Rocking horses,saddle stands,rustic furniture and more!
Yeah, it's a passion. I constantly am thinking of it and I'll even see a piece of furniture on a TV show or something and I automatically, Once I was here and seeing the need for the rustic furniture and everyone having or looking for rustic type furniture, I decided to start on my own and experimenting with different types of woods and styles and things I guess it started out with, my grandpa was a carpenter and he got me interested. I tag along and get in That's probably the very beginnings of it. For years it was a hobby. I worked construction for several years and then went to work in Florida for a sheriff's office. It just progressed from there. I decided I wanted to do it full-time. When you say the word rustic, a lot of times people think of something that's just thrown together and working with curly twisted branches and stuff It isn't somet It's just more of an artistry type t We try to decide what type would they want. I'll take them out to the building or different places. I've got the wood stored and I'll just let them dig through it. Usually they'll see a piece that just pops. That's the type wood they want. Then it's just a matter of getting the exact design they want. We talk about that and sketch it out. It's rare that I use a plan and it's very rare that I'll build two of the same t Obviously I might build chairs or dining tables or hutches, that type of t Occasionally I'll sketch down what something looks Most of what I try to do, unless there's a standing dead tree, I try not, unless someone's clearing land and taking down trees, I try not to just randomly cut trees down just because I want a tree. That's just a rule of mind. I'm not going to cut it down just for somet A lot of what I do is done by hand, so there's a lot of peeling of bark. I use draw knives There's just a lot of hand work that goes into building a piece. I use a lot of joinery in mine that's not usual for rustic furniture. I don't do a whole lot of staining. I do, I'm a member of the Toe River Arts Council and twice a year we do what they call studio tours where customers can come around and meet artists working in different medi It's a great time to visit the mountains and come by and see me. It's made in America. That's my n I tend to try to do that myself by t Another t If you've got an opening that's 46 inches wide and want to put a bookcase in there and all they've got is a 48 inch cabinet and obviously it's two inches too big, but then their next size down might be a 30 inch cabinet. So then you've got, That's one of the big advantages is that you can get the exact measurements that you want. Knowing that it's, The biggest satisfaction for me is knowing that they're happy with it, that my customers were happy with it. And