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Check Out Old Barn Star Amish Furniture on Facebook!

Old Barn Star is bridging the gap between a centuries-old tradition and modern media. We love reclaimed barnwood furniture, in all its various methods and presentations, but the old standards of word of mouth and local markets are no longer enough to spread the word in a contemporary sense. With that in mind we’ve taken to social media.

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Facebook began to change the face of modern media forever in 2004. Today, it’s the basic standard around which all social media revolves. Social media is an inextricable thread in the fabric of society today and Old Barn Star has a voice in the conversation.

Check out Old Facebook for all our latest offerings of reclaimed barnwood furniture. We update our posts in keeping with the changing season. We’ll let you know what changes you’ll see in our inventory, including new pieces and finishes. We’ll keep you updated on our latest Amish furniture blog posts as they roll out, as well.

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Perhaps most importantly, our Facebook page is a place where you can have a voice. Tell us what you’d like to see! Interact with us. That’s the essence of social media anyway, isn’t it?

We’d like to get to know you a bit better and Facebook is the easiest place for us to do that. Like our Facebook page today and keep checking in for updates! We’ll see you there.

What would you like see from Old Barn Star? Tell us on Facebook!

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Reclaimed Barnwood Hutch: A Rustic Solution to Your Clutter Problem

Take inventory of your home. Survey your bedrooms, living rooms and hallways. Do you notice detritus? Yes, DETRITUS, the unhappy enemy of an orderly home. It comes to us in many forms.

Are there magazines and newspaper, random tools or other pieces of clutter cramping your style? It may be time to order them neatly in a reclaimed barnwood corner hutch from Old Barn Star.

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For the uninitiated, a hutch is a piece of furniture with combinations of shelves and drawers that also has a flat, counter-like top upon which you can stack things. It’s the perfect remedy for a cluttered house. If you want to display your book spines, you can do so on an exposed shelf, but if you’d rather hide your extensive collection of Mad magazines from the 1960s, stow them safely in the cabinets.

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Do you have an abundance of knick-knacks? Never fear, there’s a hutch for that, too. Slip your assorted things into drawers like those pictured above. For all those miscellaneous items you’ve accrued over the years and all those trinkets that you can’t explain, you now have a home. When they’re out of sight, they’re out of mind, but if you ever need to find that particular crescent wrench, lint roller, rubber band ball, etc. you know just where to find it — safe and sound in your hutch.

A nice reclaimed barnwood hutch is the perfect way to clean up your house and keep it cozy at the same time. Our rustic hutch products present a nice, timeless aesthetic to help give any room definition. During holidays, you can use them as buffet tables and they store your various items year round. On top of that, they just look nice, and they can enrich your home.

We also offer unfinished hutches, so you can personalize your hutch and give your home the exact rustic styling that you desire.

Where could you use a rustic reclaimed barnwood hutch in your home? Let us know in the comments section below or on Facebook or Twitter!

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Amish Spring Traditions and How Reclaimed Barnwood Furniture Fits In

Spring, the season of pastoral renewal, is upon us again. Some winters, it’s easy to forget that it will ever return, but we quickly acclimate to the freedom of sunny days, lush flowers returning and even youthful love.

It’s the best season to order an Amish reclaimed wood table from Old Barn Star and have a meal in the sunshine. Our tradition is taken from the Amish, a culture that appreciates a beautiful spring day as much as any other. Let’s look at how the Amish welcome the springtime.

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Springtime Amish Traditions

The Amish live their lives by the calendar because the calendar guides agriculture and many of their endeavors. Spring is the time for newlyweds to move in together. After the wedding, the groom begins to grow his beard. The Amish beard is a symbol for marriage that, like the fields and flowers, begins its journey of growth in spring.

Early spring is a time of preparation when Amish societies position themselves advantageously for the rest of spring. You’re likely to see industrious farmers tilling the freshly-thawed soil of their fields to ready it for seeds and to remove weeds. Then, the farmers plant and fertilize their crops.

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Spring is also one of two times per year the Amish hold communion. This rite typically ends with participants washing one another’s feet symbolically to honor the ancient customs of foot washing in biblical times, when travellers wore sandals.

Lastly, spring is a time the Amish use to sell their handcrafted products at market. With the entrepreneurship in the field, the same spirit persists in the workshop, where they produce wares like reclaimed barnwood furniture, baskets and quilts. It’s this culture we hope to represent with our rustic reclaimed wood pieces.

Whatever walk of life you hail from, spring is a season of activity. Take some time to get out there and appreciate it!

What are you doing to herald spring’s arrival? Tell us about it on Facebook and Twitter, and keep checking the blog for more updates!

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Reclaimed Barnwood Wine Barrel Table Testimonial: lotus823

Old Barn Star recently delivered a 12-foot wine barrel table to marketing agency lotus823.Reclaimed barnwood WineTable1 furniture has enjoyed its renewed tenure in contemporary furniture trends and the addition of complete wine barrels is an elegant touch to the time-tested form. Our handcrafted reclaimed wood furniture complements the qualities of any room, particularly in the case of lotus823. It’s hard to have a conference without the conference table.

12-Foot Wine Barrel Table Testimonials

Here are a few testimonials from lotus823 on their 12-foot Old Barn Star wine barrel table:

“A huge thank you to the Old Barn Star team for creating an incredible conference table of gorgeous reclaimed barnwood and wine barrels for us! barn wood tableIt is truly amazing and beautiful! Thank you, Tracy and Mike!” –David and Allison Hernandez, Managing Partners and Co-Founders

“The new furniture from Old Barn Star is gorgeous. The fusion of the warm, rustic nature of the reclaimed barnwood and wine barrels surrounded by a sleek, stylish office design offers a unique juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary – which coincidentally is also what lotus823 as an agency strives to be.” –Katie Foley, Director of Client Relations
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“Our new furniture from Old Barn Star is not only beautiful, but with the unique wine barrel table legs, it serves as a major statement piece for our new office. The table offers a traditional look, but with a modern twist – an ideal fitting the lotus823 brand. It’s really great that we can bring a new piece of Old Barn Star with us from our previous space to our new one.” –Beth Gard, Senior Account Executive

“I’m a big fan of anything that has character and this table exudes it. This Amish-made table brings that extra touch of character to our conference room. Thank you Tracy and Mike for delivering it to our new office!” –Chris Keuling, Account Executive

“Having a wine barrel table for a conference table in our amish furniturenew office is the perfect focal point and piece to help spark the creativity needed to generate game-changing ideas. Not to mention it is one of the most unique pieces of furniture I’ve seen.” –Jess Guida, Integrated Marketing Manager

“The wine barrel table walks the line between rustic and chic perfectly. It really opens up the room.” –Dave Campbell, Creative Content Specialist

Thanks so much, lotus823! We’re so glad the table is settling in nicely at its new home. As you can see, a reclaimed barnwood table has the ability to redefine a room. The lotus823 office took on a different atmosphere after we set up our wine barrel table in it for them. We hope everyone at lotus823 gets as much pleasure from using it as the Amish did from making it.

What piece of Amish furniture would you like to see spotlighted next? Tell us about it on Facebook and Twitter, and keep checking the blog for more updates!

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Reclaimed Barnwood Restaurant Furniture

 

We live in an exciting time for independent business. Some of its forerunners are organic and boutique restaurants, establishments more concerned with quality than quantity.

It’s good for our health, and it’s a great opportunity to develop an artistic aesthetic. If you’re looking for something rustic, at once familiar and unique, and reliable for your restaurant, look no further than our Amish-made reclaimed barnwood restaurant furniture.

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Restaurant Furniture Handcrafted by the Amish

We receive inquiries about our furniture for outfitting restaurants pretty consistently. It makes sense, when you think about it. The successful restaurant of today is careful. It uses quality ingredients and handcrafts them. It is against assembly-line mass production.

Our Amish furniture follows the same doctrine. The Amish take their time handcrafting , and the result is richer and more worthwhile than a hasty, processed design. Each of our pieces is unique yet consistent, and so is each dish in a successful restaurant.

reclaimed barn wood furniture for restaurants

Match your restaurant’s mission with our reclaimed barnwood restaurant furniture. We follow the same rules for quality, art and aesthetic. Our reclaimed barnwood dining tables are just the thing for your family-style dining room. Our handcrafted chairs give your customers a special seat to call their own for the duration of their meals. Reach out to us today to see how you can secure some reclaimed barnwood restaurant furniture!

What piece of reclaimed barnwood restaurant furniture would you like for your establishment? Tell us about it on Facebook and Twitter! Keep checking the blog for more updates.

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We Now Offer American Chestnut Reclaimed Barnwood Furniture

American Chestnut is scarce, moving in the shadow of its former glory. Once one of the most popular furniture woods in America, it was brought to the brink of extinction by chestnut blight. Chestnut blight is a ubiquitous sickness caused by an Asian bark fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica).

Though there are many sprouts and sapling to repopulate this gorgeous wood, there are very trees ready to harvest for wood. Old Barn Star is a unique position to offer you the beautiful wood as Amish reclaimed barnwood furniture– a lovely relic of the bygone era of chestnut.

History of American Chestnut

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It’s a robust and durable wood. Straight-grained, strong, easy to work with, American chestnut is an excellent hardwood. In the 1800s, we were in love with American chestnut. We carted it from place to place by wagon to supply lumber to burgeoning communities. We were equally obsessed with its nuts, which we could be found “roasting over an open fire,” as the story tells it.reclaimed barn wood

Though we can still get them, their abundance has dwindled. 1904 was the end of the American chestnut tree as we knew it. Lumber shipped from Japan and China carried the potent chestnut blight. It nearly exterminated our beloved tree.

Though things are on the mend for our sad little sapling, the blight still stalks it at every turn. We plant it in regions where heat and humidity, ideal conditions for the blight, are less prevalent, but the situation is tenuous. American chestnut’s legacy lives on in reclaimed barnwood.reclaimed barn wood table

Our chestnut furniture is carefully handcrafted by the Amish from destitute barns and other structures, from a time when chestnut reigned supreme. Naturally, these sources are finite, so this is the time to get reclaimed furniture. The chestnut wood represents a simpler era in America. Contact Old Barn Star today to inquire about our American chestnut reclaimed barnwood!

What piece of chestnut furniture would you like? Tell us about you interior plans on Facebook and Twitter, and stay tuned for more updates!