The Custom Furniture Source Book

Are you looking for custom furniture that's beautiful, well constructed and made to suit your tastes?

Up to now, there has been no single source for finding custom furniture makers. But The Custom Furniture Source Book has changed all that. Here are profiles of 125 furniture craftsmen, chosen by an independent jury of some of the country's top woodworkers.

Kerry Pierce, a professional woodworker for more than 20 years and an author of several woodworking books, answers the questions you may have about purchasing and/or commissioning custom pieces. He tells you where to find furniture and how much you can expect to pay for it. So whether you are looking for a custom-built dining table or you want to store your linens in a truly unique armoire, this book will give you the information you need.

• Provides advice on how to find and buy custom furniture
• More than 500 photos showcase beautiful pieces of furniture
• Includes details about each maker's work, contact information and payment policies
• Indexed by geographic location, type of furniture and maker

Introduction

1 Purchasing Custom Furniture

2 Aequalis Furniture

3 Alexious Designs Associates

4 Om Anand

5 Andy Rae Woodworking and Writing Studios

6 Antique Refinishers

7 Art Forms Furniture

8 Lonnie Bird

9 Black Creek Designs, LLC

10 Blackwater Woodworks

11 Bob Kopf's Wooden Works

12 Boston Woodworking Co. Ltd.

13 James Bowie

14 Bradley A. Boggie, Furnituremaker

15 Brian Jones Woodworking

16 Curtis Buchanan

17 Charles Durfee, Cabinetmaker

18 C. H. Becksvoort Furniture Maker

19 Christoph Neander: Art and Design in Fine Furniture

20 Claire Fruitman Furnituremaking

21 Bruce Cohen

22 Colorado Colonial Furniture

23 Custom Wood Designs

24 Dale Helms Fine Furniture

25 D. Andrew Kates, Cabinetmaker

26 Dan Mosheim Custom Furniture

27 Darrell Peart, Furnituremaker

28 David Kiernan Furniture Designs

29 David Sawyer, Windsor Chairs

30 David Wright Windsors

31 Design Sculpture in Wood

32 Edmundson Fine Woodworking

33 18th-Century New England Fine Country Furniture

34 Eric Englander Cabinet and Furniture Making

35 Fogelvik Furniture

36 John Reed Fox

37 Fox Brothers

38 Gallery Woodworking Company

39 John Gallis

40 Gloor Design

41 Jeffrey P. Greene

42 Gregg Lipton Furniture

43 Gregory W. Guenther, Furniture Maker

44 Grew-Sheridan Studio

45 GWC Design

46 Heitzman Studios

47 Heritage Woodcraft, Inc., Design Studio, Fine Woodworking

48 Ian Ingersoll Cabinetmakers

49 Irion Company Furniture Makers

50 Jacobs Reproductions

51 Jamie Robertson Designs

52 Seth Janofsky

53 Jeff Lind, Fine Woodworking

54 Jesse Woodworks

55 J. Miller Handcrafted Furniture

56 JoAnn Schuch Woodworking

57 John A. Kapel Design

58 John Houck/Studio Furniture

59 J. P. Callahan, Ltd. LLC

60 Kent James Odell Furniture

61 Kevin Kopil Furniture Design

62 The Kingswood Shop

63 Kinloch Woodworking

64 Don Kondra

65 Kurt Gutbier Woodworking

66 Kurt Piper Woodworking

67 Lawrence J. Perna, Antiques

68 LeFort Fine Furniture

69 Lutkus III Design

70 Mack and Rodel Studio

71 Mack S. Headley and Sons

72 Mark Levin Studio

73 The Master's Touch

74 Harv Mastalir

75 Maynard and Maynard Furnituremakers

76 M. C. Seward, Custom Furniture Maker

77 Michael Cullen Design

78 Michael Hoffer Furniture and Design

79 Miles Clay Designs

80 Miters Touch

81 Morton Fine Furniture, Inc.

82 Timothy Mowry

83 Nojo Design

84 Norris Woodworking

85 Peklo Design and Joinery

86 Peter Shepard Furniture

87 Dennis Paul Peterson

88 Peter S. Turner, Furnituremaker

89 Philip C. Lowe, Maker of Fine Furniture

90 Peter Robert Presnell

91 Randy Weersing Furniture Design and Fabrication

92 Rasche Cabinetmakers

93 Owen Rein

94 Riverside Artisans, Inc.

95 Robert Brown Design

96 Robert Erickson Woodworking

97 Ron Day Designs

98 Sammis Woodworking

99 Scott Ernst Custom Woodworks

100 Signature Gallery

101 Skantyllion

102 Janice Smith

103 Solomon Ross Furniture

104 Stanton Hill Studios

105 Stephen H. Smith, Cabinetmaker

106 Stephen Perrin Woodworking

107 Craig Vandall Stevens

108 Stevenson Classic Woodworking

109 The Studio of Andrew Millican

110 Studio Furniture

111 Ted Blachly Furniture

112 Thomas Stangeland, Artist/Craftsman

113 Timothy S. Philbrick Studio

114 Tomnay Industrial Design

115 Trevor Corp Woodworker

116 Trimworks

117 William Turner

118 Gregory Vasileff

119 Vermont Furniture Works

120 Kerry Vesper

121 West Bank Studios

122 White Wind Woodworking

123 Wilkinson Koa Furniture

124 Windsors by Peter H. Wallace

125 The Workshop of Charles Neil

126 Woodworks, Inc.

Style Index

Regional Index

In the world of furniture, sometimes "good" isn't good enough. Whether you're buying for yourself or for a client, sometimes you need something really special, something at the very top of the quality ladder. You can't find that work in a furniture store or a manufacturer's catalog. You have to go to the source, to the men and women whose refined sensibility and meticulous craftsmanship enable them to produce truly distinctive furniture. Bringing you to the source, to those craftsmen, is what this book is all about.

Here on these pages you will see the work of some of North America's finest furniture makers. Their portfolios were juried by a panel of experts: one a renowned independent furniture maker for almost a half century, another the director of one of the largest woodworking schools in the United States, and the third a former editor of Home Furniture and Fine Woodworking magazines.

Choice is one of the most important benefits of working directly with the men and women who create the furniture you intend to purchase. In addition to their signature pieces, many of the makers represented on these pages also do custom work. This permits you, the buyer, to have a voice in the finished work.

This book provides you with all the information you'll need to contact the craftsmen whose work appears on these pages. You'll also find a regional index to help you locate makers in your area and a style index to help you quickly identify those individuals working in your favorite styles and periods. In the beginning of the book, you'll find lots of tips to guide you through the process of buying the kind of work you see represented here.

The purchase of fine furniture can be an exhilarating experience. Enjoy the process.