Streamlined styling, energy efficiency, and affordability are wrapped up in this tight building envelope in Biddeford, available as a construction package from Caleb Johnson Architects and Builders.

No man is an island but in Maine he (or she) can own one. One such landmass currently on offer is Pyne Island on Bremen’s Muscongus Bay.

“Well, I certainly have seen faraway places. Maybe it is time to find my place by the sea,” Miss Rumphius declares in Barbara Cooney’s beloved children’s book. This quaint Northport cottage, which conjures the Lupine Lady’s place with its weathered shingles, sloping roofline, and aerial water views, makes us want to do the same.