Tour Painter and Muralist Rachel Gloria Adams Home in Maine

For artist, muralist and designer Rachel Gloria Adams, art is at the heart of her home. She and her husband Ryan Adams, also a muralist, and their young daughters Zoe and Norah live in a three-story townhouse in Portland, Maine, that they consider a work in progress.

“We knew that with having four of us live here that we could never really fully commit to this one space always being one thing, and we had to be open to the fact that our needs were going to constantly change,” Rachel says. “They’re the things that happen within our artwork, but it’s now kind of translated into the home. And as artists, we’re maybe doing things an interior decorator might not think to do just because of the way we process color and process pattern and texture, and just not being afraid to put it up, whatever that may be.”

It shows in the bright prints and bold colors throughout the rooms and the pattern matching and color stories that she refers to as “vignettes” around the house.

The artists have lived in their townhouse in Portland since 2017. “The first thing we did when we moved in was scraped off the popcorn ceiling,” Rachel says. Since then, the rooms and decor have evolved and changed as needed for this creative family.