Guides

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How to Style a Living Room with Nautical Charts and Sea MapsNautical charts bring a sense of travel, weather and lived history to a living room. Their fine lines, faded coastlines and place names create visual interest…
Our favorite local jams and jellies, tasted side by sideThere's a particular pleasure in lining up small jars on a wooden board, lifting each lid in turn, and discovering what a preserve maker has captured inside.…
Stripes, Sand Pockets, and Heavyweight Cotton on the Maine CoastThe shoreline at Lincolnville in Maine draws a particular kind of visitor, one who walks slowly, eyes down for sea glass, and who knows that the right blanket…
Coastal stories for curious kids: lobsters, lighthouses and tidesA wave of picture books and early chapter titles is helping young readers fall in love with the strange creatures and shifting waters of the North Atlantic,…
Meet the potter whose mugs fill our coffee shelf: a studio visitThe drive north out of Camden curls along a coast that will feel familiar to anyone who has spent time around Port Fairy or the lower stretches of the Great…
Make a dried wildflower wreath with Maine-inspired characterA dried wildflower wreath brings the colour and texture of a meadow indoors, where it can stay beautiful for months with very little care. With a few…
Lincolnville Beach's Summer Colony Through the Postcards on Our ShelvesA picture postcard the size of a playing card can carry more truth than a thick history book. Tip a handful of them onto a café table and the sequence of…
Summer Reading Buzz Along The Atlantic SeaboardA good coastal novel can make a beach towel feel like a front-row seat to another shoreline. This season’s strongest fiction set along the Atlantic seaboard…
Inside Our Reusable Gift Wrap Kit: Paper, Twine and Pressed FlowersEvery December, Sydney living rooms fill with crinkled paper that gets torn open, crumpled, and shoved into landfill bins within minutes. Australians have…
A Thoughtful Gift Guide for Hard-to-Please RelativesBuying for a relative who already owns everything can turn a pleasant shopping trip into a search for something meaningful, useful and just distinctive enough.…