Up and down the interstates in Missouri and Illinois, dilapidated barns are ubiquitous. They naturally blend with their surroundings as though they’ve been there as long as the grass growing alongside them. From their frequently shabby conditions, it’s often difficult to imagine them as anything but derelict. But some time […]
Read MoreFlipping over the Flip Top Table
This fliptop table tells a beautiful story. A story of welcome. The simple pedestal table can expand to fit a few more. It invites newcomers to pull up a chair and share their tales around it. Even the wood itself tells a story. Look at those saw marks and knots […]
Read MoreThis is the Story of a Girl
At Rustic Grain, we love working with wood, but we love working with our customers and fans even more. A year or so ago, Emi reached out to us because she saw our tables at Llewelyn’s and wanted something similar to use as a desk in her room. While we […]
Read MoreShout Out in Brew Hub Taproom Article
We were pleased to see this shout out in Ladue News during their feature of Brew Hub’s newest restaurant. (That’s a Rustic Grain table providing the background to that yummy food.) We wish much success to Brew Hub Taproom. Be on the lookout for our work in the space in […]
Read MoreTime-Honored Tables in Ladue News
Many thanks to Alecia Humphreys and Ladue News for their recent feature of Rustic Grain, Time-Honored Tables. They captured the spirit and motivation of our business as well as the care and quality we put into all our pieces. For three decades, Ladue News has been bringing community highlights to the […]
Read MoreUrban Fort Play Cafe
Sometimes the job is simple, but the client is always fascinating. Take our recent work with Urban Fort Play Cafe. We did our thing–reclaimed wood tops on pub table bases in their lobby and two lounge areas. One of the tables is a really cool circle top for some great […]
Read MoreA Table with a View
One of the benefits of working with us to design a custom piece is that the result will fit your space beautifully. The tables we worked up for the Darrs do just that. We are proud of the work we put in them. We’re prouder of how they work in […]
Read MoreTake a break at one of our tables
The attraction of barnwood furniture is that it draws the outside in. Take this breakroom as DeliStar. Those huge glass garage doors open up to their Simple Promise walking trail through their garden area to their native pollinator restoration area (that’s butterflies and bumblebees). Sustainability–both of the land and their […]
Read MoreTables for Teachers
Teachers work hard. No doubt about it. We have some teaching blood in the Rustic Grain veins so when Melissa at Sippy Cup Mom and Tara at Seeing Dandy contacted us about providing some tables for their teachers’ lounge makeover at Sappington Elementary we jumped at the chance. We put […]
Read MoreInvesting in furniture, family, people.
I just talked with a future client who is taking down some trees on her family’s property in Southwest Missouri and wants to have some tables made from the wood that’s recovered. A long conversation ensued about the process of making timber. She and her family are excited to go […]
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