United Provisions

Check out the new United Provisions at 6241 Delmar Blvd (the loop), St. Louis, MO….and all the Rustic Grain barn wood.Rustic Grain had the pleasure in creating all the barn wood used in the new Global Foods location. United Provisions is owned by the same family behind Jay’s International Food Company […]

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Craftsmanship: History and Future

When looking at furniture, people often come back to the word craftsmanship, as an intrinsic value they want to see imbedded in the objects they use. In this age of mass production, where wood is shipped from the US to Asia only to be returned to us as an overly […]

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A Mix and Match Juxtaposition

“Hey, can you make a coffee table?” That’s what they asked me and off I went. I knew I wanted something that made ready use of the existing dimensions of our inventory. The idea was to make as few alterations to the wood as possible. Then there was one other […]

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Designing with Barn Wood

When I run my hand over the top of one of our tables I feel a surface that is both sleek and rough, even but featured.  The smoothly sanded surface is broken by occasional cracks and gouges.  Those marks attest to the long “life” this lumber has led. Protecting hay […]

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Design, The Barn Wood Approach

Working with the inventory of wood we have here at Rustic Grain is really a treat for me as a designer. In the design process I constantly ask myself about my source material. Where did it come from? What was it like then? What stories does it have to tell? […]

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