Budget Breakdown: Their Maine Property Only Had One Bathroom, So They Built a Guesthouse for $208K

An artist and her partner can now easily host visitors with a shed-roofed suite they added to their wooded 10-acre parcel.
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Diana Arcadipone’s works, whether paintings or mixed media, are layered and magical—much like the idyllic acreage where she lives with her partner, Scott Berk, in Otisfield, Maine. Peppered with saplings and home to a revolving cast of native critters, including fox, deer, and coyotes, the enchanting property accommodates the couple’s home, a barn, a woodshop, an art studio, and, most recently, a tiny guesthouse.

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