We know that you’re as crazy about beautiful woodgrain as we are. In our high tech, digital world, the warmth of wood is a nice touch back to nature. So here’s a few wallpapers/desktop backgrounds that you can use to add the beauty of Rustic Grain to the devices you […]
Read MoreOur Tables Go Everywhere
Sometimes even barnwood gets the chance to retire somewhere nice and sunny. These two tables were made from our Boonville barn. After 100 winters in Missouri, I hope they are enjoying their new home down in Florida. While we’re based in St. Louis and do in-person deliveries to the surrounding […]
Read MoreLibrary Tables and Display Cases at the Jesuit Archive & Research Center
Preserving and reworking history so it serves the next generation is at the heart of the Rustic Grain mission. So when the Jesuit Archives & Research Center, an organization devoted to the collection and preservation of Jesuit artifacts so a new generation of researchers and scholars can build on the work […]
Read MoreMiller Kitchen Island
Maple, pine, oak. They all live together in harmony in the woods, and they all work together to make an eye-catching kitchen island as well. The base of this island is framed in oak reclaimed from our Vienna, MO barn. We kept a lot of the rough grain, but still […]
Read MoreThe Motivation of a Builder
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 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 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 […]
Read MoreWhen Beer and Barnwood Meet
Llywelyn’s is a favorite source for craft beer in St. Louis. When they were looking for a fresh look on traditional pub atmosphere in the St. Peters location, we were glad to provide our modern take on traditional woodworking. All in all we created 36 tables featuring reclaimed oak tops […]
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