Needing a rustic touch to add to your lodge, cabin or home? Amish log furniture adds that perfect rustic touch, inside and outside.
The Amish are known as a hard-working and ethical people. They have communities scattered throughout the states with most of them being in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Many of them are known for their craftsmanship in many different areas. Some are excellent iron workers, others are capable of building a house from start to finish in a week!
Adjustable Frame Bed
There is a small Amish community in NW Montana, nestled among the Rockies that has been creating rustic log furniture for over twenty years.
Using the lodgepole pine trees, that are abundant in the area, they handcraft anything from rustic log dining tables and rustic log beds to solid pine dressers.
Dried by the forces of nature,there is no moisture in the pine logs. The rustic quality of cracks , or checking ,adds character and beauty to each piece of beautiful Montana Amish log furniture.
The rustic log patio furniture is a relaxing way to spend a summer evening on the deck or patio - or place around the campfire in the yard...
Draw knives are used to hand peel the bark from the logs. This 'skip-peel' procedure leaves just enough color from the inner bark to give the appearance of natural texture and color contrast.
One assembly technique used in making the Amish log furniture is mortise and tenon joinery, known for it's strength in heirloom quality craftsmanship. Environmentally friendly!
On some pieces of furniture there is some assembly required , like the rustic log beds, for instance. They send out the headboard , footboard , and the log rails. There is a heavy metal angle iron bolted onto the log side rails for a very sturdy frame...The rails are fastened to the headposts using lag screws , which are included. These sturdy log beds that can be handed down for many generations!
The rustic pine dressers or chest of drawers that they make are made of solid pine, with the backs made of plywood. The trim and drawer handles are hand-peeled logs .. and the drawers are on heavy duty 100 pound sliders.
One of the most popular items they build are the unique rustic log bar stools! You can get them with or without backs .. or complete the set with the round pub table.
Sturfy enough to weather many years of use in bars and cafe rooms, and there is a certain warmth that the Amish log furniture brings to any room...
