Maine Home+Design

What Maine Home+Design does

Maine Home+Design (legal name: Maine Home + Design; DBA: MH+D) is a regional print and digital magazine publication founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Maine. The publication covers architecture, interiors, art, and luxury living exclusively within Maine, serving three identifiable customer segments: homeowners and design enthusiasts seeking renovation and style inspiration (primary), design trade professionals (architects, interior designers, landscape designers, custom home builders, real estate brokers) seeking visibility and lead flow, and advertisers targeting Maine's affluent residential market.

Name

Maine Home+Design

Legal name

Maine Home + Design

Website

https://mainehomedesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Maine Home+Design is a print and digital regional magazine covering architecture, interiors, art, and luxury living in Maine, serving homeowners, design professionals, and advertisers through editorial content, a curated vendor directory, and visual discovery tools within the Maine Magazine publishing network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Design Magazine

akta.pro primary industry

Home, Garden & DIY Magazines (MPAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Regional home design magazine
• Architecture publication
• Interior design content
• Luxury home editorial
• Maine design directory

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Maine Home+Design is a regional print and digital publication covering architecture, interiors, art, and luxury living in Maine. It sells subscriptions to its magazine, monetizes via advertising, and operates Maine's Finest Resources, a curated directory connecting readers with local architects, designers, builders, and vendors. The Lookbook serves as the primary visual discovery tool, while editorial features and online articles provide in-depth coverage of regional design.

Product overview

Maine Home+Design is a print and digital publication platform focused on architecture, interiors, art, and luxury living in Maine. The publication operates through six interconnected product offerings: the Lookbook (a browsable photography catalog organized by exterior styles, room types, design styles, and color palettes), the Magazine (the core editorial product with features, profiles, and design theory), Online Content (digital-exclusive articles including Inside Out and Style Files), Maine's Finest Resources (a directory connecting readers with local architects, designers, builders, and service providers), Guides (expert advice collections), and MH+D Kids (family-oriented content). The Lookbook serves as the primary visual discovery tool, while the Magazine and Online content provide editorial depth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lookbook A curated collection of home design photography organized by exterior styles, room types, design styles, and color schemes, serving as the primary visual discovery tool for Maine home design.
• Magazine The core print and digital publication featuring editorial content including Artist Spotlight, Features, Design Theory, Spaces, Profiles, Style Room, Recipe sections, and more, available by subscription.
• Online Content Digital-first content including MH+D Inside Out, Style Files, and curated Roundups available exclusively online.
• Maine's Finest Resources A curated directory of local Maine professionals and businesses including Architects & Design, Art, Custom Home Builders, Custom Home Elements, Home Furnishings, Interior Designers, Kitchen & Bath, Landscape & Design, Real Estate, and Specialty services.
• Guides Expert advice and themed collections including Ask the Experts, Wishbook, Details, ArtMaine, Landscape & Garden, The Lookbook, and Green Living.
• MH+D Kids A section dedicated to children's content featuring Events and a Kids Lookbook, designed for family-oriented Maine readers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Maine MagazinecoreOthersMaine Home+Design is part of the Maine Magazine publishing family. The publication shares branding and cross-promotion with Maine Magazine, and subscribers are directed to themainemag.com for subscription services. The copyright holder is listed as Maine Magazine, indicating a parent-subsidiary relationship.
• Rings EndminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRings End, a home building and renovation company, appears as an advertiser on the Maine Home+Design website, displaying banner advertisements for their services.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Boston Home Magazine: Home design vertical of Boston Magazine covering Greater Boston architecture, interiors, and design professionals. Comparable regional design publication model with similar advertiser mix of architects, builders, and luxury home brands.
• New England Home Magazine: Regional home design magazine covering New England architecture, interiors, and luxury homes. Directly comparable business model with print editions, digital content, and resource directories serving an affluent homeowner audience.
• Luxe Interiors + Design: National network of regional luxury home design magazines targeting affluent homeowners with print editions, digital content, and a professional resource directory. Closest scaled analog of the regional luxury home design publishing model.

Broad incumbents

• Old House Journal: Active Interest Media publication focused on historic home preservation, renovation, and design. Comparable niche audience of design-engaged homeowners, though with a preservation-centric rather than luxury-new-build editorial lens.
• House Beautiful: Hearst-owned national home design magazine covering interiors, renovation, and architecture. Comparable editorial product targeting homeowners and design enthusiasts, with overlap in advertiser base (furnishings, builders, designers).
• Architectural Digest: Flagship global architecture and interior design magazine from Condé Nast. Comparable as the dominant national/international design publication competing for the same reader and advertiser mindshare, though at vastly greater scale.
• Dwell: National modern architecture and design magazine with a strong digital presence. Comparable in editorial focus on residential architecture and design, though at significantly larger scale and with a national rather than regional footprint.
• Coastal Living: National lifestyle magazine from Dotdash Meredith focused on coastal home design, architecture, and living. Comparable editorial coverage of coastal/interior design content serving an audience that overlaps significantly with Maine's coastal homeowner base.

Regional players

• Yankee Magazine: New England lifestyle and travel magazine serving the same regional audience as Maine Home+Design, including home and garden editorial content. Comparable regional media model though with broader lifestyle coverage and longer operating history.

Others

• Maine Magazine: Sister regional publication under the same parent publishing family as Maine Home+Design. Shares subscription infrastructure, copyright, and brand cross-promotion, providing direct operational and audience overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Maine-Home-Design-61559310643716
• Instagraminstagram.com/mainehomedesign
• Xx.com/MaineHomeDesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maine-home-design-magazine

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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