About the Shop

Pete picked up his grandfather's chisels in 2009. He's still using them.

Pete Zanconato grew up in his father's framing crew on the North Shore. His grandfather, Vincenzo, immigrated to Gloucester in 1948 and worked as a finish carpenter on shipyards and waterfront cottages until he retired in 1991. The family kept the tools.

In 2009, after eight years at a high-end millwork shop in Beverly, Pete opened a one-man shop on Eden Road in Rockport. The crew is now four — three of them grew up here. We do most of our work within fifteen miles of the shop, and we like it that way.

We know the houses

Cape-style cottages built in the 1880s have specific framing quirks. We've seen most of them — sometimes more than once.

We know the suppliers

Downes & Reader (Stoughton) for hardwoods. Anderson & McQuaid (Cambridge) for moldings. Reliable Truss in Plaistow for engineered lumber.

We're not going anywhere

Our kids go to school here. If something needs a tweak two years later, we'll come back. That's not a marketing line; it's just easier than driving an hour.