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Chilton Furniture Makes an Appearance in Maine Magazine's "48 Hours" Series
Chilton's Nautilus Lounge Chair and Furniture Designer Adam Rogers Featured in Global Design News
Chilton is Recognized as a Best Place to Work in Maine for the Second Year in a Row
Chilton Featured in MaineHomes Architecture & Design
Designing an office space with furniture from Maine, Cumberland’s Kristan Vermeulen, uses a Chilton desk and chair, dresser, pegboard, armchair and side table.
Chilton Featured in Decor Maine's Forecasting 2021
Chilton is pleased to have its office furniture play a starring role in a home office renovation featured in this month's Decor Maine magazine.
Kristan Vermeulen’s home office after transformation by Chilton Furniture team member...
Chilton is Recognized as a Best Place to Work in Maine for 2020
Chilton’s Union Table Makes an Appearance in Architectural Digest
Chilton’s Union Table Makes an Appearance in Architectural Digest.
Chilton's Hygge table featured in Maine Home + Design
We were proud to see our original, Maine-made Hygge table prominently featured in this month's Maine Home + Design magazine. Please enjoy the full story here.
Chilton’s Acadia Live Edge Table featured in Maine Homes magazine
Chilton’s Dipping Lamp featured in the holiday gift guide from Maine Homes magazine
Chilton was pleased to see its Dipping Lamp featured in the holiday gift guide from Maine Homes magazine. Please click here to view.
Chilton furniture featured in Decor Maine Magazine
Chilton was honored to have its dining furniture and hall bench featured in Rustic Overtones, an article in the November/December edition of Decor focused on a new Kennebunkport home from Maine builder Creative Coast Construction. Please click here to enjoy the piece.
Chilton's Shaker Collection Featured in Good Theater's Production of Admissions
Chilton is pleased to be long-time supporter of the arts, but we have found a particular joy in our season sponsorship of the Good Theater, a not-for-profit theater company in the Saint Lawrence Arts Center of Portland's Munjoy Hill. The Good Theater dedicates itself to presenting quality theatrical productions that are entertaining, uplifting, and inspiring, using the best artists available. After...
Chilton's Acadia Live Edge dining table
featured in DownEast Magazine
Chilton's Acadia Live Edge dining table and Spindle Chairs were the perfect compliment to the newly built modern Peaks Island home featured in Rustic and Sleek, the Maine Homes column of September's DownEast magazine. You can enjoy the full article here.
Chilton featured in Architectural Digest
for the Modern Shaker Stove
Chilton is pleased to have been included in Architecture Digest's feature: 6 Modern Takes on Wood-Burning Stoves. The article led with the Wittus Modern Shaker Stove, and also included the Scandinavian inspired Wittus Stack Stove, recently introduced at Chilton.
You can enjoy the full article here.
Little Big Town
Chilton is proud to be featured in Decor Maine's "Made in Maine" series
This month, Decor Maine published the first in a series of articles about the growing attraction of Maine as a destination for craftspeople and artisans, and the growing consumer interest in products made in Maine. Chilton was pleased to be featured as an example of this trend, citing our increase of Maine-made products from approximately a quarter to nearly 60% of...
Chilton Extends Fundraising for Breast Cancer Awareness through Sunday, October 28
In recognition of the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Chilton is extending its donation campaign through the weekend. For tomorrow and Sunday, October 27th and 28th, Chilton will donate 5% of net sales to the Real Men Wear Pink of Maine campaign to fight breast cancer on behalf of the American Cancer Society.
You can see the results...
Chilton's Acadia Live Edge bed featured on Treehouse Masters
Chilton is honored to have had its original Acadia Live Edge Bed and Acadia Dresser featured on Treehouse Masters. The episode called Antonio Brown's Steel City Skybox premiered on September 7, 2018 and featured a modern steel, wood and glass treehouse for Pittsburgh Steeler star wide receiver Antonio Brown. The episode can be seen on
Maine Furniture Company Shifts to Local Artisans
When Chilton Furniture changed hands four years ago, nearly three-quarters of its furniture was being built outside Maine.
Today, more than half of the furniture is made in Maine and the percentage keeps climbing.
‘Genuine leather?’ ‘Real wood?’ How to read furniture labels
Chilton owner Jen Levin is quoted in the following story about how to read furniture labels. The original story appeared in the Associated Press, but has been picked up by publications such as the Washington Post.
Chilton featured in Maine Homes of DownEast Magazine
To come up with their fresh, modern designs, Jen and Jared Levin, of Chilton Furniture, draw inspiration from a 300-year-old religious sect.
When Jen and Jared Levin sat down with Brother Arnold, one of the two remaining members of the Colonial New England sect known as the Shakers, there was an instant connection. Over tea and spiced fruit bread at...
Chilton Awarded "Best of Houzz: 2018"
Chilton is honored to have been awarded "Best of Customer Service: 2018 on Houzz®, a leading platform for home remodeling and design. According to Houzz, Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2017. A “Best Of Houzz 2018” badge now appears on Chilton's profile as a...
Chilton's Beds Featured on Treehouse Masters Premiere
Chilton is honored to have its Arch Shaker Bed and Penobscot Sleigh Bed featured in the latest treehouse creation of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters, built in Monmouth, Maine. The show, part of the two-house season 10 premier, aired last night, Friday January 5 at 8:00pm EST. If you watch the last 15 minutes, you will see several close ups of...
Handmade in New England: Blurring the Line Between Art and Furniture.
Chilton is pleased to be included in this story by New England Living.
Chilton Furniture featured in Maine Home & Design magazine
Chilton Furniture and Sea Bags Collaborate on Uniquely Maine Nautical Bed
Chilton Furniture Co. and Sea Bags of Maine are pleased to announce the introduction of the High Mast Bed, a collaboration inspired by Maine's woodworking and seafaring heritage.
The frame for the High Mast Bed is a modern interpretation of a classic four poster bed. It is an original Chilton design with clean lines and turned legs shaped to resemble the...
Chilton Featured in Small Dose Magic
Chilton was pleased to have its Live Edge Slab Coffee Table featured in the most recent posting from Small Dose Magic, a lifestyle blog about life in the "other Portland" (Oregon!). You can enjoy the full feature here.
Chilton featured in WGME's coverage of the Freeport Holiday Sparkle Event
Chilton co-owner Jennifer Levin is interviewed by WGME in their coverage of the Freeport "Sparkle" holiday decorating contest.
Chilton Live Edge bed selected for the cover of the annual artmaine. magazine
Chilton is thrilled to have been selected for the cover of Art Collector Maine, an annual Maine Media Collective publication which highlights notable artists from all over Maine. Paired with artist Jean Jack, our Acadia live edge bed really made a strong visual impact.
Chilton Featured in the Associated Press
Chilton co-owner, Jen Levin speaks about Shaker furniture in a recent Associated Press article by Katherine Ross, picked up by ABC News and The Washington Post. The article describes a new exhibit at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Simple Gifts," exploring Shaker furniture and textiles and their impact.
The Shakers have long...
Chilton's Live Edge Collection Featured on Treehouse Masters
Chilton is honored to have provided its Live Edge bedroom furniture for this Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired triple-decker tree-house featured on Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters!
The Frank Lloyd Treehouse episode of Treehouse Masters aired this past Friday, July 29 at 10/9C pm. We were honored and excited to receive a nice mention and air time for Chilton and our Live...
Chilton's Cottage Line Recognized by Nest by Tamara
Chilton Furniture is delighted that our new cottage line was recently selected by Nest by Tamara for her list of The Perfect Pieces to Decorate a Beach House. Nest by Tamara is a design and lifestyle blog inspired by Tamara’s life as an interior designer. Nest has over one million readers and was voted the #1 Interior...
Chilton Partner Tappan Chairs Featured in New Hampshire Chronicle
We were very proud to see this feature on New Hampshire Chronicle of one of our favorite builders, Adam Nudd-Homeyer of Tappan Chair Company. You can watch the video here. You can meet Adam at our upcoming event...
Maine Home & Design Profiles Chilton Furniture
Maine Home & Design profiles Chilton Furniture, our commitment to Shaker inspired design and plans for the future.
Boston Globe on the Shaker-Chilton-Tappan Partnership
The Boston Globe recently published an article on the new collaboration between the Sabbathday Lake community of Shakers, Tappan Chairs of New Hampshire and Chilton Furniture to produce a series of Alfred chairs.
“My own experience has been that most businesses that have come here in the past have tended, whether intentionally or not, to want to exploit the Shaker experience...
Wall Street Journal Covers Shaker Furniture
The Wall Street Journal profiles Shaker furniture today, including Chilton’s Alfred Village Chairs produced in collaboration with the Shakers of Sabbathday Lake.
Current Media Recognizes Chilton Furniture as Example of Midcoast Innovation
Maine’s midcoast, it seems, has a long history of innovation. Grouped with shipbuilders, the Navy, and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Assocation (responsible for redevelopment at Brunswick Landing), this article recognizes the history of Shaker furniture makers and Chilton Furnture.
It was the beauty of the Shaker designs that inspired Bill Martins to start Chilton Furniture in the 1970s. Using...
Last Living Shakers Authorize NH Craftsman to Produce Iconic Chair
Listen to NPR’s Sean Hurley discuss the Shakers authorizing the production of an authentic Alfred Shaker Chair.
A Chair Made Only in Sandwich
Listen to NPR’s Sean Hurley talk about Tappan Chairs, made in Sandwich, NH since 1819.