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Snowflakes - Milking Stools - Cooling Racks - Cutting Boards - Step Stool - Others

 
Snowflakes

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Set of 3 Snowflakes
$30.00
Snowflakes We love snow, so we love snowflakes too! These are made of various woods – almost always a hardwood. We use the large ones on the table as trivets one for a small hot pan; three for a baking dish of fresh brownies. Small ones are good as coasters and just fit the bottom of a wine glass or wine bottle. they look beautiful on a window sill in the sunlight – at Christmastime or anytime. They’re all different! Small ones are 3 ½ inches by 4 inches Medium ones are 5 ½ inches by 6 inches Large ones are 7 inches by 8 inches Set of 3



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Snowflake Candle Holder
$25.00
Beth likes candles. Daughter Lizz suggested we try to cut a large snowflake to hold one of her mother’s candles. Thanks, Lizz. Candle and Holder included.



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Set of 4 Snowflakes
$27.00
A Set of 4 small snowflakes good as coasters and just fit the bottom of a wine glass or wine bottle. they look beautiful on a window sill in the sunlight – at Christmastime or anytime. They’re all different! Small ones are 3 ½ inches by 4 inches

 

American Hardwood 3-Legged Milking Stools

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Small Milking Stool
$75.00
Our earliest “signature” piece is a 3-legged milking stool. Each one is created from interesting and attractive hardwoods, and crafted by hand individually. Most are made of black cherry. The seats are shaped by eye, and each leg is turned one-at-a-time without a pattern. They’re wedged into and through the seat the way old-fashioned Windsor chairs are. These smaller stools are good for a plant stand, or for kids to sit on. It can nest beneath a full-size stool.



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Large Milking Stool
$125.00
Our earliest “signature” piece is a 3-legged milking stool. Each one is created from interesting and attractive hardwoods, and crafted by hand individually. Most are made of black cherry. The seats are shaped by eye, and each leg is turned one-at-a-time without a pattern. They’re wedged into and through the seat the way old-fashioned Windsor chairs are. A full-size stool is 18 to 20 inches tall, and the seat is 13 to 14 inches wide.

 

Handmade Cooling Racks

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Set of 2 Cooling Racks
$45.00
Handmade Cooling Racks We make these for fresh cookies, scones, pies, bread, and casseroles. They also work as table trivets for hot dishes. The sides are hardwood, often cherry, and they’re assembled to be waterproof although it’s best not to leave them in the sink. Finished with non-toxic, food-safe mineral oil. Large cooling rack 13 ¼ inches square Small cooling rack 11 inches square

Handmade American Hardwood Cutting or Serving Board

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Small Cutting Board
$25.00
Handmade American Hardwood Cutting or Serving Boards - Small Made of various hardwoods and finished with non-toxic, food-safe mineral oil. Waterproof, but don’t soak it in the sink. small 6 ½ inches by 6 ½ inches square – just right for one tomato, one lime, or one wedge of brie.


Cutting Board Medium
$45.00
Handmade American Hardwood Cutting or Serving Boards - Medium Made of various hardwoods and finished with non-toxic, food-safe mineral oil. Waterproof, but don’t soak it in the sink. medium 6 ½ inches wide by 10 ½ inches long –for homemade chocolate zucchini bread, or a saucer of fresh broccoli and a cup of dip.



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Cutting Board Large
$65.00
Handmade American Hardwood Cutting or Serving Boards - Large Made of various hardwoods and finished with non-toxic, food-safe mineral oil. Waterproof, but don’t soak it in the sink. Large 11 inches by 14 ½ inches – perfect for sandwiches, a shrimp plate, or a fruit assortment



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Cutting Board - Set of 3
$125.00
Made of various hardwoods and finished with non-toxic, food-safe mineral oil. Waterproof, but don’t soak it in the sink. 1 Each - small 6 ½ inches by 6 ½ inches square – just right for one tomato, one lime, or one wedge of brie. medium 6 ½ inches wide by 10 ½ inches long –for homemade chocolate zucchini bread, or a saucer of fresh broccoli and a cup of dip. Large 11 inches by 14 ½ inches – perfect for sandwiches, a shrimp plate, or a fruit assortment

 

Handmade American Hardwood Kitchen Step Stool

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Kitchen Step Stool
$100.00
Handmade American Hardwood Kitchen Step Stool Solid hardwood and sturdy – this stool is great for kids to help at the sink, or to sit on while waiting for the cookies to bake 10 ½ inches tall; 9 ¾ inches wide; lengths are 16 to 20 inches. Hand-rubbed oil finish

 

 
 
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Nantucket Bench

This is another “signature” piece of ours and we make many varieties and sizes.

We have one in our “mud room” to sit on when we put on our winter boots. Another is at the end or our dining room table for Lizz and Kevin to sit together.

It would make a fine coffee table, or it would make a good end table next to your couch.

 
Cherry Top Bench
  Set of 3 Peg Racks  
  Cherry 5-Peg Rack  
  Oak 4-Peg Rack  
4-Peg Mini Rack
 

Shaker candle boxes

This is a replica of where shakers stored their hand dipped candles. It is one of the few things we make out of Northern white pine.

Dovetailed corners
Traditional shellac/oil/rubbed finish

Roughly 15 inches long, 5 ½ to 6 ½ inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Each top only fits that box.

“A useful pot to put things in” ~ Winnie the Pooh

 
 

Small Quilt Ladder with Quilt

Old houses often have no closets. Storage was in chests, and everyday things were left out. In bedrooms, blankets and quilts were hung on a quilt ladder.

This is a replica of one from my great-great grandmother’s house. Dad says its dates back into the 1700’s, but he remembers his grandmother hanging dish cloths and towels on it in the kitchen.

65 to 70 inches tall, and 25 inches wide at the base.

67 inch quilt ladder with one of Beth’s quilts displayed (shown)

Our full size ladder is 90 inches tall with three rungs

 
 

American Flag country quilted wall hanging

When she’s not working with me, Beth likes to quilt.

This is one of her favorites. She does them on her sewing machine and by hand with the help of the cats.

42 inches long and 32 inches wide

 
 

Handmade American Hardwood
Shaker Tailor’s Table

This is sometimes referred to in Shaker descriptions as a “Tailor’s Counter”, but this one is our own design. It is 33 inches tall, 64 inches long, and 27 inches deep.

We make these from North American hardwoods: this one is of sugar maple with a hickory top, and hickory drawer fronts.

Three dovetailed drawers: two small; one large
Mortise and tenon construction
Hand rubbed oil finish

 
 

Handmade American hardwood
Four-Drawer Shaker Sewing Desk

This design is based on a common piece used by Shakers dating back to 1840. It is crafted from North American hardwoods (this one is sugar maple with hickory work surfaces and drawers),
and has these features:

Pull-out work surface
Four dove-tailed drawers
Mortise and tenon construction
Hand rubbed oil finish
39 inches tall, 31 inches long, and 21 inches deep.

 
 
   
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