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Susan Leahy's timber-frame barn with possibly the world’s most attractive outhouse.
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In Harpswell, One Home Led to Another

Susan Leahy's small cottage rebuild on Oakhurst Island quickly snowballed.
The exterior of Ford and Karen Reiche’s waterfront home, in Freeport, riffs on an 1899 Shingle-style Islesboro cottage designed by famed architect Fred Savage
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What’s Old Is New Inside This Freeport Shingle-Style Cottage

Owners Karen and Ford Reiche salvaged just about everything but the kitchen sink for their new home.
J and Clementine Cavanagh sitting outside of their renovated circe 1790 Federal in Phippsburg Maine
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A Family Trades a Mobile Tiny House for a Solid Foundation in Phippsburg

The mini abode seemed a fine spot to ride out a renovation — until the no-see-ums invaded.
Behr’s Midnight Blue on the walls and a Sofary globe chandelier provide modern counterpoints in the otherwise historic looking dining room
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At a Harrison B&B, the Owners and Guests Are Tight

Some of Jill and Joe Drew's closest friends have been their guests at the Greenwood Manor Inn.
Dave Copp outside Dave's Bottle and Buoy Heaven in Friendship, Maine
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Colorful Old Bottles Fill Dave Copp With Joy

But recently, he’s begun selling off some of his 18,000-piece collection to make room for another passion: lobster buoys.
Kevin McCartney, collector of antique clothes irons, owner of Old Iron Inn in Caribou, Maine
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Caribou’s Kevin McCartney Presses His Case For Elevating a Humble Household Tool

More than 500 antique clothes irons are on display at his B&B, the Old Iron Inn.
a heart-shaped stone at the center of one of Rick Cochran's rock gardens
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This Greenville Gardener Leaves No Stone Unturned

Rick Cochran repurposed rocks unearthed on his property to create a sprawling, sun-dappled forest garden he calls Rock Haven.
The garden behind Jane Donelon's shingled Cape in Brunswick, Maine
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Exuberant Plantings Elevate a Rolling Brunswick Plot

All that remains of Jane Donelon's sloped lawn is a grassy path wending among flower beds planted in her free-spirited style.
a curtain of lilac, mock orange, and sour-cherry blossoms buffers Ellen Jackson's Farmingdale home from a busy roadway
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In Farmingdale, a Verdant Spectacle Plays Out for Passing Motorists

Spring-blooming flowers engulf gardener Ellen Jackson and her mid-century Cape.
the Stinger, Ripper, and Bat Wing hoes by Midcoast Tool & Design
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This Mainer Has Reinvented the Humble Garden Hoe

Brian Hughes’s new and improved versions of an age-old tool make tending the soil a cinch.
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