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Home & Property

How Do You Turn a Maine Barn into a Dinner Hall Slash Pickleball Court?

The Challenge The homeowner, who’d spent summers on Mount Desert Island for decades, dreamed of a more spacious retreat for his large family. A new […]

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Restaurants

Here Are the 2026 James Beard Semifinalists in New England

It’s time again for the start of the James Beard Foundation’s annual, months-long awards process for restaurants and chefs. Now in its 36th year, the […]

Home & Property

This Maine Furniture Company Ditched Stains and Became a Design Favorite

This article is from the winter 2026 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. Founded in 1885, Chilton Furniture began not with tables or chairs […]

Home & Property

In This Maine Barn, Dinner Parties Become Pickleball Tournaments

This article is from the winter 2026 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. On Mount Desert Island’s Northeast Harbor, where the scent of Maine’s […]

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Restaurants

Five Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants Beyond Boston

Our November 2025 issue is out now, featuring our annual Top 50 Restaurants list. This collection of top-tier special-occasion restaurants sticks close to Boston, but […]

Travel

New England Travel Awards: 30 Escapes for Right Now

From reader nominations across New England, our travel experts selected the region’s top festivals, ski mountains, and luxury resorts. The results: your definitive guide to […]

Restaurants

17 Must-Visit Restaurants in Portland, Maine

If you love food and live in New England, you’ve got to make your way to Portland, Maine, which has been a nationally noted culinary […]

Travel

Five Perfect New England Lake Vacations

We love our New England beach traditions as much as anyone—that perfect fried-clam moment, the obligatory lighthouse Instagram post—but there are only so many times […]

Home & Property

Set Sail in Style on a Houseboat in Maine’s Kennebunk River

This article is from the spring 2025 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. Among Maine’s most treasured places to stay is White Barn Inn, […]

Home & Property

Global Meets Local at Lifestyle Home Store Mélange in Kennebunk

Mélange is a French word meaning mixture. For Paula and Clayton Daher—the mother-and-son duo of award-winning Daher Interior Design—it’s also the best way to describe […]

Home & Property

How Do You Make a Great Room Even Greater?

The Challenge There are few spots to build a home as awe-inspiring as Maine’s Mount Desert Island. And this particular abode comes with a bonus: […]

City Life

From Heartbreak to Hope: A Maine Father’s Unlikely Journey, One Year After the Lewiston Massacre

Arthur Barnard sits alone in his car just outside a vacant, low-slung building on the edge of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston, Maine. Not so […]

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Restaurants

Where to Eat and Drink in Portland’s East Bayside Neighborhood

Perhaps you’ve already spent some time exploring the incredible food and drink scene in Portland, Maine. But one area you may have overlooked is East […]

Travel

An Ogunquit Cottage Compound Gets a Luxe Makeover

The signs at the new Dunes on the Waterfront, in Ogunquit, Maine, say it all. Coming in on the long driveway, you spot the first […]

Travel

An Experiential Guide to New England’s Best Glamping Spots

Forget roughing it—we’re talking luxury tents, tricked-out trailers, and treetop treasures that will leave you wondering why you ever slept on the ground in the […]