Shaker-style furniture is simple. But in that simplicity is a beauty that is timeless. Tom Mosher, founder of Thos. Moser furniture, says it best. “Unadorned shape can speak with an authority that is ...

Eighteenth-century Shakers put contemporary minimalists to shame. Members of this religious sect based in upstate New York and Western Massachusetts were adamant that form follow function: a chair was ...

A sense of comfort is experienced in different ways by different people. Even luxury and elegance, which in many minds can be achieved only through the use of richly crafted objects and exotic ...

Admittedly, there was more to the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing than pegs, ladder-back chairs and quilts. The Shakers, as they were otherwise known, were an English ...

Rows of sturdy dining tables sit, empty and gleaming, in a tiny shop on Fruitvale Boulevard. Most are built with wood from trees that were cut down centuries ago and salvaged from historic buildings.

Its purity and elegance make Shaker design seem especially fresh again. Simple, straightforward Shaker-style furniture has a timeless appeal that makes it especially current, given our penchant for ...

Ross Timberlake marks out a table at his Bethel furniture shop. The S. Timberlake Shaker and custom furniture company of Bethel provides visitors and customers a view of how wood is transformed into ...

Newport is classic, yet elegant. And even though it has a shaker front, it looks effortless. That’s what makes it work for so many different homes and personalities.” — Alexander Reckzeh, CEO of ...