Down East Magazine, April 2026
Features
Then and Wow
Maine’s housing stock is among the oldest in the nation. Which means opportunities for reinvention abound. We caught up with homeowners who dramatically transformed their places—and let us share in the big reveal.
By Sarah Stebbins
Room to Grow
When it seems like the world will stay sepia tinted forever, greenhouses across Maine are coming alive. In a notoriously cloudy, chilly state, they play a vital role, jump-starting the growing season and boosting garden hauls throughout the year. These are some of the brightest spots around.
By Charlie Pike and Sarah Stebbins
Photographed by Kelsey Kobik
Not Your Grandma's Living Room
Risqué themes are knitted into the fabric of painter Anne Buckwalter’s old-world domestic interiors.
By Sara Anne Donnelly
Photographed by Tara Rice
Where in Maine
Dooryard
North by East
Written in Stone
Rocks are how Joe Norton expresses his creativity.
Maine Moment
Change in the Forecast
The Farmers’ Almanac is gone from Maine but not gone for good.
Local Accents
Something from Maine for every room in the house.
Betsy’s World
Buildings were her canvas.
Dirty Work
Eliot Coleman figured out how a farm or garden can feed itself.
Massive Opportunity
Mass-timber construction has come to Maine. Will mass-timber production follow?
Maine Dispatches
Room With a View
A reservoir of family history.
My Favorite Place
Zero Energy Homes founder Caroline Pryor, on her Mount Desert farmhouse.
ON THE COVER
Old is new in Kennebunk.
Photo by Rachel Sieben
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Features
Then and Wow
Maine’s housing stock is among the oldest in the nation. Which means opportunities for reinvention abound. We caught up with homeowners who dramatically transformed their places—and let us share in the big reveal.
By Sarah Stebbins
Room to Grow
When it seems like the world will stay sepia tinted forever, greenhouses across Maine are coming alive. In a notoriously cloudy, chilly state, they play a vital role, jump-starting the growing season and boosting garden hauls throughout the year. These are some of the brightest spots around.
By Charlie Pike and Sarah Stebbins
Photographed by Kelsey Kobik
Not Your Grandma's Living Room
Risqué themes are knitted into the fabric of painter Anne Buckwalter’s old-world domestic interiors.
By Sara Anne Donnelly
Photographed by Tara Rice
Where in Maine
Dooryard
North by East
Written in Stone
Rocks are how Joe Norton expresses his creativity.
Maine Moment
Change in the Forecast
The Farmers’ Almanac is gone from Maine but not gone for good.
Local Accents
Something from Maine for every room in the house.
Betsy’s World
Buildings were her canvas.
Dirty Work
Eliot Coleman figured out how a farm or garden can feed itself.
Massive Opportunity
Mass-timber construction has come to Maine. Will mass-timber production follow?
Maine Dispatches
Room With a View
A reservoir of family history.
My Favorite Place
Zero Energy Homes founder Caroline Pryor, on her Mount Desert farmhouse.
ON THE COVER
Old is new in Kennebunk.
Photo by Rachel Sieben
