Yankee Craftsman

Specialties

The Yankee Craftsman was founded in 1970 and is the largest and finest antique lighting showroom and restoration shops in New England. The Yankee Craftsman has been on This Old House with Norm Abrams and a guest on This Old House multiple times to consult with our master craftsman on restoring antique lighting. The Yankee Craftsman specializes in antique restoration for Harvard University, The State House in Boston and many of the churches, libraries and town halls across the north east. We also make up custom pendants, chandeliers and sconces. Our master craftsman work with decorators and interior designers to come up with unique custom lighting for all your needs. You can bring by any new lighting for repairs including low voltage and halogen table lamps, floor lamps and fixtures. We also offer a full service polishing shop for andirons, hardware from brass to silver and we even do nickel plating. Our antique glass shade room is one of the largest in the country and we even carry one of the largest reproduction glass shade selections.

History

Established in 1970.

The Yankee Craftsman was founded by Bill Sweeney and his three sons Bruce, Scott and Gary which run the business now with the help of Keith Felt who has been here for twenty years. The Master Craftsman at Yankee Craftsman set the standard for antique lighting restoration and custom lighting in the New England area. The showrooms are located in a massive three story barn and the lighting shop is located in the carriage house of the four acre 1760 farm house that was originally a dairy farm and was a grant from King George for Captain Isaac Damon. We have set the standard for craftsman and quality. We treat every customer the way we would want to be treated. Feel free to stop by to walk through our barn which is like a museum or bring in your table lamps or floor lamps because we work on all your modern lighting needs including low voltage and halogen.

Meet the Business Owner

Gary S.

Business Owner

Gary is the youngest of the three brothers and been restoring antique and custom lighting since he was seven and truly has a passion like no other. I tell my step kids to make sure you really love what you do in life and to give everything you have for at the end of the day it feels really good to bring something back to life and to see it all lit up. Some projects I can see in my mind what something will look like before i even start. I really feel a lot of pride in restoring a beautiful old light fixture and then see it hanging in the persons house. The quality and craftsmanship is what makes these old fixtures so remarkable and how they will be around for another 100 years unlike the plastic junk they make now.