Vermont Woods Studios - Eco Furniture Blog

A Modern Mission Table in Natural Solid Walnut Wood

American black walnut wood is the darkest natural species of wood in North America.  It has a rich chocolate-brown color, as shown here is our new Modern Mission Table.  

We offer black walnut wood as a choice for almost all of our solid wood furniture pieces at Vermont Woods Studios.  Eco-friendly walnut wood is less available though than natural cherry, maple or oak woods, thus there is currently an 18-20% premium for walnut furniture.

We don't have many photos of walnut furniture, but you can use our drop-down menus to customize any furniture piece to be made in walnut.  Here's a photo of our Classic Shaker Dining Table in solid walnut wood and another of our Jim Andrews Contemporary Asian Sideboard in walnut.  

If you're looking for help in ordering solid walnut furniture in any of the styles on our website, give us a call or email us.  We're here to help!

Customized Furniture: How to Get Exactly What You Want

Customized furniture is a rare commodity these days, especially if you're shopping online.  We've had so many customers come to us after a long and frustrating search for handcrafted wood furniture that's built to order, and customized to meet the exact dimensions of their space.  If you're looking for handcrafted wood furniture in a custom size, or with custom hardware, tabletop edging, wood selection or most any customization you can think of, we can help.

All of our furniture at Vermont Woods Studios is built to order and can be customized to your exact specifications, often at little or no extra charge.

Take, for example the Cherry Moon Chest of Drawers shown here with 5 drawers.  On our website, you can order the chest with either 3, 4, 5 or 6 drawers.  You can select natural cherry, maple or walnut wood or even a two-tone combination of woods.  You can also choose between a pure natural oil finish, or a more durable, water-resistant finish.  Not enough choices on our website?  Give us a call or email us for further customizations.  We are always happy to add or trim a few inches here or there to meet your furniture needs.  Because each piece is built to order, customization is often done at little or no charge.

Buy Vermont Furniture Tax FREE!

Vermont Furniture Buyers:  Here's your chance to save an additional 6% on that handcrafted Vermont Woods Studios furniture you've been longing for.  This Saturday, August 22 has been declared Vermont Sales Tax Independence Day.  Your furniture purchases, both online and in the studio will be tax-free up to a total of $2000.

Add this savings to the 10% off sale prices we are already offering during August and you end up a big winner!  Browse online and call to place your order over the phone (888-390-5571) and take advantage of Tax FREE Day. 

Non-Vermont residents:  you are the lucky ones.  Your purchases are tax-free every day as long as you take delivery outside of Vermont.

Eco-Furniture Website: New and Improved!

The new website for our Vermont Woods Studios eco-friendly, solid wood furniture is now up and running!  We based the upgrades on customer input and consequently, I think the new site is light years ahead of the old.  Check it out!  We've got lots of new furniture and enhanced ecommerce capabilities to help you purchase exactly what you want.  Sign-up for our Fall Newsletter and get a $50 gift certificate to use on the new site.  Let us know what you think of the changes we've made. 

We're already taking suggestions for improvement the next time around so keep those helpful comments coming!

A Natural Cherry Parsons Table and Chairs

Traditional mission style furniture was built with oak wood, but in recent years, black cherry has been the wood of choice.  We've been building mission furniture in natural cherry for many years. Customers who love the simple, elegant lines of mission furniture but want to break from the tradition of oak, find that natural cherry brings a fresh look and feel to the style.

We just completed this classic Parson's Table in natural cherry.  What do you think?  It's pretty versatile.  It can fit in with almost any kitchen or dining room, whether the existing decor is traditional mission-style, contemporary Danish, modern New England, urban or what have you.

The matching Parson's Chairs shown here are a variation of the classic mission style, updated with comfortable, wide slats and a choice of scooped wooden seats or fabric seats.

We'll have this table available on our website soon, but feel free to give us a call at Vermont Woods Studios if you just can't wait.

New Meaning for Watching "TV In Bed"

Want to watch TV in bed, but haven't got the space for a TV stand in your bedroom ?  Well this just may be the solution for you!  A Retractable Pop-up TV built into the footboard of your bed.  Perfect for the gadget guy, it includes a remote control that moves the TV up and down with the touch of a button. 

This photo is of a custom queen size bed in maple with a dark espresso stain.  It was designed for a masculine style bedroom that was highly space-challenged.  I think it would look very different in a natural maple or cherry wood.  What do you think?

The bed is also available without the Retractable Pop-up TV, as shown here.  The headboard has a slight cant-- it leans back a bit for added comfort and style.  If you like it, give us a call (888-390-5571) or email us at Vermont Woods Studios. 

Handcrafted, eco-friendly custom furniture is an affordable investment that you can enjoy today and pass down to your children for generations.