Shakers manufactured an extensive variety of woodware for their own use and for sale to the outside world, including buckets. Shakers...

We have discussed a lot of historical facts about the Shakers and their furniture, but what about the Shakers in today's consciousness? ...

Although these two vintage quilts represent fall and spring, they will certainly keep you warm during the upcoming cold winter months. I...

A lot of people ask what I spend most of my time doing with respect to this new venture. It's hard to say what I spend THE MOST time on....

In 1798 Brother Theodore Bates was credited with inventing the so-called flat broom. Prior to this, brooms were rounded at the bottom...

Maybe this one really belonged to a seamstress'. I'm not sure. What I do know is that this particular item was another innovation of...

Nothing is more quintessentially Shaker than the bentwood pantry box. Boxes were made at almost all of the communities for their own use...

I just finished taping this tilter chair. What is a tilter you may ask? Tilter chairs were one of the many inventions of the Shakers. ...

We just got in an order of cotton twill tape for weaving some new chair seats. The main seating material of the Shakers in the early...

I recently acquired this wooden Shaker rack at an auction. While it was originally used as a drying rack, it works well to display these...

Allison and I went back to Shaker Heritage Society to visit their holiday boutique again. My goal was to look around for a weaver chair...

I finished the diamond pattern on the new chair. I ran into the typical problems taping over an old seat, but nothing out of the...

No, it’s not an old Henny Youngman routine. The “woof” is the horizontal weaving of the seat. This is the part that actually makes the...

Every Shaker chair has a story

I was going to write a series of post about why I chose Shaker chairs, but then this! I pulled out a Mount Lebanon No 6 Slat Back Rocker...

We went to Shaker Hancock Village today to purchase a peg rail for Matthew's house. The Shakers used peg rails to keep things off the...

Welcome to our new website and blog. Check back often for new blog entries. We are so excited to be bringing all of these beautifully...