’s no place like the Kennebunks for the holidays.

Filling Station

SoPo’s new BYO container shop helps Mainers break their household plastic habit.

These Walls Can Talk!

And the owner responsible for meticulously restoring this petite Wiscasset home has been listening.

Full Circle

West Gardiner’s Octagon House is an attention-grabbing artifact of a 19th-century fad.

Art Smart

Bold pieces and inventive pairings punctuate a painter’s otherwise classic Yarmouth home.

Gilty Pleasures

Warm metallics are going the distance as darlings of the design world.

Fantasyland

See inside an otherworldly storybook home in Boothbay.

Clean Slate

Intrepid DIYers put their stamp on a neglected Freeport cottage.

Prayer Circles

To say goodbye to her family’s Cushing farmhouse, a writer reflects — and walks laps.

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