This kitchen resides within a beautiful early 1900s home, and this project was a really great blend of blending old with new. The homeowners wanted to keep existing materials that could be modified in place rather than removed and replaced with new where it made sense. We freshened up the chair rail, wainscoting,  older window sashes and refinished the maple

Great Northern Builders is excited to introduce our new Operations Coordinator Allison Perreault. Allison joined the GNB team in early 2023. In Allison’s role as Operations Coordinator, she is essential in supporting all active projects, as well as those in design. Allison often accompanies clients on visits to showrooms to assist with product selections. Allison loves her role as Operations

This project takes place within a 2500 square foot split level style home that was built in 1989. The floor plan of this home has three distinct living levels. The first floor ‘play area’ is approximately 500 square feet, the three bedrooms reside on the third level with just over 500 square feet, which leaves just over 900 square feet

Great Northern Builders Project Developer Melanie Merz will be out of the office this Thursday May 25th. Melanie will participate in the annual Women Build Day to help raise money, raise awareness, and BUILD, for the Habitat For Humanity of Greater Portland. The Women Build Day is a unique opportunity to spend a day, hands on, helping to build a

This 200 square foot addition will serve as a beautiful and relaxing lounge for the primary suite. These homeowners love to host their adult children and their families, but sometimes a house full of guests can get a little busy. These homeowners knew a bump out addition from their primary suite would become a beautiful morning refuge when the house

This quick bathroom update improved the functionality and longevity of the space. The homeowners swapped out the tub/shower combo for a modern Swanstone shower with low threshold entry. Because we brought the room down to the studs, we were able to add blocking behind the shower walls to ensure the new teak shower bench and grab bars are very securely

Homes provide us with a place of comfort, but what happens when our home isn’t quite the right fit for our unique circumstances any longer?  At 5pm at the South Berwick Public Library on Wednesday, February 8th homeowners can take a quiz to find out if they should invest or start fresh and then learn more about what to expect

These returning customers had a few projects they needed help with to build more comfort into their living spaces.  The first area to address was the upstairs full bathroom. The existing shower was nooked into a corner alcove, but was really not using the available height space efficiently. Updating this alcove to extend the ceiling and install recessed lighting transformed

Our friends at Brennan and Rogers Estate Planning, Elder Law, and Probate Lawyers, reached out to Great Northern Builders to ask if we would be willing to share information that would go out in a newsletter that would help Brennan and Rogers clients learn more about home renovations to prepare to age in place.  A client of Brennan and Rogers received

This family has a wonderful getaway spot on Kennebec Pond in Lyman Maine. They reached out to Great Northern Builders to discuss the feasibility of making their getaway home a forever home where they could feel comfortable and safe once they were ready to retire.  Working with Great Northern Builders, the homeowners decided to expand the footprint of the home