Our company first began in Austin, Texas as a cabinet shop. After building just a few pieces of nice household furniture, our craftsmen discovered the joy of working with all solid wood instead of the plywood and particle board common in cabinet making. So we began building furniture in hardwoods, using traditional joinery built to last for generations. Most of the first pieces we built were of Antique Long Leaf Pine in Early Texas styles. We opened our first showroom in Fredericksburg, Texas. When our customers started coming to our current location in Chalk Bluff (North of Waco), we discovered they enjoyed coming to see our entire Craft Village and our craftsmen working together.
Here at Homestead Heritage Furniture we have been building fine handmade furniture from solid wood for over 20 years. All of our pieces use traditional joinery methods such as hand-cut Dovetails, Mortice and Tenons and Dado joints. These heirloom pieces of furniture are built to last for generations of use. Each of our master craftsmen build one piece at a time, starting from selecting the wood for grain and color match, through the joinery and on to putting on the final finishing touches. We sign and date each of our pieces to add just one more degree of lasting value. We also have some of our pieces ready to go in our gift shop called The Barn.
(An online gift store for The Barn is coming Fall 2011 at http://www.homesteadheritage.com).
We will custom design pieces of furniture to fit your special one-of-a-kind individual needs. Bring us a picture or sketch and one of our craftsmen can help you with a design. Though our solid wood furniture is primarily made from Native Texas Mesquite, Black Cherry and Black Walnut, we can use another hardwood to suit your taste or décor. We regularly use Maple, Alder, Pecan, Cypress, Long Leaf Pine and Oak (Red or White). For all of our custom heirloom pieces once we have settled on a design and price we will do scale drawings for your review prior to building your piece.
Our neighboring Blacksmith shop regularly builds bases for our table tops as well as hand-forging drawer pulls and other accents.