Amish Furniture Home Blog Carnival: Vol I
Amish Furniture is about so much more than wood. It’s about handcrafting furniture for generations of use in the family… It’s about loving the resources Mother Nature has provided… It’s about decorating your home in style…and so much more. We are celebrating all these facets of Amish Furniture in our very first Blog Carnival. As we explained last month, we will be publishing a monthly Carnival of great blog posts as they relate to Amish Furniture and our company in Ann Arbor, MI.
This first posting focuses on some common themes on our blog, such as Going Green, Woodworking, Interior Design, and Amish innovations. If you’d like to see one of your posts appear in next month’s Carnival, email us or ping us on Twitter.
Enjoy the Carnival!
Furniture from Recycled Wine Barrels
You can go Green in so many ways these days. Most of the time, going Green involves mindfully conserving energy, but there’s also the “reusable materials” route. This post on Makezine.com showcases handmade furniture that has been recycled from oak wine barrels. Charming, sturdy and GREEN furniture for your next design project.
Affordable Ventless Fireplaces
Sorry, chimney sweeps. No more soot and clean-up with these fireplaces. You can find plenty of traditionally charming fireplaces in our catalog, but if you’re looking for a modern look, a ventless fireplace might be your best choice. These stunning models install right into a wall and burn bio-ethanol for a warm, yet eco-friendly ambiance.
TV Cabinet Buying Tips
This post comes from a fellow Amish Furniture distributor in Indiana. As the post accurately points out, shopping for TV Cabinets is an overwhelming task these days. First, ask yourself what your needs are for your TV Cabinet and then move on to the purchase.
Design*Sponge 2009 Gift Guides: Under $100
Design*Sponge is a great interior design/crafty blog that we follow regularly, with advice to fill your interior design with personality and flair. This post, while a bit dated, has great ideas that can freshen up your decor for cheap.
Learn Woodworking With Megan (a Real Teacher)
This post goes out to our readers in Indiana especially. Woodworking Magazine is a valuable resource for any craftsman that know their way around a workbench. Their blog is just as valuable, producing daily hints and tips about their latest projects and pieces. If you’re looking to get started with woodworking, check out this post announcing a great class to start this May in Indiana.
Making Furniture with Sawdust
Here’s some inspiration for our “Do-it-Yourself” and crafts readers. After reading this post, that leftover sawdust won’t seem half as annoying. Lea Bogdan of Inhabitat.com, profiles a handcrafted coffee table crafted from sawdust scraps. The table was recently honored in Designbloom’s Intelligent Hand competition. Make sure you check out the cool pictures posted on the blog. Now that’s recycling!
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for some excellent posts coming up this week and we look forward to bringing you next month’s Blog Carnival on everything Amish Furniture has to offer!
Tags: Blog Carnival, Blog Post, eco-friendly, fireplace, Furniture, green, Heirloom, Interior Design, Oak, Sawdust, TV Cabinet, Twitter, Wine Barrel, Woodworking
