projects

this is one of my favorite projects..
.a simple old door, painted blue, a little roof and legs..
.then we pounded a nail in and hung a mirror....
IT WOULD BE SO NICE IN A LITTTLE COTTAGE...

this is probably our most popular design... ...our porchpost cupboards.... made with 100 yr old porchposts.... we have sold lots of them!!! thankfully...lots are in other stores for display....they are big and useful....and a great focal point in lots of houses....

we do lots of counters or whatever!!! maybe this one will be a bar... or maybe a mission style island
this one is made with an old door and newel posts on the ends...very manly!!! .

we always have lots of decorative tin for sale...old and new....the new comes in 2 ft squares...the old is from old ceilings.... i love using it in projects....especially our counter/bar/island/cashwraps/tvstands.... whatever you call these big guys...they look pretty cool with tin for fronts...sometimes we put the tin in to doors ...this one has old tin in the front and an open back...the new tin is a lot easier to work with than the old....but the old has more depth and contrast....

we get these matching bookcases quite often.

.circa 1910......they start in the depths of Chicago, from old houses being demolished...they were on both sides of a colonnade, the dividing part between 2 rooms....they might have had columns on top reaching up to the ceiling...they are usually pretty rough when we get them...since they were built ins usually a side is gone...

so they start in Chicago, we get the from a picker who goes up there and then they go to our Amish carpenters for total rehabbing and come back to us like this...they were built ins so usually a side has to be replaced...
i think its pretty cool...they have been on the dan ryan, thats a Chicago huge multi lane road, and in a place that still goes by horse and buggy and no electricity..... ...Jon has to pickup and deliver....the Amish do have power tools...but not electric....??? gas i think...

weve done this one a couple of times.... its a buffet and an old headboard....
both parts are from depression era furniture..

finding old headboards is pretty easy....since hardly anyone wants a 3/4 size or even a full size bed anymore..the bottom was an old buffet ...i love the queen anne legs....

we always have lotsof old furniture needing a litttle tlc....just look in our rough room and for old porchposts and doors look out under the awning....

i like what thomas edison said..

TO INVENT YOU JUST NEED IMAGINATION AND APILE OF JUNK....

in this week...........

these are some of the finished projects this week...

i design with both store displays and home use in mind.... we sell wholesale and retail....

....i really like the big wide porchpost open shelf......its around ..300$...i have 2 inthe foo foo room and 2 for sale inthe cupboard barn...its a great store fixture....but would look fabulous in lots of houses too...

next is the big double door cabinet...about 7 ft tall...and about 375$....i love to build christmas displays on these....they hold so much...and definitely make a big statement!!

the carpenter found these nice tall windows making a cool window cabinet...its about 6 ft tall...

i got 3 of these...

we got 2 of the double door window buffets they run about 230$....they have been used for everything from baby changing tables to tv stands....very useful item!!

a true giant also came in today...but we broke the window so it might take a few days to get it out on the floor..

this batch turned out mostly white but i do have some dark ones coming too....these windows were mostly white to start with... so easier to paint white...

any of these can be bought on the phone....just call me....574 223 5702...im going to try and put some prices on the furniture i put on the blog....but you know we dont do shipping...but you can buy and figure it out later......we store for free....

i just ordered 4 new counters from the carpenters...

also i have a real dark mean looking industrial shelf ....with jagged teeth.... it would be great in a modern industrial setting or a spooky halloween display...

made in indiana.

heres some pretty pictures of our cupboards...made by local carpenters , right here in indiana....and out of good hardwood, not pine....we finish them in dark colors for the modern country style and in lighter colors for the wonderful casual shabby cottage style...or the modern eclectic style....or the romantic country style, or the rustic european look...some are huge....\

these big things are good for store displays and you might see them around the midwest in a lot of very cool independant stores and garden centers, even spas and kids stores............but they work great for our customers in their houses too....most are priced from 200 to 400$....if you know anyone opening a store please send them to us!!! thanks!!!

im no brain, and the carpenters tell me the price, and we have overhead, but if we can make big cupboards for 200$ why cant more american companies produce things right here ..?.