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English Countryside Meets Cumberland Foreside

Old-world vibes infuse a couple's hands-on renovation, pulled off at the height of the pandemic.
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Sustainability and Style in a Net-Zero Subdivision

Industrial, rustic, and mid-century pieces converge in a couple's Freeport Saltbox.
Sophia Maamouri and Jim Kennedy’s dodecahedral cordwood home, in South Paris, revises the genre’s typical round shape with flat walls that Maamouri felt would be easier to construct.
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Building This Cordwood Home Was a Labor of Love

Nestled in South Paris, it's artful, efficient, and rock solid.
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Let These Furniture Rehabbers Inspire Your Next Project

With elbow grease and inventive finishes, these DIYers turn drab, second-hand furnishings into showpieces.
the 1789 Alna Meetinghouse, in Alna, Maine
Home + Garden

Parishioners Paid a Price for Snoozing Here!

In this commanding former church in Alna, fiddling and falling asleep were once punishable offenses.
In Sharon and Paul Mrozinski’s collection-packed living room on Vinalhaven, an antique orchard ladder leads to a sleeping loft for their grandchildren.
Home + Garden

Collections Cover Every Surface In This Vinalhaven Home

Antiques dealers curate an eclectic summer retreat and shop in a 19th-century former gas station.
Home + Garden

Five Minutes With Aminata Conteh

The Portland metalsmith and Indigo Arts Alliance marketing coordinator on art that honors family, supporting local makers, and good things in small gold packages.
camp designed by Portland architect Will Winkelman on Wood Island in Denmark’s Moose Pond
Home + Garden

There Are Two Ways to Reach This Island Retreat

By boat or by setting across the frozen pond on foot.
Home + Garden

Meet Portland’s “Plant Healer”

Nurturing other people’s houseplants, Amalia Bussard thrives.
Home + Garden

8 Home Products with Bold, Maine-Inspired Patterns

Hot off the press: bold prints derived from hand-drawn or -carved designs — and the Maine landscape.
Katrina Kelley standing in the doorway of her vintage-camper-turned-mobile-boutique for her business, Amphitrite Linens
Home + Garden

Overhauling a Dilapidated Camper Became a Balm for a Newcastle Seamstress’s Broken Heart

Decked out with her hand-stitched goods, it’s now a sweet showroom.
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A Day-and-Night Makeover For a Damariscotta Cabin

Rehabbed and sporting a fresh palette, it makes a compelling yin-yang statement.
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