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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
Beistle — Vintage Halloween at Its Finest
In the early 1900s, Martin Luther Beistle was running a small, but successful, company that made calendars and artificial plants for hotels and commercial concerns in Pittsburgh. Life was good, the bills were paid and many would have been content to leave things as they were. But Martin had a … Read More
The Great American Cookie Jar
In the late 1700s the British devised a way to keep their tasty morsels fresh. They invented the biscuit jar. It took about 125 years for this idea to make its way across the Atlantic, but it finally did and in the early part of the 1900s, American glass factories … Read More
The Return of the Antiques Roadshow
After being forced by COVID to cancel their filming for the 2020, Antiques Roadshow is back out touring the country in preparation for Season 26. The longest running appraisal show on TV and winner of 18 Emmy Awards has made some changes to their traditional format. In an effort to … Read More
The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
Built for practicality, but now preserved as a piece of our history, the covered bridges of America stand as a tribute to the craftsmanship of their creators. Walking into one of these structures, you can not help but be amazed at the massive timbers used in their construction, the product … Read More
The Money Pit
“I shall always love an old house, for in its timbers strong, are life and love and memories of children’s carefree song…” Those words were lovingly stitched on the sampler my sister-in-law made for us when we bought our 1902 farm house in the late 80s. What she failed to … Read More