From Forest to Table: The Stories Behind the Styles

From Forest to Table: The Stories Behind the Styles

We often take our furniture for granted. We sit at the same chairs and table every day and eat meals, entertain, and sometimes even work. Our dining rooms are where we begin and end our days and where we connect with family.

Purchasing quality furniture is an investment in a piece that will live and grow with you and eventually become something that you can proudly pass down through generations. For this reason, we take our responsibility as a premium furniture retailer seriously, ensuring that we partner with a variety of ethical and skilled craftsmen and manufacturers in the USA to curate our selection of quality home furnishings. While so many of us might take our furniture for granted, we know there’s a story behind each individual piece—a story that begins long before your purchase, a story that starts with a tree.

In the forests of Ohio, local Amish Craftsmen use techniques they’ve learned from their parents, and their parents before them.

Often family owned and operated, these skilled woodworkers have a deep, intrinsic understanding of each and every part of the furniture-making process. Many of our partners combine modern and traditional approaches in order to build furniture from the roots up. From hand-selecting and harvesting the best trees and shaping it in their own sawmills to hand-finishing in a meticulous process that is designed to safeguard the beauty and integrity of heirloom quality furniture, these experts use time-honored craftsmanship to create pieces that are made to last for generations.

The best part? Our partners understand the value of sustainability. Many believe in making use of every part of the tree they’ve harvested. After selecting the finest grades and colors of wood to be made into our furniture, some craftsmen use the remainder to construct industrial pallets, while wood chips are made into landscaping mulch, and wood shavings are shipped to paper companies.

These local forests are their generational livelihoods, so it’s integral to keep them thriving and healthy. In order to do this, some of our partners will teach the landowners of local forests how to care for seedlings that sprout after a tree has been felled to ensure forest longevity.

For the American craftsmen that we partner with, making furniture is more than just a job; it’s a way of life. As a tribute to their heritage, values, and skills, they find purpose in creating finely crafted furniture that will last for a lifetime. We feel honored to partner with these talented craftsmen who exemplify the American spirit of taking pride in making something and making it well.

Create the perfect place to gather this holiday season with our wide selection of American made dining sets and collections in stock and on sale today!