Super Price! Modern Dining Table

Check out this gorgeous modern cherry dining table! Vermont Woods Studios does not usually stock furniture but this dining table was ordered by a client and she wanted it BIGGER then what she initially ordered. So we got this one back. (There is NOTHING wrong with this table, she just wanted bigger). This table is 42" by 72" so it is a great size, but oh well.....what can you do? The customer is always right! Natural cherry dining tables are a great seller for us and they go QUICK! So, this makes a great opportunity for YOU to get in on a great price for this handmade natural cherry table as well as getting it in your home right away. Can't you just picture your family around this table for the holidays? I can!
Rebecca

Rebecca's Pick | Cherry Moon Gent's Chest

I have fallen in LOVE with this Cherry Moon Gent's Chest! My boyfriend and I went out to enjoy the wonderful New England weather....rare, yes I know, but the weather was fabulous, sunny and warm.

We happened upon a furniture store that carried some great pieces and one of them was this Gent's Chest, that we sell at Vermont Woods Studios also. I am always amazed when I see these items in person. I was raised in Vermont but had made my home in South Florida for the last 9 years, so the "city girl" in me tends to classify these pieces as too "country" when looking at pictures. But when you see them in person they are NOT! The pictures that I have seen do not do them justice at all. The detail and finish are so truly wonderful and smooth to the touch that the wood seems to come to life under your fingertips. I cannot stop touching them when I see them, and this Gent's Chest was so big, beautiful and solid that I was amazed and fell in love.  Guess I will just have to get it!

Rebecca

What's in a name?

I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out what to name this blog. Then it was shouted across the room at me and "get in the milk crate" worked! It is an old Vermont term about a mother, a milk crate and a bike, that means "okay kids, lets get going"! So we feel that it's a perfect name for this blog.

We want to be a part of the education and discussion of sustainable wood furniture and what it all means. We also want as many people as possible to join us in that discussion. This all started with Peggy.

Peggy is an owner of Vermont Woods Studios in Vernon, Vermont. For the majority of her life Peggy participated in various efforts to limit her own "footprint" and to participate in the education of young people about environmental issues. She decided to use Vermont's beautiful, handmade custom artisan wood furniture as a way to grab attention for her cause: stewardship of the earth's forests.

Her company is Vermont-based and specializes in providing eco-friendly luxury furniture designed and built to exacting quality standards by independent Vermont furniture makers. Each piece is created from sustainably-harvested hardwood from well managed forests. The furniture is designed to last for at least as long as it took to grow the tree it was built from, in other words, generations. For more information about Vermont Woods Studios check out their about us page.

So there you have it. I want to be a part of the discussion about sustainable forests, eco-friendly furniture and how that affects us all in the long run. The ideas, myths and what it's all about.

There will be multiple writers to this blog and I welcome all comments and ideas. Like I said, let's all get in the milkcrate!

Rebecca