It’s finally happened. After years of shopping garage sales and flea markets to furnish your apartments, you are finally ready to invest in real furniture for your first honest to goodness home. It has been almost 10 years since you graduated from college, but the wait has been worth it. Tomorrow you close on your new home and the next day the movers deliver your brand new Amish wooden furniture.
Amish furniture originally gained the public’s attention in the 1920s, when early American folk art was “discovered.” Both dealers and historians placed great value upon the beauty and quality of the pieces –everything from an Amish crafted wooden window seat bench to the more popular windsor chair. Nearly 100 years later, this Amish folk art crafted furniture remains a popular design in many homes across America.
In a survey of more than 2,000 consumers, 72.7% of respondents agreed with the comment, ?The design of my furniture reflects my personality.? In addition, 67% of respondents agreed with the statement, ?A lot can be said about a person from the furniture s/he owns.” If you want your furniture to reflect your taste for quality handcrafted furniture then you are not alone. The popularity of these handcrafted pieces is worth the investment of both time and money.
Because 100% of Amish furniture is hand-crafted, it can take a significant amount of time to custom order your pieces. Made from oak, cherry, hickory, walnut, or maple, it takes approximately eight weeks to build new or custom ordered Amish furniture. If you order your custom designs online you can expect to wait between 12 and 16 weeks for your final products to arrive.
Whether you are a first time home owner who is finally able to afford to buy your furniture somewhere other than a garage sale, or you are an experienced decorator looking for a few fine custom pieces to enhance your current home, there is every chance that handmade Amish furniture is just what you have been looking for.
