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Nine steps to a healthy and lush organically grown lawn.
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The Funhouse

A colorful Cumberland cottage invites all who visit to relax and play.
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Best of Maine Home and Garden

Tiny houses. Tiny trees. Homegrown seedlings. Fancy concrete. Here are our 2015 editors' choices for the Best of Maine Home and Garden.
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Sun-Kissed

Living the Maine life: A small, passive-solar home brings retirement security to a Parsonsfield couple.
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A Leap of Faith

A photographer and a painter make an artful home out of a former church.
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The trustiest tools, the funkiest flourishes and the most fun places to buy them.
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5 Items to Snap Up at a Vintage Shop

The secret to distinctive decor is knowing how to pull off a hodgepodge, says Erin Kiley of Portland Flea-for-All. Click to learn which items are currently flying off the floor at the Flea and how you can use them to create your own enviable, eclectic schemes.
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Best of Maine – Readers’ Choice

Another year, another Down East Best of Maine Readers’ Choice poll. Some 5,000 of you cast a ballot this year, and you’re an opinionated bunch. The results include some newcomers in their categories and some stalwart shoo-ins that just can’t seem to lose.
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Village Farm

Sandy Vogels calls his Damariscotta micro-homestead Ephemeral Farm, but there’s nothing ephemeral about his devotion to the circa-1850s house — or to his animals. He’s raised the goats since they were two-week-old kids.
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The Secret Lives of Houses

Got 100-year-old shoes in your walls? Beneath layers of wallpaper and dropped ceilings lie clues to your old home's hidden story.
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The Sun Trap

A drafty saltbox is reworked into a cozy and highly energy-efficient home.
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Inside Out

A coastal home in Biddeford embraces the great outdoors.
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