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Let us paint a picture. You walk into a beautiful dining hall in a collegiate gothic style and what do you see? Plastic and metal chairs! Not acceptable. Who wants to sit on cold hard plastic? We’d rather sit in in a comfortable hardwood chair specifically crafted for back support and good posture.
You know by now that dining halls are our specialty. Why? Because we design chairs specifically for high use spaces. In fact, our mission is to create a durable yet elegant stacking and non stacking hardwood dining hall chair. Furthermore, we understand that high use spaces such as dining halls withstand tons of daily wear and tear. Therefore, we created the strongest joinery on the market. We craft our chairs with steel rods and retrograde epoxy for additional support. Our New England made chairs are second to none.
Every one of our chairs is custom made. What does that mean? We make every single order exactly the way you want it. In fact, we make everything from the model, hardwood, stain, and upholstery to match your institution’s needs. We are also experts at historical reproductions. We are always happy to remake a model of our chairs exactly the way you want it.
University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida, is a public land grant institution. It started in 1853 and has operated in Gainesville since 1906. The university is well-known for its sports teams. Their mascot the Florida Gator was even the inspiration for Gatorade. Gatorade is a popular sports drink created at the university. In 2012 they needed a new sorority stacking chair, and they knew just who to contact.
Famed Chef Daniel Boulud, from Lyon, moved to New York City, New York in 1982. Chef Boulud is an innovator. He uses creativity to create interesting menus and decor for each of his restaurants. He owns restaurants in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Singapore. We previously worked with Chef Boulud to craft stacking restaurant chairs for a U.S. based project.
Cornell University, founded in 1865, is in Ithaca, New York. There are more than 600 buildings on the main Ithaca campus today. Cornell University is an Ivy League institution and part of the Ancient 8. It is often described as the first “American” university. 18 colleges and schools make up the current campus. Cornell employs over 1600 faculty members and 7400 staff members.
First of all, the Chevy Chase Club, located in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has been an institution since 1892. Located just outside Washington D.C., the club offers a relaxing place for members and guests to unwind. Secondly, the hallmarks of the club are: tradition of civility, celebration of family, and commitment to service and facilities. Those facilities include their elegant banquet facility. The members at the Chevy Chase Club wanted an elegant Chippendale chair for their banquet facility.
Eastern Yacht Club reached out to us with a renovation project to improve their facility. The prestigious yacht club is located in Marblehead, MA. Furthermore, the club has been working on a renovation with architects, Siemasko + Verbridge. In fact, the goal of their project to make their main dining room more inviting to its members. What could be more inviting than sitting for a couple of hours in our luxury hardwood chairs? Hardwood chairs provide exceptional comfort and support. Hardwood also provides elegant and durability at the same time.
Harvard University is one of our best clients. In fact, we’ve installed countless jobs at the university. Furthermore, they value our chairs for their durability and elegance. In fact, our chairs have withstood decades of use in their facility.
Historical reproduction chairs are some of our most prized work. In fact, craftsman make historical reproduction chairs almost entirely of wood. Plastic and metal chairs are a fairly new, modern concept to seating. Historic chairs in the 18th century were a signifier of wealth.
Moraga Country Club reached out to us with an exciting renovation project. In fact, the club is building a monumental new clubhouse. They hope the renovations and innovations to their facility will impress members. They also hope that the project will attract new members to their club.
Libraries are a core part of our business. Why? We manufacture our chairs for extremely high use spaces. Whats a higher use space than a library. Libraries see tons of daily wear and tear. In fact, the goal of a library is to attract many people. Of course, they all need comfortable and durable wooden chairs to sit in. Luckily, our chairs are constructed with our elite joinery. Furthermore, we construct our chairs with Eustis Joints that contain steel rods and inject them with retrograde epoxy for added stability.
Dining rooms are our specialty. Why, you ask? Well, We’ll tell you. First and foremost, dining rooms are extremely elegant. Every one of our clients have chosen our stacking hardwood chairs because they match the elegance of their facility. Hardwood chairs are by far the most elegant and beautiful standing next to plastic or metal chairs. In addition, our mission is to create the most beautiful yet durable chairs for high use spaces. What is a more high use space than a dining room? Furthermore, all of our chairs are constructed with our patented Eustis Joinery. We create each chair with steel rods for stability and inject each chair with retrograde epoxy for added stability.
Our mission is to create the most durable, sustainable, yet elegant chairs on the market. Therefore, we design our chairs specifically for high use spaces. Spaces such libraries, university dining halls, and study spaces face the most daily wear and tear. For the average wooden chair, the chair joint is the weakest part of the chair. However, we design our chairs with our elite joinery. The Novato is extremely durable due to its mortise and tenon construction and sturdy connecting beams.
We owe a lot of success starting out to library renovations. Libraries are extremely high use space. In fact, a library’s success is often measured by the foot traffic and amount of people that visit the library. However, libraries are tasked with finding durable seating that won’t break while facing the immense daily wear and tear. Most wooden chairs on the market break within 3 years because of their weak joinery. However, our Eustis Joints are made with our patented joinery. Our craftspeople construct each chair with steel rods and inject each with retrograde epoxy for added stability.
We love serving universities. Most universities come to use with a renovation project to improve their facilities for student and staff. Furthermore, many universities also chose to upgrade their facilities to make their university higher quality and higher quality new candidate students. In fact, a beautiful and comfortable facility is extremely important to a student when deciding to attend a university. In addition, facilities need equally comfortable and elegant seating.
Library chairs are our specialty. In fact, our mission is to design extremely durable, sustainable, yet elegant hardwood chairs. In addition, we design our chairs specifically with high use spaces in mind. We understand that high use spaces face immense daily wear and tear. Therefore, we have created the most durable hardwood chair joinery on the market. Our craftspeople construct our chairs with steel rods for stability and inject each chair with retrograde epoxy for added reinforcement.
Almost all of our chairs were created out of customers’ necessity. In fact, we design custom chairs to suit facility’s needs. Furthermore, all of our chairs are customizable. Customers can chose the model, hardwood species, stain, and upholstery. However, if one of our existing models is not perfect for the facility’s needs, we are always happy to rework an existing chair or design an entirely new one.