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From architectural marvels to cozy, character-filled camps and cottages, captivating stories about Maine homes, gardens, architecture, and design.

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Behr’s Midnight Blue on the walls and a Sofary globe chandelier provide modern counterpoints in the otherwise historic looking dining room
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At a Harrison B&B, the Owners and Guests Are Tight

Some of Jill and Joe Drew's closest friends have been their guests at the Greenwood Manor Inn.
Dave Copp outside Dave's Bottle and Buoy Heaven in Friendship, Maine
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Colorful Old Bottles Fill Dave Copp With Joy

But recently, he’s begun selling off some of his 18,000-piece collection to make room for another passion: lobster buoys.
Kevin McCartney, collector of antique clothes irons, owner of Old Iron Inn in Caribou, Maine
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Caribou’s Kevin McCartney Presses His Case For Elevating a Humble Household Tool

More than 500 antique clothes irons are on display at his B&B, the Old Iron Inn.
Spruce trunks, reimagined as posts, returned to roughly where they stood before the couple cleared the land.
Home + Garden

How 8 Adventurous Homeowners Live Off the Grid in Maine

The range of their approaches is striking — from island cottages with cobbled-together utility systems to a fully electric house of the future
Betsey Telford-Goodwin and a 1925 Amish Star of Bethlehem quilt
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Everything’s Squared Away in Betsey Telford-Goodwin’s Antique-Quilt Shop

Some 700 blankets fill a timber-frame barn attached to her 18th-century York farmhouse.
Drawing of hands holding Blueberry Fields Cooperative
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How Maine’s Largest Resident-Owned Mobile-Home Park Came to Be

Residents of Blueberry Fields Cooperative leveraged a new law (and raised $26 million) to buy the land beneath their homes.
the Stinger, Ripper, and Bat Wing hoes by Midcoast Tool & Design
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This Mainer Has Reinvented the Humble Garden Hoe

Brian Hughes’s new and improved versions of an age-old tool make tending the soil a cinch.
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A (Pool) Party with The Barn Yard

The New England-based building and design company's catalog now includes timber frame pool houses built for entertaining.
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How to Increase Your Yard’s Biodiversity

Enhancing your lawn with native plants can have a major impact on the surrounding ecosystem.
Jennica Harris feeds her chickens outside the "fluffy butt hut"
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Jennica Harris Loves Her Chickens, So She Built Them a Tricked-Out Home

The “fluffy butt hut" has window boxes, curtains, wallpaper, and a chandelier.
S.L Wadsworth & Son’s old wharf-side spot
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Two Centuries of Selling the Basics in Eastport

Known as the nation’s oldest chandlery and Maine’s longest-running retail operation, S.L. Wadsworth & Son hardware store still supplies the necessities to the city’s homeowners and boat owners.
Exterior of Mario and Kitty Costello's 1948 Camden Cape
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Color Us Charmed By This Boldly Hued Camden Cape

Only a cherry-red door and a sky-blue vintage Beetle hint at the boisterous palette inside.
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