Features
The Perfect Maine Home
It must have a porch, and, of course, there’s a mudroom. So began our fanciful construction of the ideal Maine home. After that, our notions of a perfect Maine dwelling ranged over territory as big as the state itself: It should have a bedroom with windows overlooking the ocean. There must be a deck hanging over a lake. Let’s not forget the cabin in the mountains or the loft in downtown Portland. And so it is we came to agree that there is only one rule for the perfect Maine home: traditional or contemporary, small or large, rustic or elegant, it never forgets where it is.
Mudroom
Interior designer Sarah Steinberg shares her mudroom essentials.
Bathroom
Creating a bathroom using sea glass.
Porch
The perfect Maine porch is about so much than just the view.
Living Room
How one Castine resident designed the most difficult room in the house.
Kitchen
Maine chef extraordinaire Melissa Kelley envisions the perfect Maine kitchen.
Bedroom
A B&B broker and waterfront cottage owner offer advice on cultivating a cozy bedroom.
Maine Accessories
Locally crafted furnishings are another way to create a home that evokes the spirit of Maine. Here are a few of our favorites.
Departments
Where in Maine?
Can you identify this Down East island?
Editor’s Note
Learning to love an old house for, rather than despite, its imperfections.
The Mail
Letters to the Editor
Your Maine
What’s your top secret for gardening in Maine?
The Economics of Equality
Same-sex marriage is fair, festive, and potentially profitable.
Belles of the Ball
A prom dress giveaway ensures an enchanted evening for hundreds of Maine girls.
What’s in a Picture?
The Dave Astor Show (For Teenagers Only)
The Maine Place Name Game
Fake newspaper headlines using Maine towns.
Tapping Into Spring
The enduring popularity of Maine roadside springs.
Vroom Vroom
A 1954 Corvette with a Maine mystique goes on the auction block.
Noble Salvage
Spread across four floors and twenty thousand square feet, Portland Architectural Salvage has everything you didn’t know you wanted.
Container Gardens
Small “fairy” gardens can be magical places to teach kids about plants.
Ghosts in the Garden
Spring plantings not only celebrate new life but also help us remember lives that have passed.
Schulte & Herr
Cozy German cuisine comes to downtown Portland.
April
Go here. Do this. See that.
North Woods Lawmen
A hit reality TV show has turned Maine game wardens into unlikely celebrities.
From Our Archives: April 1976
A Look Back at Down East Thirty-Seven Years Ago