Home and Decor » Burlington http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog Your friendly guide to tasteful interior design Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Keeping The Faith in Furniture with the Shakers and the Amish- How Religion Influenced Designs in America (part 2) http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/amish-furniture/keeping-the-faith-in-furniture-with-the-shakers-and-the-amish-how-religion-influenced-designs-in-america-part-2/ http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/amish-furniture/keeping-the-faith-in-furniture-with-the-shakers-and-the-amish-how-religion-influenced-designs-in-america-part-2/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:28:29 +0000 admin http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/amish-furniture/keeping-the-faith-in-furniture-with-the-shakers-and-the-amish-how-religion-influenced-designs-in-america-part-2/  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 fact there are Amish living in as many as twenty-four states, Canada, and Central America. Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio do have more than two-thirds of the Amish population.

Today’s Amish communities are as entrepreneurial as the Shakers, helping to support and build their communities using their gifts as honest artisans. The world appreciates the unique custom designs that contrast so obviously from the mass produced disposable furniture offered in most showrooms today. These solid wood designs are premium heirlooms that showcase the integrity of a community very much like their brothers and sisters in the Shaker villages.

Like the Shakers the Amish live every part of their life based on religious principles. This includes the quality of their work, whether at home or in the workshop. Today the Amish wood worker in Northern Indiana crafts the same designs with the same quality of materials and skill as their ancestors. The same principles and beliefs held by the earliest Shaker furniture designer and builder are still honored by the Amish woodworker. With traditional designs like the traditional Burlington table or the neatly lined Bungalow chifferobe, chest, bed, dresser and nightstand you can bring the same warm style to your home.

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