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COASTAL MAINE HOME TOUR

Welcome to our Coastal Maine Home Tour! A Raeside-Dame home, built for my parents in 1992 by two gentlemen named Raeside and Dame, who built reproduction Early American homes along the Seacoast. Characteristics like softwood pine flooring, open beams, antique door latches, cedar shake siding, wood countertops, a fireplace, slanted ceilings, and more.

Cedar Shake Maine Home

My parents built this as a retirement home believing they would enjoy a good 10 years here. Well, they enjoyed 27 happy and healthy years here.  As an only child, I inherited this home in 2019 after the passing of my father, who was just shy of 100 years old. You may read more about our Family’s Coastal Maine Heritage here.

This home is filled with beautiful antiques that my parents collected over the years.  Please join us as we renovate and make this home our own while treasuring all it has to offer on this Coastal Maine Home Tour.

Early Spring 2022

Where it began…

Coastal Maine Family Heritage and Home Renovation

A house covered in snow in front of a brick building

Our Family Inherited Coastal Maine Home ~ Before

September 17, 2019January 22, 2022
A kitchen with a stove and a refrigerator

Old Family Home Restoration

May 1, 2020August 13, 2022
Coastal Maine Heritage - Embracing My Roots

Coastal Maine Heritage – Embracing My Roots

May 6, 2021October 11, 2022

Visit the featured blog series, “In My Mother’s Home” too!


A Walk Around the Yard

This home sits a kayak ride down the river to the local beach. Walking distance to the local lobster pound, beach, country store, and fine dining, while still enjoying a beautiful secluded backyard. Since we inherited the home we have refinished the weathered cedar shakes, built a stone fire pit, added an outdoor teak table set and awning, and repainted the home’s trim a historical Essex Green.

17 Fall Decor Fire Pit Ideas for a Cozy Gathering

17 Fall Decor Fire Pit Ideas for a Cozy Gathering

How to Fashionably Bring Your Dining Room Outside This Summer

How to Fashionably Bring Your Dining Room Outside This Summer

Red Geraniums Time-Honored Window Flower Boxes

Red Geranium Time-Honored Window Flower Boxes

Front Door Ski Lodge Vintage Snowshoes

Front Door Ski Lodge Vintage Snowshoes

Cozy Snow Day at Home in Maine

Cozy Snow Day at Home in Maine

Christmas Front Door Tradition 2021

Christmas Front Door Tradition 2021

The Cutest Little Outdoor Beverage Table

The Cutest Little Outdoor Beverage Table

A Quick and Easy Rainy Day Lobster Table Setting

A Quick and Easy Rainy Day Lobster Table Setting

A Shady Solution: Sun Shade Sail Awning

A Shady Solution: Sun Shade Sail Awnings

Bedrooms

There are four bedrooms in the home, very suitable as a retirement home.

First Floor Bedrooms

A Master bedroom with bath along with a guest bedroom and bath reside on the first floor.

Attic Bedrooms

A few years back we refinished the upstairs attic into two guest bedrooms with slanted ceilings, small walk-in doorways, softwood pine floors, and Nantucket Gray trim, all matching the downstairs interior. Now I’m getting ready to have them both wallpapered, stay tuned!

5 Cozy Cottage Christmas Guest Bedroom Swaps

5 Cozy Cottage Christmas Guest Bedroom Swaps

Coastal Bedding Ideas For Your Beach House

Coastal Bedding Ideas For Your Beach House

Antique Oak Dresser with Mirror Quaint in the Attic

Repurposed Oak Dresser with Mirror Quaint in the Attic

License Plate Hat or Coat Rack DIY

DIY License Plate Hat Rack and Wall Decor

Coastal Bedding Ideas For Your Beach House

Small Cottage Guest Bedroom, Vintage and Delightful

The Coziest Ski House Bedding

The Coziest Ski Lodge Bedding

Folded Quilts on Wooden Dresser

How to Fold and Display Heirloom Quilts

My Favorite Nautical Serving Tray with Handles

My Favorite Nautical Serving Tray with Handles

Patriotic Bedroom for When Summer Starts

When Summer Starts

The finished trim in the downstairs bedrooms is this Blue Gray Paint formula pictured below that many of you have requested. And the walls are painted Simply White by Benjamin Moore.

Blue Paint Formula
Blue Trim Paint Formula

Dining Room

The dining room is a large open space that you walk right into upon entering the home. It attaches nicely to the kitchen for entertaining. My parents divided this space into a dining room and a sitting area. We have changed this to be just one main dining area. I found a large antique pine table on Facebook Marketplace that matches beautifully with my mother’s antique dining room chairs. My mother’s extensive pewter and transferware collections are also presented in this room’s antique hutches.

6+ Holiday Pointers for Setting a Coastal Tablescape

6+ Holiday Pointers for Setting a Coastal Tablescape

The Finest Winter Wonderland Dinnerware Set

The Finest Winter Wonderland Dinnerware Set

Maine Lobster Themed Table Setting

Authentic Maine Lobster Themed Table Setting

Table Ready Fakery Bakery

Table Ready Fakery Bakery

Let's Change the Way We Set the Table

Let’s Change the Way We Set the Table

This Old Chair

4 Things You Need to Know About This Old Chair

Dining Room Table and Chairs

Romantic Table Setting Pretty in Pink

Antique Work Table or Drafting Table?

Antique Work Table or Drafting Table?

A Patriotic Basket Full of Hydrangeas

A Patriotic Basket Full of Hydrangeas

Living Room with Fireplace

The living room is the heart of the home with a large brick fireplace, open beams, large windows, and family antiques. Here I purchased a large slipcovered sectional from Four Seasons and surrounded it with my parent’s collected antiques.

Christmas Old Colonial Fireplace, Hearth, and Mantel

Christmas Old Colonial Fireplace, Hearth, and Mantel

Beachcombing, Blue Mussels, and an Antique Bowl

Beachcombing, Blue Mussels, and an Antique Bowl

Grandmillennial Drapes

Leaning into Grandmillennial Style with Fabulous Drapes

Bernese Mountain Dog on Sectional Couch

Cozy Couch Moments

Living Room in New England Colonial House

Living Room in New England Colonial House

A cup of coffee on a table

A Heartfelt Week in Maine Thrifting and Decorating!

Food on a wooden table

Charming Antique Table and Chairs for Two

Fire side table setting

My Cozy Fireside Table

A vase of flowers on a table

Morning Coffee by the Fireplace

Kitchen

Staying within the theme of the home, this country-style kitchen has newly refinished wooden countertops, vintage lighting, and newly installed appliances.

A Tale of Two Kitchens

A Tale of Two Kitchens

A Tale of Two Kitchens

6 Best Country Kitchen Counter Decor Ideas

Dog and Vintage Rug Runner

Vintage Rug Runner – One of a Kind Rugs

Sunroom

This was my parent’s favorite room in the house. It looks out onto the backyard and is so warm and inviting in the winter months here in Maine. It’s a perfect room to enjoy morning coffee, read a book, or just watch the snowfall.

Black Frames to Antique Gold Frames with Annie Sloane

Black Frames to Antique Gold Frames with Annie Sloan

6 Best Country Kitchen Counter Decor Ideas 2 (1)

Fabulous Vintage Hutch Makeover

Vintage Sewing Machine Repurposed

Vintage Sewing Machine Repurposed

Terracotta Pots and an Apothecary Cabinet

Terracotta Pots and an Apothecary Cabinet

A chippy green apothecary cabinet

Green Chippy Apothecary Cabinet

A vase filled with flowers sitting on a table

A Simple Thrifty Valentine’s Day Celebration

IN MY MOTHER'S HOME BLOG SERIES

Country Sampler Magazine

I’m so honored to share with you today that this past summer our home was photographed for Country Sampler Magazine, scheduled to be published sometime between now and 2024.

My heart is full.

Behind the Scenes with Country Sampler Magazine
Behind the Scenes with Country Sampler Magazine
Behind the Scenes with Country Sampler Magazine Photo Shoot

Maine Homes Magazine

And our home also won the 2021 Maine Homes Design Award for Readers’ Choice Curb Appeal.

Maine Homes Magazine Award

Don’t forget to join us for our Vermont Home Tour too!

Thank you so much for joining me here today at Dabbling & Decorating and I hope you will become a regular here! Are you looking for more thrifty and vintage home decorating ideas? Start getting your weekly vintage decorating ideas today! Joining over 3,000 subscribers…

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