Amish Made Custom Furniture
End view of our Stickley style mission table crafted out of solid cherry with smaller 3/4″ rungs in the chair and trestle.
We specialize in crafting Amish custom furniture created by Amish crafters. Our Amish craftsmen can create or reproduce practically any item that you can describe, design, or invent in wood. Long known for their woodworking skills, the Amish community has built its reputation on solid wood and top quality.
Who can order Wood Loft Amish custom furniture? The answer is everyone can.
We are developing this furniture website for customers anywhere in the USA. We have done pieces and have shipped items completely across the country and had great results. We’re excited to work with you no matter where you live, so don’t let distance be the holdup. We can send pictures and drawings back and forth by email and send color blocks and wood samples by UPS. Give us a call or email us about your plan.
Where is Arthur, Il.? We are located in East Central Illinois. We are an easy, one day round trip drive from Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. Check our map page for more information on location.
Local Pick Up – I you are within driving range, people pick up their items at our store in Arthur. We will help you get your items loaded. We just ask you to bring plenty of blankets for protecting your items for the ride home.
We do offer blanket wrapped delivery “locally” within 200 miles, for those who are not able to pick up their orders. Costs are reasonable and still allow you to save a great deal over “city prices.” Actual costs are based on time and exact location and are job specific. We can discuss this when we talk about your order. Either way, we can be sure that way that it is done right.
Do you have to drive to Arthur? – We have high confidence in our 40 plus years of experience and our Amish builders to be able to offer our furniture items nationwide. While not necessary, it is helpful to visit Arthur at least one time, if possible, prior to confirming your order, to develop final details about your order. Because this is custom work, we want you to have a clear understanding of the nature of our quality, style, color, finish and other options. We can look at and touch other pieces here in our showroom made by our craftsmen. We are also confident that if you see the quality of the work we do, at the prices we offer, that you will be more comfortable with your purchase. After only one visit we can develop pricing, general design, color and other details later by phone, fax mail or e-mail. This saves a lot of time and travel. If you are located farther away, we will spend more time by phone or email on details, images and drawings, and wood stains for your items. We will send you hard samples of woods and stains to confirm things in your home and local lighting. We want you to be confident on your end and we want the items to be exactly what you need.
Woods, Styles, Colors and Designs – We work in all species of wood. Oak is a primary wood we use, but also do many items in cherry, walnut, hickory and maple. We use a great deal of “solid” wood, that is, lumber, with only a bare minimum use of veneers in some concealed or non-strategic locations (thin backs, drawer bottoms, etc.) In colors (stains) we have a large number of “standard” colors available but are also very comfortable in matching any sample color that you might provide. Designs? Well, that’s where the word “custom” comes in. While any of the items in the store or in a catalog picture might tempt you to go with that, for no extra cost we can put your dreams and ideas together into a special piece, just for you. Waiting time runs 12 to 16 weeks for most items, but they are well worth the wait, we assure you. (click here for sample wood photos)
The Process – Long Distance Ordering
Step 1 – If you have an interest in a specific item that you have seen elsewhere or have always wanted, try to get or make a drawing or photo of the item or at least its basic dimensions, and specific properties (doors, drawers, shelves etc) and then give us a call or email and we can discuss our products, our quality, our services and what information we will need to get a price and information together for you. In most cases after this we will ask that you mail or email to us the necessary basic size, shape, style information and we will work up a price. Often, we work up plans from drawings or pages torn from Sunday supplements, other furniture store ads, or catalogs, but simple pencil line drawings work as well. We offer many, many Amish made furniture items on our companion website www.Amish-Market.com where you might find your desired item already to go or something close in size or design that we can modify.
Step 2 – We will get back to you with a price and other information about the item(s) you inquired about. If there is interest at this point, we would probably need to find out a few more details about the piece you want constructed. The things that fall into this category are exact measurements, different moldings, and other aspects that you must have in mind so that we can refine the design process and be sure that we have not overlooked anything that would affect our final price quote or the intended quality of your furniture.
Step 3 – Somewhere in all this, and about at this point, is when we need to discuss the subjective aspects of furniture design. Just what exactly, do you mean, or we mean by “medium” color, or “slightly eased” edges. What’s the appeal of a “large” dental molding vs. a “small” one? We can cover this with emailed images of details, stains and more that we have from thousands of items we have done.
We will present you with a firm price and delivery date, and with your permission, begin your furniture. We do require a 50% non refundable deposit on all custom orders. We will advise you when the furniture is ready for your inspection, pick up or delivery. Pick up or delivery can be decided at the end for your convenience. Many people find that they have a friend with a pickup truck, or can rent a small U-Haul trailer for very little money and with the money saved, spend a day or even overnight in Amish Country.
If you’ve stayed with us this long, and think you might have an interest, you may want to check out new pages that we are building on different categories of our furniture.