“It’s our happy place,” Lisa says. For years, she spent summers with siblings, cousins, and friends, falling in love with this unique community and its traditions: tennis lessons on clay courts, days cruising in little whalers. “We’re really connected to each other. This place is so special that it’s solidified our relationships in a whole different way. Even...
“Every project should have an element that showcases nature in its raw form,” Jenny Morrison, founder of Morrison Design House says.
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 Furniture (www.chiltons.com) is pleased to announce that The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies awarded the Nautilus Lounge Chair a 2020 GOOD DESIGN® Award.
The GOOD...
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 Furniture, a family-owned designer and retailer of wood furniture crafted primarily in Maine, will be opening a new showroom in Portland this Sunday, November 1st. Jen Levin, President, and Co-Owner of Chilton will be giving tours of the showroom and showcasing Chilton's newest, locally made designs all day.
Chilton will be located at 100 Commercial Street and open every...
Learn more about how Chilton is crafting its own collection that celebrates the love of wood with Square Manufacturing Co. in the September issue of New England Home.
Chilton’s Union Table Makes an Appearance in Architectural Digest.
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 was pleased to see its Dipping Lamp featured in the holiday gift guide from Maine Homes magazine. Please click here to view.
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 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 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 is pleased to have been selected as exclusive area distributor for Marset Lighting. Marset's collection of handmade modern LED table and floor lamps will join our existing curated collection of Vermont-built lighting from Hubbardton Forge. Some of our favorites include the fun, colorful and portable Bicoca light, the rechargeable, portable Follow Me light and the sleek and modern...
One of our greatest joys since becoming the new owners of Chilton a few years ago has been getting to know Adam Nudd-Homeyer, the 7th generation owner and lead craftsperson for the Tappan Chair company of Sandwich, New Hampshire. Chilton has been proud to carry Tappan’s full collection of hand-turned, hand-woven chairs, and today, we are...
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.
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...
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...
Hi, this is Jared Levin, one of the co-owners of Chilton Furniture. Chilton is very proud to be supporting "Real Men Wear Pink"- a campaign through the American Cancer Society to help raise awareness and funds to fight breast cancer.
I am a son to a loving mother, a husband to a beautiful wife (Chilton co-owner Jennifer), and a father...
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
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.
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.
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 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...
The High Mast Bed features custom woodworking, repurposed sailcloth and marine rope.
The High Mast Bed, a collaboration between Chilton Furniture and Sea Bags of Maine, is officially available for purchase online and in Chilton Furniture showrooms.
Chilton unveiled their nautical-themed collaboration at the Maine Boats Homes and Harbors Show in Rockland, Maine this summer, receiving positive reviews. Inspired...
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...
When we stumbled across a photo of the Wittus Modern Shaker Stove last year, we immediately fell in love. In tribute, we posted the photo on our Instagram page.
To our delight, Wittus saw our post and invited Chilton to become a dealer! The Wittus Modern Shaker Stove is now available on our website, and...
Chilton is pleased to be included in this story by New England Living.
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 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 co-owner Jennifer Levin is interviewed by WGME in their coverage of the Freeport "Sparkle" holiday decorating contest.
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 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 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 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...
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, our commitment to Shaker inspired design and plans for the future.
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...
The Wall Street Journal profiles Shaker furniture today, including Chilton’s Alfred Village Chairs produced in collaboration with the Shakers of Sabbathday Lake.
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...
Listen to NPR’s Sean Hurley discuss the Shakers authorizing the production of an authentic Alfred Shaker Chair.
Listen to NPR’s Sean Hurley talk about Tappan Chairs, made in Sandwich, NH since 1819.
Dear Valued Customer,
Happy New Year to you! I am writing to thank you for being a valued member of the Chilton family and to introduce myself. As you may have heard, in September of last year my husband Jared and I purchased Chilton from longtime owners Bill and Susan Martens-we have big shoes to fill. With a history...
Freeport and Scarborough, Maine (November 10, 2014):Jennifer and Jared Levin of Larchmont, New York are the new owners of Chilton Furniture, known for handcrafted, Shaker-inspired cherry wood designs. Sale of the store became final in September. The Levins have retained the existing management team—general manager, Nate Gobeil, who was named a partner, and store managers Lorinda Nelson and Jill Kennedy—as...
