‘Maine Cabin Masters’: Chase & Ashley Morrill-Eldridge Address Season 13 Drama, New Spinoff and Family Dynamics

Chase Morrill is back for another round of standout renovations on Maine Cabin Masters. For Season 13 of the Magnolia Network hit series, it’s once again a family affair with the homebuilder joined by lead designer and sister Ashley Morrill-Eldridge and fellow contractor and brother-in-law Ryan Eldridge. Rounding out the core group are skilled carpenters Matt “Dixie” Dix and Jared “Jedi” Baker. Together they’ll transform century-old cottages into desirable lakeside properties. As demonstrated in the exclusive clip below, these projects aren’t without its challenges like water problems in a cabin.

The crew’s working dynamic has been a winning formula. In the midst of all the upcoming new episodes, fans can also look forward to spin-off Maine Cabin Masters: All Inn. The new show set to air over the summer follows Chase and his wife Sarah as they realize their dream of becoming innkeepers. In order for that to happen the team pulls all their resources together to bring a rundown property back to life in time for opening of the Waters Run Bed and Breakfast.

We sat down with Chase and Ashley to tease what’s to come.

Going into Season 13, what do you make of the staying power of the show? Why do you think it resonates so much?

Chase Morrill: We’re working in beautiful locations that at times we take for granted. Everyone either has a tie to main or can appreciate Maine. I think that all resonates.

Compare when the show started to now in terms of the challenges you face that you maybe didn’t incur before. What kind of trends have you noticed?

Chase: Unfortunately, costs have skyrocketed. We were able to do much smaller budgets when we started. But it was also just the five of us. Since then, we’ve grown an amazing team. We have close to 25 carpenters in the summer time. Not to mention our subcontractors, Francis [Folsom] our excavation guy, our electricians, Doug [Peabody] the plumber. I think we wouldn’t have been able to get to where we are without a great team working with us.

Ashley Morrill-Eldridge: My design team used to be Chase, Ryan, Dixie, and Jedi so now I have probably five people helping out on my side of things. It has made a complete difference. I also think one of the trends is that I think people are getting back into antique, salvaged, recycling. You see a lot more of that. People interested in using the old stuff instead of sending it to the trash and getting rid of it.

Chase: Before it was very easy to find stuff like that where now people either hang on to it or know they can charge a premium for it. Before there were things that would end up in landfills that we would snag, something out on the side of the road with a free on it.

How would you describe your working dynamic as a family? What do you do to make it so you’re not always talking about the jobs like during dinner? Are there boundaries?

Chase: [Laughs] You’re lucky you got us to sit down together for this interview. Just kidding! I think for us it has been fine finding the balance where we don’t need to be talking about work all of the time because it’s really easy to do. We live close to each other.

Ashley: We vacation together.

Chase: We spend a lot of time together knowing those boundaries.

Ashley: One of the things Chase does is on Sundays he shuts his phone down and shuts work off. No work phone calls, nothing. Ryan would get frustrated about that in the beginning with that because Ryan can’t shut that thing off. It’s a way for Chase to reconnect, be present. I totally respect that. I kind of got Ryan to do the same thing. The problems will still be there on Monday.

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You have clearly developed a close bond as a small mighty team. I know Mike lost his Ginna unexpectedly last year. How did you all rally around him to get him through such a tough time?

Ashley: This is a little bit of a spoiler, but we can talk about it. We did a little project in memory of Ginna for Dixie’s for friends and family to go up and have a place they love together and remember Ginna and enjoy. It was hard. Ginna and Ryan have known each other since they were little babies. She was part of our family as well. It was a tough loss, but Dixie is doing well.

Chase: It was tough for Dixie. The loss of anyone, but to be in the public eye like that. I worried it would be difficult for him, but actually having the support and love from the fans of the show helped tremendously to lift his spirits when he needed it.

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What do you say about the projects we will see this season?

Chase: One of the things that keeps us going is to do new and fun interesting projects. Every cabin we go to is different and has a different family story. We try to find ones that are interesting to us and hopefully that translates across and is interesting to viewers. Island ones are always a challenge. We have a couple of island ones this season.

Ashley: We love doing community projects. It’s a way to give back.

What about the problems you run into? Looks like some water issues play a part in at least one of the jobs.

Chase: Yeah, when you work on an island it may seem romantic and idyllic. But then you start getting into the logistics and that becomes a challenge. Island camps, camps in general, some of our homeowner specials, they put things together and hope to make it work, so we never know what we’re going to find. You may turn something on and water may come gushing down on your without realizing it. You have to be able to react and take care of the problem quickly and know you’re not going to get the supplies you need right away when you’re out on an island so you have to make due with what you got.

This summer we also have Maine Cabin Masters: All Inn coming out. Chase, what does it mean for you and Sarah to take viewers on this journey?

Chase: It’s rewarding. We’re right in the thick of it at the bed and breakfast. It’s great getting the family involved with my kids back from school. This will start airing sometime Summer 2026, so right now it is a race to the finish. We’re trying to get everything completed. My daughter is home from college, like everything else we have done it is a hundred percent family involvement, which is how we like it to be.

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When is the Inn supposed to open?

Chase: Our goal is to be open this summer. We have reservations for the beginning of July. The deadline is real. It’s as about as real as you can get. It was by far one of the biggest projects we have tackled, but it’s something my wife is all about.

Ashley: She is very passionate about it. The cool thing is we are revisiting a lot of the artisan and craftsman years and years ago. Cool places are not incorporated into the Inn. That is cool to me.

What did you walk away with this season after completing the projects you did?

Chase: We realized how lucky we are to be working in such a beautiful state. We have a great team working with us and love what we do. It’s great to see these younger guys taking pride in their work. We’ve done some cool projects. Stay tuned to see some fun creative finished projects.

Main Cabin Masters, May 25, 9/8c, Magnolia Network

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