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Five Most Interesting Furniture Retailers in Maine

 

Maine has long been a refuge for artists and craftsmen alike. The rich, natural beauty of the land inspires Mine’s tradition of innovative workmanship. After an extensive search, we have narrowed down the five most interesting artisans in the Maine furniture market and are glad to share them with you today.

 

5. Green Design Furniture

Founder and designer, Douglas Green is the motivating force behind Green Design Furniture, and Green isn’t just is name, it’s his business. Each Green Designs Piece is made from domestically grown and sustainably harvested materials, waste is recycled or repurposed and each piece is built to last, which prevents waste in the future. Green Design Furniture also prides itself on its customer friendly policy, and if you make an appointment before you come over, the staff at their office will gladly give you a tour of the workshop where each piece of Arts and Crafts inspired furniture is carefully constructed by Green and his team. You can learn more about Green Design Furniture from their extremely accessible website: www.GreenDesigns.com

 

4. Huston and Company

When you order a Huston and Company item, you’re ordering a piece made with the kind of master craftsmanship and personal detail that one is no longer able to find in the contemporary  furniture market. Hudson and Company’s Kennebunkport, Maine workshop is adjacent to the showroom and open during regular showroom hours for customers to see where their furniture comes from. You can learn more about Hudson and Company at www.HudsonandCompany.com

 

3. Appalachian Fence Company

Although it is not a traditional furniture company, the Appalachian Fence Company made the list because of its highly dedicated, motivated, founder and owner, Skip Bunker. Mr. Bunker is passionate about split rail fencing, and considers it to be a staple of the American landscape. He constructs every fence from native white cedar on his great-grandparents homestead in Eastbrook Maine, and assembles them for his customers on site, log by log. For pictures of split rail fencing, customer testimonials and Skip Bunker’s personal writings about split rail fencing, visit www.SplitRail.com

 

2. Maine Kiln Works

Like most of the furniture makers on this list, Maine Kiln Works derives its success and personality from its dynamic founder and craftsman, who in this case is Dan Weaver. A native Texan, Mr. Weaver moved to Maine’s rocky coast in the seventies and has been hand-forming his porcelain clay sinks for thirty five years, ever since a customer came into his work-shop with her broken sink basin. The young craftsman took her challenge and found his calling. In addition to creating each sink, and running his business, Mr. Weaver has created every aspect of his attractive and informative website, which you can see at www.WaterStoneSink.com

 

1. Gregg Lipton Furniture

Besides the superior craftsmanship and contemporary design elements, the most interesting thing about Gregg Lipton Furniture is the old mill in which they currently have their workshop, showroom and office. According to the website, the mill pond has swimming in the summer and hockey in the winter. The idea of furniture makers taking a break from master-crafting for swimming or hockey tickles us to no end, which makes Gregg Lipton Furniture the most interesting furniture manufacturer in Maine. To see pictures of the old mill, or their fine furniture, visit www.LiptonFurntiure.com

 

During our search, we happened to come by some furniture retailers that weren’t in Maine, but that serve Maine and the world through their online stores. Because of the article guidelines, they didn’t make the list, but we liked them so much, that we wanted to put them in the addendum. Eco-Furniture.com, and GcRugs.com represent some of the most interesting, colorful online furniture retailers we’ve seen. Both companies run on an eco-friendly principal of making sustainable products available to everyone. Unlike other rug websites, GcRugs.com is easily searchable by color, style and materials, and we were pleased as well as educated by the eco-info they provided on their site. Eco-Furniture has eco-literature as well, but it also has a wide selection of every kind of furniture, indoor and out. There is easily three times as much furniture on this site as there could ever be in your local furniture store, and it’s all eco-friendly!