KENNEBEC JOURNAL • October 13, 2023
The TV show “Maine Cabin Masters,” which first aired in 2017, follows local contractor Chase Morrill; his sister Ashley Morrill, a designer; her husband Ryan Eldridge, dubbed “the voice of reason”; and their longtime friends Matt “Dixie” Dix and Jared “Jedi” Baker as they renovate camps across the state. With a peak audience of 437,000 viewers, it is one of the Magnolia Network’s most popular shows. And now, the show’s popularity has allowed Ashley Morrill to branch out and launch her own home décor line. The town of Manchester has been buoyed by the fandom for the show and the people it attracts to the 1850s homestead the group purchased in 2019 and the restaurant and bar, The Woodshed, it opened there soon after.