To help guide our customers in their furniture choices – and unveil the art of furniture-making -- we are proud to offer a blog series on the topic of wood grain and figure. First off, what are we even talking ... Read more
The Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers is always looking for new members. Recently, a Journeyman level was added, in addition to the existing Master level furniture maker, to expand the options available to interested ... Read more
Hard work comes easy when you love what you do. It’s a philosophy that becomes obvious when you talk to Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers’ newest member Pete Michelinie. The furniture maker has taken a long, winding ... Read more
“Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend ... Read more
Here we will take a look at the details of the figure of a Hugh Shackleton piece. It's the base of a coffee table that ultimately had a glass top in place. "Honestly I never imagined this piece of wood to turn out ... Read more
It's the hardships in our lives that shape us the most and help us grow as human beings. "It builds character," is a phrase we are all familiar with, uttered to help us accept life's difficulties. As it turns out, ... Read more
When choosing wood for a great piece of furniture, you need to choose a great piece of wood. Fortunately, here in Vermont, we don’t just have sustainable forestry practices, but we also have some great examples off ... Read more
One of our most popular blogs ever was the 2009 entry titled "So You Want to be a Furniture Maker?" by Richard Bissell. The article has garnered thousands of views, so we thought we would check in with Richard to see ... Read more
Guild Member John Lomas made this bench for clients in Stowe to sit at the foot of their bed, but it seems to him that, with a slight tweak of the dimensions, it would also make an excellent coffee table. That's ... Read more
We were recently directed to a humorous story from Guild member Dan Mosheim that we just had to share. A few years ago, Dan submitted a proposal to reproduce some Frank Lloyd Wright furniture. As a part of the ... Read more
