LOG FURNITURE

LOG FURNITURE
Made in Minnesota

It has been almost a decade of log furniture creations for us here at Vienna Woodworks! We started out in Superior, Wisconsin and are now located in Waseca, MN. While the two locations are quite different, the beauty of the Midwest continues to inspire us on a daily basis.
The Superior, WI location, especially along Lake Superior's North and South Shores, is something that we will always cherish. The rolling hills, abundance of pine trees and the atmosphere of Lake Superior is difficult to describe, and is one of my very favorite places in the whole world! As a matter of fact Chris and I often talk about retiring to Bayfield, Wisconsin when we are ready to go back to creating rustic pieces as a hobby rather than run the busy shop we now have in order to support our three (now teenage) children.
We started making simple log beds along with case goods to go with our bedroom furniture such as log dressers and from there our collection has grown. We now make bent branch log beds, log slab beds, and a few other variations that are unique and a little fancier. There are also four different styles of log bunk beds that we do. All of these can be seen in our store site and our rustic gallery.
The Waseca location has grown quite a bit, especially in the last two years. We have added a lot of space to our shop, finishing room, lumber and log storage, and shipping area. Waseca is a farming community, and has it's own unique inspiration. A big part of that is the barn wood furniture that we began building about three years ago, and this collection of reclaimed furniture has been the driving force behind our incredible growth. We still get a lot of requests for our log pieces however, and have expanded the collection to include juniper and hickory log furniture as well.
Our northern white cedar log furniture is still one of our most popular lines which includes furniture for every room, along with log mirrors, log lamps, and log staircases. We are very fortunate to have such a fantastic customer base throughout the United States and Canada, and it is very fulfilling to know that others share our love of unique pieces of furniture that are hand made to order.

Rustic Vanity Custom Made

Rustic Vanity

After all of our years building rustic furniture, it's become obvious that our most popular product is our rustic vanity. We have built many different styles and variations of vanities for customers all over the United States, and started with a rustic cedar vanity, then a cedar log vanity and eventually added a barnwood vanity. The barnwood vanity has evolved into several different styles, from weathered gray to vessel style to cross buck. In addition to this, we also make styles in cherry and oak, pine, reclaimed fence wood, butternut, and our now in demand Adirondack Bathroom Vanity. These bathroom cabinets come in all different sizes and styles, drawers and doors can be custom configured, and they come with or without a wooden top.

Our standard drawer boxes are constructed from birch, with dovetail drawer boxes available as an upgrade. All drawers are made with metal drawer slides. In most areas of the country, bathroom vanities do not customarily come with backs. We can add a back if a customer requests this, however, it is often much easier to install plumbing if the back is left open. This also makes plumbing easier to maintain over the years.

We would be happy to answer any questions that you might have about the construction of and pricing of our rustic bathroom vanities, or any of the other products that we make here at Vienna Woodworks. Please visit our website to see the full selection. The items on our sight are just a sampling of what we can provide.

High End Rustic Furniture

High End Rustic Furniture for your cabin, log home, cottage, timber frame home, or really, any room where you want to achieve a unique and upscale rustic look.

Hand crafted wooden furniture made primarily from reclaimed wood; Vienna Woodworks can provide furniture for every room in your home. All furniture is made in the United States, by experienced crafts people. Need something unique? We can custom build based on your specifications! Worried about high prices? Our prices are reasonable! We have had inquiries where potential customers have expressed concerns about the quality of our furniture due to our reasonable prices - however we can assure you that our furniture is well constructed, durable and visually appealing. Why are our prices lower than most? Because we work hard to keep our overhead low, and in today's economy, our goal is to provide value. A fair price for a quality piece of furniture!

Many companies have much higher overhead, or simply gouge their customers. We think that both of these are bad ideas. However, if you are still not convinced, please feel free to request references from us. Also we can send you samples of the wood that we work with, as well as additional close up photos of our products. And, we will guarantee that you are happy with the furniture that you order.

Spring is right around the corner, so check out what we have on our website, or send us your wish list and we can provide you with a quote. Our lead time is currently 4-6 weeks, but during the busy season can be as long as 6-8 weeks. Our shop crew works hard to build furniture as quickly as possible, but we don't like to rush because we feel that care and dedication are essential to producing a superior product. And the lead time is just a guideline, as we state in our company terms and conditions. Yes, we do try to expedite orders occasionally, however, we cannot always accommodate deadlines. Most of the time we do our best to make our customers happy, and most of the time our customers are fantastic about waiting. They frequently tell us, after receiving a unique furniture piece from us, that the wait was well worth it.

When we hear other companies boasting about being "the biggest" or "the best" or even "the most elegant line of rustic furniture available" we cringe! As a consumer, I personally get very turned off when companies make these types of claims. There are many many talented artisans and furniture designers out there. Each has their own unique flair that becomes imposed upon their work. I think that to make claims that are so outrageous in order to gain sales reflects upon the person selling the furniture, and while it is understandable that a person wants to gain business from prospective customers, they should be realistic in representing their work.

We may not be the biggest or the best, but we guarantee your satisfaction, and our goal is to build you a custom piece of rustic furniture that will last a life time, and above all we want to provide you with exactly what you are looking for. We have the ability to do this, and will work closely with you to accomplish this.

All of the pieces on our rustic furniture webstore have been made to order and the majority of them have been custom designed and built based on customer requests. The website displays a sampling of what we can provide, such as rustic kitchen cabinets, rustic bathroom vanities, barnwood furniture, oak furniture and log furniture for every room - bedroom, kitchen, dining room, den, office, bar, bathroom and even rustic pool tables and rustic game tables. We also plan on expanding on a line of rustic outdoor furniture such as log picnic tables and Adirondack chairs.

We would love to hear from you if you would like to discuss your furniture needs, we can work with your budget! Send us an email: info@viennawoodworks.com or feel free to give us a call at 888-625-7570.

Barnwood Hickory Log Night Stand

Barnwoood Hickory Log Night Stand

Our newest piece of barnwood furniture is this night stand made from reclaimed barn wood and hickory logs with bark left on.

More pieces will be added to this rustic line in the coming month but we thought we would just give you a preview in our blog.

Custom pieces are also available so if you are looking for a piece of rustic furniture that you can not find anywhere, just call us or send us an email to info@viennawoodworks.com and we will provide you with a quote as soon as possible.

New products are added to our store each month so be sure to check back to see what's new! Thank you for stopping by!

Rustic Furniture Mobile Website

We now have our mobile Rustic Furniture website version up and running, so that our store can be easily viewed with an iphone, BlackBerry or any hand held device that can surf the internet!

Just visit us at http://m.viennawoodworks.com/ and check it out!

Rustic Holiday Decor

Rustic Holiday Decor

We have available our newest rustic products, our log reindeer and twig christmas tree to spruce up your rustic decor. Both products come in small, medium and large sizes. The holiday log deer pictured is made with a 12 inch log for the body, 12 inch legs, and the head and antlers are approx. 12 inches. The tree is 2 feet high, and is an interesting collection of twigs that will provide very unique decorative piece!

Check out prices and options in our store. We will be trying to add a few more products like this in time for the season, so check back for more later. Order early, the holidays are right around the corner!

Landscapes and Scenic Art For Your Rustic Decor by Rick Berk, Long Island, NY

Photographic Prints by Rick Berk

These are just a tiny sampling of the beautiful photographic prints taken by professional photographer Rick Berk of Long Island, NY. We have more featured on our website, viennawoodworks.com, and will soon have additional photos of his incredible collection of shots taken in some of our country's most scenic spots.

Vienna Woodworks is fortunate to be able to feature this amazing work, and we can bring you this great collection of art in any size that you need. Matting is available as well, and we can build you the perfect picture frame to compliment your selection.

Feel free to contact us through the store with your questions, comments or requests. Rick would be happy to accommodate you and provide you with the art piece that will put the finishing touches on your rustic decor.

Barn Wood Dresser Four Drawer

Barn Wood Dresser, Four Drawer

Part of our weekend delivery, this four drawer reclaimed barnwood dresser turned out quite nicely. I was very happy with the work that Chris and the helpers in the shop did on this piece. The pulls really make the piece in my opinion. Of course that's just my opinion, and I am sure there are many other choices out there for pulls that would look fantastic as well.

One of my current projects is to create a hardware sample board, where I would be able to enable customers to better visualize how different types of hardware would look on their drawer fronts and doors. I hope to have this project completed by the end of 2009, so that we can better serve our customers and help them make more informed purchasing choices.

We always welcome the ideas of our customers and many of them have discovered hardware that has complemented our reclaimed furniture pieces so well. We have really enjoyed the part of customer service that allows us to work together with our customers to provide them with pieces that are unique and that allow them to provide input which really makes them our design partners. Based on the results, we often have extremely happy customers who express their satisfaction to us when the final product is delivered.

Reclaimed Barnwood Doors

This weekend's delivery consisted of several pieces of furniture as well as a number of reclaimed barnwood interior doors. These barnwood doors are all pre-hung and ready to be installed, with hinges included. We make it convenient for our customers, and work with them to pick out hinges that they prefer to use in their rustic decor.

Doors can be custom made to fit any size door opening, and different styles are available as well. Most customers provide us with sketches if they want something different, and we are more than happy to comply.

As with all of our reclaimed wood furniture, our doors are sanded smooth, however, we try to leave as much rustic character in them as possible. The majority of the reclaimed wood that we work with is heart pine from barns and buildings that are over a century old. Heart pine is very dense, unlike the new pine that is found in today's lumber yards. This makes it much harder, allowing it to withstand the test of time. The rings in this old wood are very close together, which is why it is a harder wood than modern pine, and is also why this wood looks very much like nothing that you will ever find in the future. It would take hundreds of years of growing to produce anything that would come even close to resembling this beautiful and rare wood.

Reclaimed wood is a piece of the past, and it is very satisfying to be able to salvage a part of history and transform it into something that will live on for future generations.

Reclaiming Wood For Furniture

Recently we took down a barn right here in Waseca, MN, just minutes from our shop. This will allow us to continue to create our reclaimed wood furniture from this antique barnwood. This barn was built circa 1932 according to the land owner who lived on this property when she was a child. There is a lot of great wood here. In the next few days, we will be able to post some pictures of the wood close up but for now we thought we would show you the fun video that our friend Ed took of the frame coming down.

We have our trailers packed full with several loads of these old barnboards, and a few more loads to go until the whole works is cleaned up. Most of the barn wood which is heart pine, is in fantastic shape! Chris keeps talking about what he is going to make in the shop with all of this wood, so stay tuned for some new pictures of his latest furniture creations.

Chris also has a lot of orders currently, so our turn around time right now is approx 4-6 weeks, however this also will depend on the size of the order and other variables such as the actual project requested.

More pictures will follow but for now enjoy the show! We sure did!!!

Visit us at Vienna Woodworks Furniture Company to view our photo gallery!

Reclaimed Wood Bathroom Vanity - New Crossbuck Style

Crossbuck Reclaimed Wood Bathroom Vanity

Made from reclaimed barn boards in Minnesota

This is one of our new styles of rustic bathroom vanities available through www.viennawoodworks.com. Made from reclaimed heart pine wood salvaged from old barns near our shop right here in Waseca, Minnesota. Custom sizes are available - we can accomodate your needs and add drawers, backsplash and sidesplash. Availabe with or without a wood plank top. Granite looks especially nice with these reclaimed wood vanities!

• Heavy duty liquid glass is available for wood plank tops
• We will cut holes for your sink and faucet for no extra charge
• Sinks and faucets are available through our store - ask for a quote
• Standard finish consists of several coats of furniture grade clear catalyzed lacquer
• No stains are used on the reclaimed wood pieces (except by request). The color you see is the natural patina of the wood.
• We use only high quality drawer slides - and we do have roller bearing glides
• Dovetail drawer boxes (small upcharge)
• All wood construction - no particle board or veneers are ever used in our shop
• Solid, heavy and thick wood that has been carefully inspected is used
• All surfaces are sanded to remove slivers and rough spots