Amish crafted furniture for your modern design scheme: Can it be done? Why yes it can!
PHOTO CREDIT: Hal McFarland | The Amish Craftsman showroom
Color and design lovers worldwide,
Where are you and—more importantly—how are you? I’m back in the Houston studios and ready to tackle new projects. We at LFB Color are gearing up for a color education event that I can’t wait to announce. In the meantime, we would like to introduce you to a very special industry colleague of ours, The Amish Craftsman.
DISCLAIMER: This is not a sponsored post and LFB Color has neither received compensation nor incentives to write about The Amish Craftsman’s products and services. My angle is merely to introduce you to a brand I greatly respect and have begun to learn about since doing business myself with them.
Having never designed with Amish style furniture before, I was uninformed and limited in thinking of its placement only in rustic home decor schemes. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that each component of the furniture, from wood stains to design lines to hardware, can be customized to one’s desired aesthetic. Take a look at the inspiration catalog above. The table shown is anything but rustic! At The Amish Craftsman, it’s not uncommon to add touches of black, mix and match chair styles, incorporate modern style lines, and use varying wood stains on different pieces to create unique furniture sets.
This is where I want to focus today: namely, the customization and modernization of what we typically think of as an antique, cozy, rustic furniture style. According to store owners Steve and Kimberley,
“At The Amish Craftsman, we believe every family deserves the furniture that fits your style and needs. Your style is unique, and your furniture should be too. That’s why we produce custom furniture that perfectly matches your style, tastes, and needs.”
Note in the above image that black cushions were added to modernize the table set. Additionally, the 2023 design trend of incorporating raw, unfinished elements of nature such as wood is displayed in this exquisite table top. The rough live edges are evocative of nature and freshly sourced wood. Talk about modern trends, ladies and gentlemen!
Above are images from the study of a home where I specified interior paint color recently. The homeowners have beautifully incorporated their own decor to make the furniture set uniquely theirs. The Amish Craftsman customizes and personalizes everything for clients, from the design process in their showroom to the white glove delivery service offered. This all-encompassing service model I appreciate very much, as LFB strives to do the same for you, our clientele!
Ways to personalize your Amish furniture pieces and sets are through the selection of wood stains, architectural design, hardware, upholstery fabrics, rugs, wall art, lamps and pottery pieces, all of which you will find at The Amish Craftsman. As I said, this is key to modernizing and personalizing your living space.
The furniture above will stand the test of time and can undoubtedly transition one day to a college student’s room for example. I specified the wall color in Benjamin Moore’s Gray Owl OC-52, a light, cool blue-gray. This is an example also of how we are mixing warm and cool tones in 2023. The cool blue-gray balances all of the warm wood tones quite beautifully in this space!
Again, it’s all about customization. Note the balance of warm wood and cooler blues and maroons in the rug sourced from The Amish Craftsman. I specified a warm cream with a hint of orange, Navajo White OC-95, for the walls to complement the warm wood tones.
What have we learned today? Amish furniture is made to look fresh and modern through some use of stain, architectural design, hardware, mixing and matching of stains or wood species, and the use of decor in upholstery fabric, lamps and rugs.
On that note. . . . . . . . . . .
Please save the date—Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.— for a very special in-showroom presentation that LFB Color is doing at The Amish Craftsman on 5555 Washington Avenue, Houston TX 77007.
We will be continuing the discussion on customization and modernization of Amish furniture, upholstery and hardware. Mimosas and snacks will also be served, and our team lead, Lauren Battistini (myself), will be on hand to answer your questions afterwards.
I will post the official invitation link in the next few days here, on Linkedin, and on LFB’s Instagram account. Stay tuned, friends!
Colorfully yours,
Lauren B.
