What’s better than a Tuesday pick me up?  These Honey Maple Cookies are sure to brighten your day and the rest of your week.  This recipe is featured in our Amish Cookbook: Cookies and Bars.  The maple syrup brings hints of fall and for those who did not know, September is National Honey Month!  That [...]

Editor’s Note: The following post is the latest segment in our series of “Frequently Asked Questions about the Amish”.  Through a series of regular postings, we will address many of the questions asked by customers, bloggers, emailers and Tweeters concerning Amish traditions and culture. The quality and beauty of the furniture we sell in at [...]

Amish Tables distributes pieces handcrafted in the simple traditions of the Amish culture.  The attention to detail you’ll find in Amish products, along with their heirloom quality is unmatched in the furniture business.
As you can see from our testimonials, customers love everything about Amish furniture, but many want to know more about the Amish traditions [...]

 The Amish arrived in America around 1730. A group of the descendants of the Anabaptists, which include Amish and Mennonites, settled near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  William Penn had began a ‘holy experiment’ in religious tolerance and welcomed these European immigrants. Although the most popularized, the Pennsylvania Amish are not the largest group of U.S. In [...]

 Historians following the trends of the furniture industry can attest that furniture styles and their designers are virtual archives of an era. The economy of the time, the availability of supplies and tools and most surprising, the politics and religion of the time all influenced home décor. Religion and the organizations that formed around each [...]

Easter is celebrated by many Christian denominations in the spring of each year and the Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch are no exception. In fact, in many Amish communities a second day is even added to celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, or Pentecost. The Amish do celebrate these holidays as a sacred time, but adding a [...]

Bonnets are not only worn but collected as home decor accessories. Once upon a time a bonnet referred to the headgear worn by a man, not a woman. From priests to beef-eaters, the head coverings were masculine attire. The Scotch still refer to caps as “bonnets.” In its original form the definition of a bonnet [...]

While we may collect things from sports cards to furniture simply for the enjoyment of the hunting and the gathering, most of us collect knowing that there is a chance if needs arose, we could sell that collection. Many a handcrafted Amish built bookcase holds the world’s most prized collectibles. It is a fact that [...]

The community we call “Pennsylvania Dutch” are actual descendants of German-speaking settlers. Since early settlers arrived in about 1683, the word “Dutch” became a corruption by English-speakers of the word “Deutsch,” which means “German”. The traditions and cuisine of these Pennsylvania Dutch has long held a fascination with outsiders. One of these fascinating traditions is [...]

 
Wreaths on the door year round are welcoming sights but no more warm a welcoming beacon than at Christmas time. No matter if your wreath graces the door of an Arts & Crafts bungalow or an ultra contemporary modern design, a wreath says home. Today, wreaths are used all year long but particularly as holiday [...]