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January 23rd, 2012
by cherrystyle
Where we are now is still on a horse farm in Lancaster Pennsylvania. We are on the move to Canada but it is an evolution. Last summer we built a woodshop/yoga studio on our Canada property for the two fold reason of being able to make everything for our house and a sanctuary for our other side of the coin which is a building that allows us to express ourselves artistically and spiritually. The transition from one life to another is still daunting but more tangible as time has moved us further along the path. Once we sell our business down here, we will have no choice but to dive into our new world. We will pack a truck with everything we own (remember the purging blog) and go.
Let’s go.
Woodshop / Yoga studio
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April 18th, 2011
by cherrystyle
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Stepping out of our comfort zone means growth and change but practically speaking, it is uncomfortable and scary and leaving behind everything that has been successful for us since we can remember, is heavy here .
Everything about how we have done business in the past, will not be applicable to where we are going. We face a local business climate in Canada, with considerable less resources to spend on our projects and a much simpler approach to design than we are used to. This is more a decision of rural geography on our part, and that is where the risk is taken. We believe that our design aesthetic will transfer successfully but who knows?
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March 29th, 2011
by cherrystyle
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We have just finished creating the millwork for two 18th century rooms, to be installed in a very modern Brooklyn waterfront condo. The distance between the shop in Lancaster and Brooklyn, means that everything has to be made to fit and measurements can’t be checked everyday.
This is nerve-wracking. It has to be right the first time and the logistics in transport and installation are daunting for a small country woodshop.
This is an interesting world…a traveling client, with his own specific taste. Pair that with an exacting architect and you have PRESSURE!
That is why this is our last project like this . We are getting too old for this shit.
In Canada, we look forward to small projects, nearby , and hope that our only distraction is the local moose.
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March 27th, 2011
by cherrystyle
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For many years, we lived in a big house with big furniture that came from having big ideas about big dinner parties. At the shop we did big furniture projects for clients with big pockets and big visions.
We have learned in this economic downturn that we need less and that less has proven more in rethinking values material and personal.
We are now furniture makers without furniture. As we approach building pieces for our new Canadian house, we are thinking about subtlety, clean natural lines and playful quirks of geometry. We hope that people that come to our new house will see something new and unexpected…same people, new vision. We anticipate a limited choice of woods and cliental where we are moving, but look forward to the challenge of designing within these constraints.
BIG CHAIR
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