The Amish are known for many things one of which is the beautiful furniture that they create. There are a number of reasons why Amish furniture is highly prized and sought after. The first reason is the fact that the Amish use solid wood. They do not mass produce; each piece is made by hand and made in a traditional fashion. These are the things necessary to produce heirloom quality pieces. They use only the finest of woods and only the finest of craftsmanship which means that each handcrafted piece is made to the finest standards.
Making a Piece of Furniture
Furniture is made beautiful by the materials. A good piece of furniture feels and looks alive, that is why great care is taken when selecting the wood for a piece of furniture. It is not simply made out of whatever is found lying around. There are certain types of woods that are used for certain types of pieces. Primarily the Amish use the following woods for their furniture, oak, quarter sawn oak, cherry, maple, hickory, black walnut, cedar and in some cases pine. Of all these Oak is the primary wood of choice. Not only is it long lasting but it has a lovely design to it, created by grain lines and it has a warm color to it. Clothing chests are often made of cedar because not only is cedar good for keeping away clothing eating bugs it smells significantly better than moth balls. 
The style is the next thing though this is sometimes the first to be decided since style may indicate the type of wood to be used often times it is after the wood is chosen that the style is selected. There are a number of different types that the Amish produce furniture in. These styles include the Mission, Shaker and Queen Anne styles which are the most commonly recognized followed by Traditional, contemporary, Bavarian, bunker hill, Hampton, McCoy, Rustic, Cottage, Beachfront, Spring Hill, Shaker Hill, Carlisle, there is also West Lake, Rio Grande, Southwestern Slat Mission and Royal Mission. 
People who like simple designs are more likely to look at designs along the Mission and Shaker styles which feature clean square lines and minimalist design. Bunker Hill and Queen Anne designs are a bit more ornamental. Also each one of the woodworkers are artists and as a result each of the pieces they create are going to be different, unique and that is part of the appeal of this type of furniture. A craftsman can make the same type of piece using the same type of wood and each piece will be different. 
While individual pieces are available it is the sets that really stand out. You can have pieces made for any room of your home such as bedroom, living room, dining room and you can even have pieces made for your home office it is the matching sets that stick out. There is a reason usually matching sets are made from the same wood. In other words the pieces are designed using the same trees to make all the pieces rather than just randomly picked pieces. Amish Dining Set Video
Learn more about the Amish...
- Custom Wood Furniture
- Fine handmade custom wood furniture for your home. Have a specific piece of furniture in mind? Then let Amish craftsmen take your idea and create a heirloom quality furniture for your home.
- Amish Mission Furniture
- The Amish have been experts in Mission-style furniture for many generations, and in fact this is a hallmark style of Amish furniture making for many. This grew out of the Arts and Crafts movement...
- Amish Dining Room Furniture
- One of the key elements of Amish culture is the family. In general, Amish families have 7 to 10 children. Extended family members sometimes also live within the same household, such as grandparents or older relatives...
- Amish Bedroom Furniture
- A bedroom should be a place to kick back and relax as well as get a great night sleep so that you can face the next day. Your bedroom furniture should reflect that and provide you with a peaceful and restful place to relax...
- Amish Oak Furniture
- Because the Amish pride themselves on self-sufficiency and have from the beginning, they have taken full advantage of this wood bounty and have used it to build their own furniture...
- Amish Made Furniture
- One thing the Amish are known for is their furniture. Not just any furniture but high quality, hand crafted solid wood furniture. They use woodworking techniques that have been proven through centuries
- Amish Baby Cribs
- The family is the basic unit of the Amish social structure. The Amish see the family as a group joined by love - for another and for God. Parents delight in each new addition to the family, seeing them as they do as gifts from God. Amish families tend to be large...
- Amish Rocking Chairs
- Imagine coming home after a stressful day of work and sitting down with a cold drink in a rocking chair. The rocking motion provides a soothing experience as it calms your jangled nerves and takes you to a simpler time
- Amish Fireplaces
- A relatively new joint venture between Amish wood craftsmen and "English" entrepreneurs is the "Amish Fireplace". This product is essentially a solid wood mantel shell constructed in the true Amish fashion
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- Steve Steve Jul 25, 2008 @ 1:28 am
- I just picked up some amish furniture and the quality was awesome! It's real wood and it feels like silk when you touch it.
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