Home Improvement Tips

Warming Trends

Expert Advice

Learn what’s new (and not) on Maine’s heating landscape and which technologies deliver the most BTUs for your buck.

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Home Rx

Ask Hannah Holmes

Hannah Holmes on maximizing energy savings in an old home, security cameras for snowbirds, and more.

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Sunny Side Up

Green Living

What do Mainers need to consider if they want to harness solar energy to power their homes?

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Let There Be Light

Expert Advice

Bring a sunny day into your living room with Marvin Windows and Doors.

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Peace of Mind at Your Fingertips

Home Improvement Tips

With Marvin Windows and Doors’ new Lock Status Sensor technology, you can now select windows and doors that connect easily and seamlessly with this home automation ecosystem.

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Fixer-Upper

Before & After

SoPo Cottage’s Laurel LaBauve refurbishes old houses to resell — but don’t call her a flipper.

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Surface Lighting Strategies

Ask a Lighting Pro

In a monthly column, Sanford Fogg, of Fogg Lighting in Portland, offers his best advice on illuminating your home. This month, Fogg talks surface lighting strategies.

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Hannah Holmes

How to Make Sense of a Maine Home

Home Improvement Tips

Why is this house attached to a barn? What does that light switch do? And, um, what’s with the tarp? Let an expert walk you through it.

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Light Pollution Solutions

Ask a Lighting Pro

In a monthly column, Sanford Fogg, of Fogg Lighting in Portland, offers his best advice on illuminating your home. This month, Fogg tackles light pollution.

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