Your Dreams in Wood by James Lukow
The source for your artisan crafted modern heirlooms and unique gifts.
Why artisan furniture?
Artisan furniture allows you to know who made the piece.
This is your connection to a maker - direct from their workshop to your home.
Buying locally let's you truly know where your money goes and does.
What we can do . . .
If you are tired of buying items that are almost your style or almost what you are looking for - a commissioned piece can be the answer.
Commissioned pieces from Your Dreams in Wood by James Lukow are designed for you with your input, or I adapt classic designs. I can build pieces to fit into your home. I build for longevity not trendiness.
Purchasing from me enables the purchase of hardware, supplies and domestic wood species from local sources . Your contribution to your community in opposition to the actions of the often anonymous foreign multinationals .
When you buy that piece from a big box store it may be made from hard wood or veneer over something else. Often some assembly is required, assembly that allows manufacturers to ship more stock of that same piece to more stores, more cheaply. So that piece for your uniquely designed space, actually exists as hundreds if not thousands of identical pieces. A commissioned piece can make your design truly yours . . .
Quality furniture was never meant to be knocked down, be dependent on how well hardware is tightened. Quality furniture has always used good joinery and materials for strength. Have you crawled under a table to tighten a wobbly leg . . .
Birth of a Cabinet . . .
The design process . . .
Below is the process used to create a custom pieces of artisan crafted furniture from domestically sourced black walnut.
A record stand from walnut boards to the design and finally the finished pi finished with
Matching an existing piece . . .
Artisan furniture allows you to match a piece to an existing piece of furniture. In the example below you will see a wall shelf that was created to mimic the existing side board below in. Just another advantage of artisan furniture.
