Maine Homes by Down East Magazine, Spring 2021

CONTENTS

Editor’s Note

The Guide

Cheerful terrazzo finds, Maine stoneware to collect, local pros sound off on Pantone’s Colors of the Year, HGTV’s Portland “dream home,” the city’s artisan-centric Venn + Maker gets an update, a  Cape Elizabeth lumberyard dedicated to local products, the backstory on a Rockland congressman’s Queen Anne, a Sears kit house in Washburn needs a hero, small houses for sale!, and candid answers to your home dilemmas.

Get Inspired

We’re crushing on this St. George cottage on stilts, a night-and-day makeover for a Kennebunkport bedroom, five minutes with Colby artist programs director Daisy Bousquet-Derosiers, Portlander Kels Haley’s sweet new textile line, and inside a fanciful, “shoppable” Kennebunk Airbnb.

That View, Though

For two weeks on Penobscot Bay, a writer is willing to put up with a rental’s many quirks — and bring his own frying pans. 
By Gary Schiro

Building Blocks

Shipping containers are of a piece with Maine’s maritime setting — so should you live in one?
By Jesse Ellison 

The Great Maine Style Guide

Living here presents questions, practical and aesthetic. We’ve got answers, culled from trusted local pros.
By Michaela Cavallaro

Happy Together

Former elite rowers find their niche in a friendly Falmouth neighborhood.
By Sara Anne Donnelly

Best for Last

With the completion of a finely crafted Cape Elizabeth home, a former executive strikes the final item from his bucket list.
By Rachel Slade

Funky Bunch

Art and curiosities fill every nook in a creative couple’s Gardiner farmhouse.
By Virginia M. Wright

Breathing Rooms

In Gorham, a second-generation grower’s garden sanctuaries are a balm for the community.
By Aurelia C. Scott

Why I Live Here

Channeling the Field of Dreams philosophy, civil service retiree Molly Walpuck built a new life in St. George and now they come — by the carload.

Cover photo by Sian Richards