Furniture manufacturing has become such an important piece of the fabric of life among the Amish, it is hard to remember how different things were in the past. In the early 1990s, woodworking was mostly a hobby among the Amish. It was something to dabble in after a day’s work on the farm or at the RV factory. Most of the woodworking businesses were “Dawdy shops”, retired grandfathers turning out a few pieces for neighbors or the occasional lone wolf who produced custom furniture.”Woodworking” was often part of the job description of carpentry crews who not only constructed a home from the ground up, but also built the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and sometimes even other furniture to furnish the home. Furniture in Amish homes was utilitarian, where function played a bigger role than form. It was more important that a table could stand up to the rigors of half-a-dozen hardworking farm boys than how it looked.
Over the decades, Amish furniture has gained popularity for many reasons:
- Furniture is constructed using solid American hardwoods- a 100% renewable resource- that are harvested in a sustainable manner.
- Time tested construction
- Multiple woods and finish options
- Customization of many pieces allows you to build a piece of furniture to your specific needs
- 100% Built in Amish country (mainly Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana)
The Amish make furniture for every room in your home including bedroom, dining room, office, occasional and entertainment. Below are the Amish Companies we carry.
Country Classics
Built in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Country Classics is here to serve you. They are a customer satisfying business that embraces lean techniques (doing more with less) by constantly eliminating waste and making the best use of our precious resources. With both time and materials, they are able to achieve that goal by continuously delivering more value for less.
Because of these innovations, each piece is built to order specifically for you. You can choose between many different colors, hardware and wood species as well as change sizes on any piece to make it longer, higher or wider. You can even add drawers or doors to get exactly what you want.
Fusion Designs
Fusion Designs handcrafts high quality furniture, made in Goshen, Indiana. Fusion Designs is a solid wood, Amish run company. Their power source is a diesel generator to produce electricity to power their machinery and hand tools, although many steps of production are done by hand, such as hand-planing.
The hardwoods used are harvested mostly in the surrounding states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Choose from Cherry, Brown Maple, Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Rustic Oak, Rustic Cherry, Rustic Hickory and Elm. Most tables are available in many different stains, sizes and shapes to fit your custom order needs.
Come in today to see our wonderful Amish galleries and see for yourself the beauty and quality that goes into every piece of Amish built furniture.
Customers in the Great Falls Area