Features
Belfast’s White House Glows Anew
Ed and Lois Knoll came to Maine to savor small-town life. Then they took on the restoration of a grand Greek Revival mansion. By Ellen MacDonald Ward.
Gardening by Whim
Adventurous gardeners Jim and Chris McLarty cheerfully admit, “We’ll try anything” in their backyard garden. By Jane Lamb.
Building an Island Camp
Skills, determination, and a young son all help. By Joe Upton.
Art You Can Sit On
Growing numbers of skilled Maine artisans are producing exceptional furnishings for the home. Photographs by Benjamin Magro.
Rooms with a View
John and Elizabeth Gendron traded a staid suburban residence for an airy Kennebunkport house-by-the-sea. By Norah Deakin Davis.
In the Footsteps of Moses Eaton
Sheepscot stencilers Hope and Fred Angier are reviving a lost art. By E.M. Houdlette.
Converting a (Horseless) Carriage House in Bethel
An erstwhile garage gains a new lease on life as a condominium. By Carol Jeffrey.
‘I Never Dreamed I’d Live in This House’
Madeleine Barra and nineteen other retirees are grateful beneficiaries of a North Berwick restoration. By Dotty Austin.
Gimme Shelter!
A guru of the owner-builder movement explains why a house should satisfy more than the age-old need for shelter. By Rex Roberts.
Departments
Room With A View
I see nothing freakish in the satisfaction of freedom from pressure; I think a great many people feel as I do and see nothing captivating about an extra couple of hours added to a day which in all probability was already spun out as productively as it was supposed to have been. By Caskie Stinnett.
The Talk of Frankfort
In-Towners vs. Out-Backers
The Maine Viewpoint
Bob Haskell’s Legacy
Along the Waterfront
Sentimental Homecoming
Outdoor Maine
Winter Anglers Take to the Ice
Down East Bookshelf
A Century of Summers
Top of the Month
Stay Cool in Caribou
North by East
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
I Remember
In a One-Horse Open Sleigh
Cover: The James Patterson White House in Belfast. By Brian Vanden Brink.