In 2014, we started the venture of finding our first home. Throughout this process, we discovered our love of design, rustic decor, and architecture. After a long search, we finally found our perfect home! We decided to make some changes before moving in so that it would be exactly what we wanted — changing the floors to wide plank barn wood boards was step one. It was a major undertaking, but we were bound to do them ourselves. This process helped us realize our love for rustic style, working together and sharing our passion with others.
Fast forward, and here we are! Now, we are proud to say that we are a husband and wife team built on quality, craft, and fun — making handcrafted pieces that will stay in your family for generations. With living in the beautiful state of Maine and being inspired by the Shaker community and craftsmanship in our area, we do what we love every single day! We hope to share our passion for woodworking with you through our furniture and decor to help turn your house into a home you love.
Winterstick Snowboards
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Our ownership group, Bigelow Mountain Partners LLC, was started by 3 Mainers who are all alumni of Carrabassett Valley Academy. They rescued the Winterstick brand from bankruptcy in 2000 and have been working to with the brand since then. In 2014 Seth Wescott became involved as an owner and approached Sugarloaf about letting us use the old West Mountain Chair Barn as a factory. In 2015 we reached an agreement with Sugarloaf and in 2016 opened the 1st ski and snowboard factory in the world with a chairlift coming out of it. We wanted to build here in Maine. We love the state and most of us remember the mills in Lewiston, Waterville, and the rest of Maine pumping out high quality products. We want to do the same.
Odd Alewives Farm Brewery
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When Odd Alewives Farm Brewery founders John and Sarah McNeil decided to open a brewery, they did so with the motivation to create a unique and engaging beer experience that would combine their talents as brewers, farmers, and artists. After much searching they found the perfect farm, within the historic midcoast Maine village of Waldoboro. The newly renovated 1820’s barn, which now houses the brewery and tasting room, is surrounded by 22+ acres of gardens and forest and offers visitors a beautiful rural setting to gather and celebrate. The farm grows a variety of hops, fruit, herbs and even vegetables all for beer production, ingredients not produced on the farm are sourced locally within the state, so as to capture the taste of a true Maine farmhouse ale.
OAFB’s mission is to create beer that refreshes, and sustains the hardworking body and mind. As a result our farmhouse ales focuses on the honesty of the product, variability of the seasons, locality and purity of the ingredients.
Gallery Leather Manufacturing, Inc.
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Craftsmanship is a way of life in Maine, particularly here on the coast and islands that shape Frenchman’s Bay and serve as the gateway to Acadia National Park. For over 40 years, the Gallery Leather company has been part of that rich tradition, handcrafting leather products of exceptional quality.
Over the years we have made leather goods for many of North America’s luxury brands. Now we offer a line of our own timeless designs: planners, journals, albums and organizers – all constructed by hand, here in Maine, guaranteed to last for generations.
Compass Rose Images
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Shelley Lance-Fulk and Jacklyn Amtower are sisters living in Newport, Maine. They have been traveling and photographing wildlife around the world since their teens. They have visited all seven continents on multiple occasions and their passports have stamps from more than 138 countries. Their experiences of adventure, enlightenment and respect for animals are shared in tales and stories with accompanying photographs in their six books, Can I Carry Your Luggage?, Upside Down and Backwards, Dromomainea, GPS (Go.Play.Share), Encounter! and Bridging Time. Their time throughout the year is divided between traveling, sharing their photographs and stories at artisan fairs and in speaking engagements. Their YouTube Channel, Traveling Sisters Adventures, enables viewers to hop in their vehicle to join Shelley and Jacklyn on their travels! The sisters enjoy the experience of meeting new people and observing other cultures and wildlife but their appreciation for the state of Maine always draws them home to the animals and splendor of their beautiful community.
Wooden Screen Door Co. Inc.
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Wooden Screen Door Company is proud of the quality of the materials and methods we use to construct our custom wooden screen/storm doors. Everything from expansion, contraction and the species of the wood, to straightness of grain, thickness of wood, finishing treatments and hardware has been considered for quality and durability. From the design to milling, assembly to shipping, quality and pride are instilled into everything we do to manufacture our doors. We are confident that you, our customer, will be thrilled with the quality and workmanship that is evident in these unique, custom wooden screen/storm doors.
Dafni Greek Products
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Artisanal Greek hand crafted specialties. We select the finest olives from the Lakonia region in Greece.
Our DÁFNI Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a Single Variety and unfiltered “living olive oil”. This ensures optimal health benefits and flavor. Our oil’s acidity is below .5%, qualifying it as premium grade extra virgin, the highest quality available. The DÁFNI Greek Gourmet product line includes our Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Authentic Greek Drizzling Oils made with our Wild Oregano. We create three additional flavors – Balsamiko (aged balsamic vinegar and garlic) Lemóni, (fresh lemon), and Kokkíno (aged red wine vinegar).
In addition to our award winning oils, Dafni’s olives are hand cured, using our low-sodium proprietary brine recipe. Dafni handpicks and harvests their herbs: Oregano, Bay Leaves, and Mountain Tea completing the truly unique opportunity for handcrafted Greek Gourmet Products in Biddeford, Maine.
the dooloop
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With a dooloop, your hands are freed up for your morning coffee, a phone call, sharing treats, or holding someone’s hand.
Dooloops are made in Maine of non-toxic, recycled/recyclable plastic and hand-assembled, for packaging that doesn’t require single use plastic: useful, cute, affordable and light-weight (<6grams), the dooloop is good for you and kind to the planet.
Dooloops come in 7 colors, lobster red, millennial pink, matcha green, charcoal, new blue, Bari’s lilac and woof white, Malibu pink, aquaBella, sage that shit, and ‘sad beige’ – for city folks
Spread Peace, not poo! And Love your walk:)
Dooloops make a great gift!
Timberlake Shaker Furniture
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S. Timberlake Company was founded in Bethel, Maine as a mail order company by Sam,Ross, and Natalie Timberlake in 1974 and did not have a “formal” showroom store until 1979 when space was leased in Portland, Maine’s “Old Port District.”
The first products we made were the classic ladderback Shaker chairs. We were impressed by the strength of the joints and durability of such a light-weight chair. Today, we make a complete catalog of Shaker furniture for every room in the house.
The S.Timberlake workshops and showroom are located on Routes 2, 5, and 26 in Bethel,Maine. Tours of the workshops are frequently given to visitors.
Loring Outdoors Inc
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The Native American tradition of handcrafted pack baskets began hundreds of years ago, and the skills used to produce the traditional Ash pack basket have been passed down from generation to generation. The Loring Outdoors company was born from this beautiful Wabanaki cultural tradition when Wane Loring learned how to weave pack baskets from his father, Eugene Loring, a Penobscot Tribal Member and Master Basket Weaver.
Eugene spent many nights and weekends handcrafting pack baskets to fill custom orders from select clients. The traditional Ash pack baskets are magnificent products of long hours of dedication, attention to details, and unique craftsmanship. These baskets tend to be more expensive due to the time it takes to make one and the cost of materials.
As a young man, Wane wondered how he could improve on his basket weaving technique to produce a less expensive, yet more durable product. Wane spent all of 1999 testing a variety of synthetic materials to modernize the timeless tradition of the Wabanaki by making pack baskets that would satisfy the current market.
After a year of research and development, trial and error, and customer feedback, Wane finally developed a synthetic pack basket so strong, it was nearly indestructible. Wane tested the market by giving his new synthetic pack basket to hunters, ice fishermen, nature photographers and videographers, and other outdoorsmen to have them tested. The only requirement to receive a free beta Loring Pack Basket at the time was to get really rough with it and let Wane know how it handled the experience.
The response was amazing. Everyone was surprised by the strength of the baskets and how easy it was to care for them. Since then, Wane, his wife Kim, and his sons Justin and Jesse have been working hard to improve the quality of their baskets, which are still hand-woven with the same care and passion as their ancestors.
The Loring’s are very proud of their Wabanaki heritage and basket making tradition and still produce and sell traditional Ash pack baskets. However, their current focus is to provide customers with nearly indestructible baskets at a reasonable price.