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EYE ON ANTIQUES: FACES OF WAX

Once the inexpensive alternative to painted portraits, small bas relief images of faces were the rage of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries but have almost been forgotten.

Phyllis Speidell

ART IMITATES LIFE

Dan and Marty Campanelli re-created 18th-Century ambiance in their c. 1765 New Jersey farmhouse with the same artist’s touch he uses to capture the homes and pastoral scenes of days gone by in watercolor.

Jeanmarie Andrews

A VISIT TO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA

From pirates to fishermen to vacationers, this 300-year-old seaport is awash in stories of lost loves, hidden treasure, and spies—and eager to share its history with visitors.

Phyllis Speidell

SOUTHERN CHARACTER

The town’s most prolific carpenter made his house stand out, and Dick and Pat Kemp added a deft touch of Southern charm in preserving his c. 1829 center-chimney saltbox in Beaufort.

Phyllis Speidell

LOVE FULFILLED

In furnishing their 1812 house, Bo and Ashley Sullivan pay tribute to the story of the builder’s daughter, finally reunited with her first love after forty years.

Phyllis Speidell

A TALE OF TWO GARDENS

Whether you garden for show or the table, we have garden plans for you that feature herbs and fresh greens for the summer and vegetables you can put up in the fall.

LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA: AN "INGENIUS" WOMAN

America’s first sculptor, Patience Wright started her career at 44 and took London by storm with wax figures she molded under her apron—while keeping Revolutionary secrets under her hat.

Pegi Deitz Shea

SIDE BY SIDE: FORGED AND CUT IRON NAILS

Colonists burned down houses to retrieve the valuable handmade iron fasteners that held board and beam. Today only a few smiths still pound out square nails, superior to the round ones of today.

Gregory LeFever

TRAIL OF TREASURES

This summer Maine museums showcase their collections of folk art along an easily traveled coastal trail to make the state a vacation destination.