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Author Biography
Linda Hamer Kennett writes "What’s in the Attic?"
After many years of living on the East Coast, Linda Kennett returned to her home state of Indiana and settled in Irvington to raise her two children. With the original intent of staying for 5 years, she is now on her 24th year in her 1902 farm house, with no plans to leave. She began her estate liquidation company "What's in the Attic?' in 1993 and after 5 years of assisting the residents of the eastside with selling their antiques, she took the advice of friends and started her column to share her experiences. From it's beginning with one local paper in 1998, her column is now carried weekly in over a dozen papers in the mid-west, as well as online with Ruby Lane, Auction Trends and eHow.com.
Today her work takes her throughout Central Indiana viewing everything from heirloom sterling silver to primitive farm tools. In addition to her column and her company she lists among her credits a long time membership in the International Society of Appraisers, 2 time recipient of the Southport Antique Mall Award for Excellence and production staff assistant to the Antiques Roadshow.
Linda Hamer Kennett’s Story Archive
Home Remedies, Recipes, and the Best Time to Plant Your Garden
Unique in content and inexplicably accurate, the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” stands as the oldest continuously published periodical in North America. This little book (which is actually no more than a pamphlet) was first published by Robert B. Thomas in 1792 under the name “The Farmer’s Almanac.” Originally intended to be … Read More
Peanut Butter and Jelly — It’s What’s For Lunch
The America of the 1800’s was a time of growth and development of the country’s infrastructure. Building railroads and roadways, clearing forests, working the mines and manning the factories required an immense amount of manpower, and when lunchtime came . . . they all had to be fed. Out of … Read More
The Doll No One Would Buy
The room full of middle-aged ad executives were not impressed. Oh, they were smugly polite— after all they were in the presence of the company founders wife. But the proposal before them would be expensive and there was just no mass appeal to the buying public. Disappointed but not discouraged, … Read More
Got a Light?
Friction matches found favor with the public soon after they were invented by English chemist John Walker in 1826. To many, it were as though fire had been rediscovered, as these tiny little sticks made it possible to summon up a flame at will. Yet with the convenience came considerable … Read More
Shopping for Antique Furniture
Few things add distinction to a room like a fine piece of antique furniture. Whether your decor draws from the ornate Victorian era, the retro appeal of mid-century modern, or the beautiful simplicity of Arts and Crafts, the patina and quality construction of antique furniture provides an individuality to your … Read More