A recent news item looks at a new Colorado Amish furniture and variety store which has opened in Fremont County (central CO). Partners Joe Nissley and Paul Schmucker of the P & J Hitching Post have sourced all their goods to Amish producers, with furniture, quilts, and “denim-works” coming from both local and Midwestern sources. They’re also doing food, with bread, cookies and baked goods, plus…
We check in with Tom again today, with some photos from a shop owned by Noah, a New York Amishman. Â Noah’s business is a classic example of an Amish-English partnership. Â Most of his buildings are sold to an English dealer who picks them up and delivers them to customers. The shed and storage building sector is one with many Amish manufacturers. Â You’ll often see rows…
Raber Family Toy Shop 11363 Pope Rd Randolph, NY 14772-9681 Have a look inside an Amish toy shop courtesy of Tom. This store is located in New York’s Conewango Valley, and as you can see below features a wide-array of Amish-made wooden toys. I enjoy seeing the creativity that goes into some of these products. It makes me wonder what is the story…
Dusted off your lawn loungers yet? Â Outdoor rockers, tables, and chairs are a big part of the Amish furniture repertoire. Â Amish outdoor furniture shops have been gearing up across the land for sun-hungry customers ready to plop down some cash–and then plop down on the lawn for some much-needed rays. Today Tom shares photos of Amish lawn furniture pieces from Raymond’s shop in the Conewango…
We see a lot of requests for info on Amish-related businesses, so awhile back I decided to put together a directory of Amish furniture sellers. These are both Amish manufacturers and the retailers who sell their products. I’ve organized the directory by state; I haven’t done an exact count but there are well over a thousand Amish furniture companies listed. I’ve used a variety of…
This summer in Ashland County, Ohio, enticed by a sign advertising “Cashew Crunch Candy”, I paid a visit to a random Amish farm. Â While, sadly, the candy seller was unavailable, the resident farmer and I ended up having a nice chat. The fellow had just moved on to his new property; the previous owner had left for an Amish settlement in New York. Â Ashland County…
There are many hundreds if not thousands of Amish furniture craftsmen across America. They make bedroom sets, cabinets, children’s pieces, patio furniture, and on and on. I’ve been lucky to spend a good bit of time in and around their shops. This past trip, I visited everything from a one-man operation running on belt and pulley power, to a 180-man factory driven by automated CNC…
The front porch is a great place to spend an afternoon, especially with cool spring days ahead. The key, of course, is having a good place to park your rear end. Â I think these blue rockers do the trick. Â From the Hardin County, Kentucky Amish settlement. More on Kentucky Amish furniture.
Technically, I believe we are not in a recession anymore (though try telling that to any of the 10%+ unemployed, or those that have simply given up looking for a job and are no longer counted in that statistic; on that count it looks like the new buzzword to describe the current situation is “human recession”), but I just read a story about how Amish businesses…
Temperatures are dropping and that can mean only one thing: the return of the “Amish Miracle Heater”. The device got worked-over pretty well in the press last season, but regardless (or perhaps in part due to all the attention), the sales campaign of the Canton, Ohio-based Heat Surge company was by all accounts wildly successful. Which means the latest round of ads hawking the heater,…