Recognition

In 1980, we exhibited in our first regional show, at the New England Home Show in Boston. In those days, the show was a major exhibition, and national manufacturers would bring their new product lines to introduce them to the public. We were stuck up in the back corner of the second floor of the hall. We were showing a small section of our hand-planed pine country Georgian cabinetry. Our concept was unique at the time: to create cabinetry designed and crafted like furniture to blend with the architectural details of the home. Somehow the word spread, people found their way back to our corner of the hall, and there has been no looking back. In those days we built cabinetry to complement the Early Homes of New England. Over the last twenty-five years we have added authentic period styles to complement all styles of homes right up through the Twentieth Century.

In 1985, we were building a kitchen for a client in Lexington, Massachusetts for an old Greek Revival farmhouse. Tom Silva was the contractor. Down the street lived Russell Morash, producer of This Old House. He had been following the project and liked our approach to period design and craftsmanship. He asked us to do the next This Old House project, the Weatherbee Farm, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Since then, our work has been featured in many publications, including Country Living, Colonial Homes, Architectural Digest, Old House Journal, Victorian Homes, Early American Life, and Old House Interiors. And we have been featured on HGTV as well as many repeat appearance on This Old House.

The October 2005 edition of This Old House Magazine profiled the best building pros in America, and The Kennebec Company was selected for their work in period-inspired cabinetry.

Perhaps our greatest recognition came a few years ago when Norm Abrams chose the Kennebec Company to design and build the kitchen for his own home.