Do you love breakfast? How about brunch? We woke up this morning (it’s Sunday) thinking about both. A newspaper, a hot cup of coffee, family chatter, pets underfoot. Brunch's lazy drawn out prep, a mimosa maybe, and ... Read more
“Every item we make -- a table, a chair, a boat, or a building -- carries with it its own form of knowledge. Every project, however large or small, requires a unique approach. That's the interesting thing about ... Read more
Light. Detailed. Unflashy. Master furniture maker Josh Metcalf describes his work like this, plain and simple. Yet, there’s something larger than life about it, and him. And the little pocket of Pomfret where we ... Read more
This spring we took a trip up to Plainfield. It’s a friendly little village on the Winooski in Washington County, just fifteen minutes outside of Montpelier. Goddard College and Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers' ... Read more
“I always wanted to work with my hands,” Jim Becker told us when we visited last month. But he didn’t get his start in furniture. “A friend’s dad was building boats and turned me on to an internship program at ... Read more
