Early Spring 2022

Welcome to our Coastal Maine Home Tour! A Raeside-Dame home that was built for my parents in 1992 by 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 ten years here. Well, they enjoyed 27 happy and healthy years here.  As an only child, I inherited this home in 2019 after my father’s passing, 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 offers on this Coastal Maine Home Tour.

Where it all began…

Coastal Maine Family Heritage and Home Renovation


A Walk Around the Yard

This home is a kayak ride down the river to the local beach. It is within walking distance to the local lobster pound, beach, country store, and fine dining while 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 with a DIY pea stone patios and sunroom sun shade, and repainted the home’s trim, a historical Essex Green.

White & Green Rustic Summer Flower Planters Sure To Charm You

White Petunias Antique Arrangement Ideas

Transform your summer flower containers with the timeless beauty of white petunias. Explore rustic and vintage-inspired arrangement ideas. White PetuniasTable…

Red Geraniums Time-Honored Window Flower Boxes

Red Geranium Window Flower Boxes

Red Geranium window flower boxes add a perfect pop of color and Patriotic spirit for those seeking this time-honored summer…

Bedrooms

The home has four bedrooms, very suitable for a retirement home.

First Floor Bedrooms

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

Attic Bedrooms

We refinished the upstairs attic a few years back 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!

How to Fold and Display Heirloom Quilts

Displaying Quilts and How to Fold

Guide to caring for heirloom quilts: folding techniques, display ideas, and tips for preserving these cherished pieces of family history….

The Coziest Ski House Bedding

The Coziest Ski Lodge Bedding

Growing up in Maine, snow skiing on nights and weekends was just part of childhood. Woolen sweaters, CB parkas, pom…

Bedroom Paint Trim Formula
Paint Color

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

Dining Room

The dining room is a large open space that you walk 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 perfectly matched my mother’s antique dining room chairs. The dining room’s antique hutches display my mother’s extensive pewter and transferware collections.

Romantic Pink and White Valentine's Day Table Setting

Romantic Table Setting Pretty in Pink

Unique vintage dishware sets under $50 that pair together beautifully to create a vintage pink romantic table setting for your…

Living Room with Fireplace

The living room is the heart of the home, with a large brick fireplace, open beams, large windows for viewing, and family antiques. I purchased a large slip-covered sectional from Four Seasons and surrounded it with my parents’ collected antiques.

Bernese Mountain Dog on Sectional Couch

Cozy Couch Moments

Doesn’t everyone love cozy couch moments? Blankets, pillows, fire in the fireplace, a good book, snack, drink, and a movie?…

Blue and White Cozy Colonial House Design Living Room Sectional

Colonial House Design Living Room

Experience the charm of a Colonial house design living room space in New England, filled with treasured antiques and unique…

Kitchen

Staying within the home’s theme, this country-style kitchen has newly refinished wooden countertops, vintage lighting, and newly installed appliances. It is painted in Nantucket Gray and Simply White.

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 watch the snowfall.

6 Best Country Kitchen Counter Decor Ideas 2 (1)

Vintage Hutch Makeover: Drab to Fab

Get inspired by this vintage hutch makeover featuring vintage cabinet hardware and charm, and learn how to transform your old…

Thrilled to be recognized by Maine Homes Magazine 2021 Maine Homes Design Award for Readers’ Choice Curb Appeal.

Maine Homes Magazine Awared

My heart is full…

Country Sampler Magazine Maine Home Feature

Visit our featured family home and story in Country Sampler’s Spring 2024 Magazine on Newsstands today!

Check out all the Behind the Scenes of the Magazine Shoot Here.

And my blog series, In My Mother’s Maine Home.

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

A Vintage Affair

If you have any thoughts, comments, or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you. Please share in the comments below. And be sure to share this blog post link with your friends who are also vintage enthusiasts.

Do you have a flair for all things vintage, too? I would love to see and feature you in our Reader’s Showcase Series. A place for you to share and be recognized for your talents and passion for all things thrifting, vintage, and antique decor-related inspired by your time here with Dabbling & Decorating. Email me at annck@dabblinganddecorating.com

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