CONTENTS
Editor’s Note
The Guide
Pretty, earth-friendly home products, a designer’s serene new Camden décor shop, artful local mugs, fresh looks for two Gilded Age inns, a Bailey Island landmark with presidential ties, a 19th-century merchant’s Franklin place needs a hero, and candid answers to your home and garden dilemmas.
Get Inspired
We’re crushing on this Falmouth green retreat, a dramatic makeover for a Portland Cape, five minutes with Indian Township artist Geo Neptune, DIYers are ready to roll in their spiffed-up fifth-wheel, the walls are alive in Cheryl Tyler’s Brunswick home, and a lobsterboat lounge in Machiasport.
The Secret of Porters Landing
A writer wrestles with four decades spent in a slave-trader’s Freeport Federal.
By Kathleen Sullivan
Writer’s Rooms
Taking cues from beyond the grave, Carla Baade Turner is returning author Kate Douglas Wiggin’s Hollis home to its former glory as a genteel summer retreat.
By Sara Anne Donnelly
How to Design a Pretty Good House
The grassroots building standard launched in Portland balances cost and energy performance.
By Jesse Ellison
2021 Maine Homes Design Awards
Which industry pros and readers got top honors in our fourth annual contest? View the 10 winning projects.
French Connection
A decorator helps a Falmouth mother rebuild her family’s lost collection of French antiques, one gilded chair at a time.
By Sara Anne Donnelly
Art & Soul
An 18th-century Cape Elizabeth farmhouse is the ultimate artistic collaboration for a creative, can-do family.
By Petra Guglielmetti
Sustainable Style
Draw inspiration from three sets of owners who pulled off energy-efficient dwellings with modest carbon footprints.
By Sarah Stebbins
Wild Things
In Blue Hill, a couple has created a blooming refuge for birds, pollinators, and local garden lovers.
By Virginia M. Wright
Why I Live Here
Mindi Poston Gay savors the Penobscot Bay view from her Lincolnville garage/living space/studio while she plans a home on the property.
Cover photo by Erin Little
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