Product Information
Construction
- Most drawers are dovetailed except on the smallest pieces
- Most doors use mortise & tenon construction and are pinned (held together with corner dowels - no nails or screws)
- Raised panels for doors are hand made and are of an old fashioned style - are not done with modern router or molding bits (see picture above)
- Many of our small catches, pins, etc. are hand made in our shop. The following picture is of a dowel pin handle used on our pin top table that is turned on a lathe in our shop:
- We turn our own legs for tables, etc. on a lathe in our shop - this gives us more flexibility with table heights, unique pieces and turning patterns.
Materials
- Our products are constructed for the most part of Eastern white pine sourced from New England.
- Most other materials are also of US origin (exceptions may be a some nails, screws and the smaller hinges)
Finishes
- Our distressed paint finishes utilize a special process we have developed
- We use primarily water based paints and protect them with a hand rubbed paste wax finish.
- Our table top finishes vary depending on the product. Some are a wash finish utilizing paints to emulate stain while others are commercially available stains.
We use a paste wax finish on most table tops.
- Click Here to view samples of the colors we offer.
Punched Tins
- Our punched tins used in pie safes and cupboard doors are hand done by us and represent authentic 19th century patterns.
- We use old reclaimed roofing tin for most of our punched tin work
Examples
Hardware
- Many of our larger hinges are unique to us - we modify standard hinges in our shop to meet our needs.
- Most of our knobs are sourced and produced in the US
- Many of the wooden door closures, wooden knob mechanisms, etc. are made in our shop.
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