“How long did it take you to learn how to weave chair seats?” is a question we hear regularly from guests who are intrigued by […]
Before & After
A picture’s worth a thousand words. Here are some of our more amazing transformations. Many thanks to Bob Haase for the refinish on the rocker, […]
Canespotting: Einstein, Lautrec, Stalin, Picasso, & Bentwood
We love hearing the story behind the chair. In our disposable society, somehow people manage to retain sentimental attachments to chairs and get nostalgic warm […]
Demos at the Folk Art Center
Hello! It’s been a while. Here’s just a little bit of what I’ve been up to lately: I had a lot of fun at the […]
US Chair Caning Tour
Dave and I recently launched our US Chair Caning Tour with a trip to The Island Farm in Manteo, NC. We were hired by the […]
Canespotting: Pablo Picasso
As seen on NPR… The Art Of Photographing Artists: Portraits By Arnold Newman by CLAIRE O’NEILL March 28, 2013 A bentwood rocker in pretty rough shape […]
The Return of The Beast
It was exactly 1 year ago today that we THOUGHT we’d tamed The Beast, a chair that took over 200 hours to weave the medallion […]
Stolen….Mid-Century Modern Goodness
In Denmark, Stolen=Chair (This post is long, scroll to the bottom if you just want to see lots of photos.) The Danes excel in every […]
Custom Dye Job for Child’s Rocker, Part 1
CUSTOM DYEING REED WITH CARLA FILIPELLI PART 1 I had the good fortune to hang out with Carla and Greg Filipelli at their studio Cranberry Creek […]
Cane-spotting…Norman Rockwell’s Chair
Chair Repair, Chair Repair. Like I said, it’s everywhere! Including tonight on Antiques Roadshow. Watch it here. Or read the article. This lady was […]
Cane-spotting! The Inaugural Luncheon.
In the early days of my chair caning business, I came up with a cheer: GO CHAIR REPAIR! And a jingle: Chair repair, chair repair, […]
Canespotting: Mark Twain’s Chair
While being laid out with the flu, Dave and I watched a Ken Burns special about Mark Twain. We see cane chairs and designs in […]