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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.

Old Barn Star on Facebook

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 Wood Furniture Ideas: The Wine Barrel Table

 

reclaimed wine barrel tableReclaimed furniture is the best way to connect the past with the future in your home. Our reclaimed barnwood furniture pieces are a timeless tradition. The craft remains largely the same as it’s been for centuries, but the rustic furniture does not look dated.

It’s a classy feel that can increase the quality of any room. We’d like to highlight new trends for old wood, so we encourage you to consider new reclaimed wood furniture ideas, like the wine barrel table.

Wine Barrel Tables

There are many ways to go about it, and all of them include repurposing wood that would have been scrapped and making use of it. A barrel, as is, can be used as a table without further manipulation.

The effect is a rustic interior to your home and the seasoned nature of the barrel suggests that your home is time-tested and classic. The durability of the wood and the structure of a barrel bound by steel bands ensure that you will enjoy such a table for years to come.

reclaimed wine barrel tablesAt Old Barn Star, we’ve recently taken a stab at a longer table, incorporating two wine barrels as the legs, and topping it with a piece of reclaimed barnwood furniture to create a hybrid reclaimed barnwood table.

The juxtaposition of the two colors is a nice way of creating variety and drawing eyes to the detail in your reclaimed wood furniture. You can see our attempt on the right.

Give a rustic, timeless quality to your living room, dining room, or wine cellar (appropriately) by incorporating a wine barrel table. Be on the lookout for more combinations of reclaimed barnwood and reclaimed wine barrels! It’s a relatively new concept, and one that we’re excited to play with.

What would you do with reclaimed wine barrels? We’d love to hear your ideas, so talk to us on Facebook and Twitter! And keep checking the blog for more innovative reclaimed wood furniture ideas.

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Old Barn Star and Amish Furniture

Our handcrafted reclaimed wood furniture is not just a stylistic effort; it’s the product of hundreds of years of history. We don’t produce Amish-style furniture; it’s furniture made by the Amish.

There’s a subtle elegance to the Amish process, an unrivaled attention to detail. Therefore, we think it’s only fitting to tell you a little about Amish culture, its roots and its current day practices. We also want to show you how their care and personality find their ways into every piece of Old Barn Star’s barnwood furniture.

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The Amish religion originated from the Mennonite religion, with roots in Switzerland and Germany, fragmenting from them over the issue of Meidung. Meidung is a Mennonite xenophobia, whereby the anointed shun the excluded and the Amish tradition was born out of tolerance for others.

Their only law is biblical and even carried to the point of evading photography because graven images are forbidden by the Bible and because the Amish believe they promote unhealthy pride. They have rejected technology and lived in the same lifestyle methods for hundreds of years.

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Amish reclaimed wood furniture is all about detail. Each piece of wood is handpicked and the unique quality of the wood is the primary consideration. For this reason, Amish furniture always has remarkably beautiful wood-grain and gorgeous construction. Their tools are hydraulically and pneumatically powered, and all the finishing work is done by hand, so every piece is truly unique.

Amish furniture has heart. Woodworking skills are passed by practice through generations and generations, so while the furniture may not have been crafted in the 1600s, its methods have not changed over the years. You are getting an authentic piece of furniture rooted in centuries of tradition.

Next time you see a piece of Old Barn Star barnwood furniture, think about its origins and the history from which they come. Through word of mouth and actual physical labor, your furniture is tapping into a long bygone era. Our products’ subtle beauty will sustain for years to come and perhaps you can make it a part of a new tradition in your family, where these beautiful heirlooms continue to live through generations.

What questions do you have about our Amish furniture? You can ask us on Facebook and Twitter, and keep checking our blog for more information on our methods!