By Jen DeRose
From the Summer 2022 issue of Maine Homes by Down East
1. Grow your glassware collection with these fine specimens, laser-etched in Westbrook. $42 for 2. benoitsdesign.co
2. Mitzi’s steel porcini-shaped table lamp is a bright idea on a desk. $218. fogglighting.com
3. The mycelium fibers growing beneath mushrooms in Camden Hills State Park inspired Ingrid Ellison’s oil False Chanterelles. $395. findthelostkitchen.com
4. When she’s not creating pen-and-ink illustrations, like this Mushrooms of Maine print, Portlander Tara Rook teaches meditation and produces electronic music. From $32. tararook.com
5. Coconeh’s wicker mushroom box conjures whimsical Alice in Wonderland vibes. $19.99. boutiquelittle.com
6. Stitch a nature study with the beginner-friendly mushroom embroidery kit by Brunswick’s Heidi Boyd. $29.99. handiworkportland.com
7. New Gloucester furniture maker Louis Charlett hand-turns his mushroom sculptures from dead ash trees on his woodlot. $35 each. thegoodsupply.org
8. Bring a retro-woodland look to your kitchen with a mushroom flour-sack tea towel by Yarmouth’s Tröskö Design. $19.50. shop.downeast.com
9. Freckled Fuchsia’s Portland-designed Mushroom Garden print adds psychedelic pop to a wall. $28 (without frame). freckledfuchsia.com
