Maine’s beauty has always captured hearts, but has never been a place for the faint of heart. Its severe climate and geographical remoteness have no use for fussy, high-design and big-city styles. Maine Living is about living with pragmatic grace. Author Carol Bass discovers the vernacular beauty of unpremeditated Maine in everything from clotheslines, tractors and lobster boats to sheds, barns and cabins, porches, inns and artists’ studios. With sumptuous photography that covers the diversity of Maine’s landscape—from the salty coast to rural landscapes to country summer celebrations—Carol Bass proves that Maine style is mysterious yet natural, romantic yet hearty and bold. Carol Bass is an artist and interior designer. In 1988, she co-founded Maine Cottage Furniture in Yarmouth, Maine, which now boasts 200 stores across the United States. Her award winning furniture designs have been described as "straight from the heart," "spontaneous and direct," and "bold and full of energy." Her work has been featured in Metropolitan Home, Country Home, Redbook, Country Living, In style, Coastal Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Home, House and Garden, and Cottage Living. She is also the author of The Cottage Book.