The Grove Furniture Company

The Grove Furniture Company A furniture and design company specializing in highlighting material selection, joinery, and design.

🪑 For Sale 🪑 A few weeks ago I finished my third, original design, stick chair. It was fun to design and build, and thi...
09/02/2026

🪑 For Sale 🪑 A few weeks ago I finished my third, original design, stick chair. It was fun to design and build, and this is probably the most comfortable chair I've made. This is a white and red oak American Stick Chair, built as an original design in the spirit of American folk furniture. The ammonia fumed finish really gives it warm and authentic feel. The chair has a casual sit with open arms and is built for a lifetime of use.

Some highlights:

🟤 Made from beautiful quarter sawn white and red oak from: Bailey Wood Products Inc and Alexander Brothers.

🟠 Traditional wedged and pinned mortise and tenon joinery.

🟤 Sticks and seat shaped and saddled with a mix of traditional hand tools.

🟠Reverse tapered round legs with tapered stretchers..

🟠 A unique multi-step finishing process. Starting with a 24 hour ammonia fume, followed by a light sand and soaking coat of half and half tung oil from RMP Finishes. Next, the chair was set out in the sun and cured for a few days. Finally, a coat of soft wax from Lost Art Press that was buffed out.

If you made it this far, Thanks! This chair is available for sale at $1,100 with free delivery within two hours of Scranton, PA. Shipping also available within the lower 48.

🪑 Sold! 🪑 Let me know if I can build a chair, or two, for you. Black Walnut American Stick Chair. Built as an original d...
04/19/2026

🪑 Sold! 🪑 Let me know if I can build a chair, or two, for you. Black Walnut American Stick Chair. Built as an original design in the spirit of American folk furniture. The chair has a casual sit with open arms. Using high quality black walnut, all pieces were cut from the same slab, with particular attention paid to grain selection. This chair is built for a lifetime of use. The seat is cut from a 2" thick piece of walnut and is deeply saddled for a unique look from the front. Finish wise it was hand scraped, then soaked with a half and half tung oil mix. From there, burnished, waxed, and buffed out.

A nice little keepsake box is leaving the shop this week. This one will go and match three others. The customer has a bo...
04/01/2026

A nice little keepsake box is leaving the shop this week. This one will go and match three others. The customer has a box for each one of his grandchildren and he fills them with memories and pieces that will be given to them later in life. I love the sentiment behind the idea. This one in particular is for young Hazel.

Some features:

🟣 Chunky dovetails for the construction of the box and a frame and panel lid. Made from pomelle figured Sapele.

🔵 A little interior compartment with a hinged lid and a sliding till made from cherry.

🟣 Beautiful solid brass stop hinges and k**b from .

🔵 Finished with tung oil, then five coats of shellac that was sanded out. Next, it was waxed and buffed to a nice sheen with great hand feel.

Let me know if I can build a box, a chair, or a piece of custom furniture for you. We'll come up with something great!

SOLD! Well, I tried my hand at designing and building a stick chair. I'm really happy with how it turned out. Made a few...
11/02/2025

SOLD! Well, I tried my hand at designing and building a stick chair. I'm really happy with how it turned out. Made a few mistakes and learned a lot in return. What do YOU think? Any input or critique on design or otherwise? Hit me up and let me know. Looking for genuine feedback.

Some highlights:

🟤 Made from quarter sawn oak from three places: , .brothers, and some slab dealer outside of Allentown, PA.

🟠 Traditional wedged and pinned mortise and tenon joinery.

🟤 Sticks and seat shaped and saddled with a mix of traditional hand tools.

🟠 A multi step finishing process. Starting with a 24 hour ammonia fume, followed by a light sand and soaking coat of half and half tung oil from RMP Finishes. Next, the chair cured for three days in the sun. And finally a coat of soft wax 2.0 from Lost Art Press that was buffed out.

If you made it this far, Thanks!

🎉 Finished 🎉 Over the past few days I was able to finish up this quarter sawn white oak corner vanity. It is an original...
09/17/2025

🎉 Finished 🎉 Over the past few days I was able to finish up this quarter sawn white oak corner vanity. It is an original design that was challenging to get through, design wise. The challenge was making a really basic style box both look good and stand out, but also just be a vanity. This was a direct replacement for corner vanity that was originally there. The customer wanted a "not too dark" tone to the finish, but still have the rays pop. The customer is going to provide their own top, I believe soapstone. I couldn't believe how much different this piece looked when it was in the dingy shop lights for the last few weeks, compared to how it looks out in natural light.

Some Highlights:

🟡 An original design made from some awesome material: Quarter sawn white oak from Bailey Wood Products in Kempton, PA

🔶 A few different joinery methods throughout, including mortise and tenon, floating tenon, and some pocket holes 😳

🟡 Careful material selection to highlight the quarter sawn medullary rays.

🔶 Nice little arts and crafts details: pinned tenons, iron hardware, and arches and chamfers.

🟡 Finished with a wipe of 28% ammonia, medium brown oil based stain, two coats of blonde shellac and some wipe on polyurethane. After, that was sanded a bit, then waxed and buffed. Finally one quick coat of black wax, buffed out.

If you made it this far, thanks! This piece had a bunch of challenges to overcome, design wise, and I'm really happy with the results. If you're looking for a vanity, a new door, a built-in...or if you need a special piece of furniture for a certain spot in your home or business, don't hesitate to reach out. We can come up with something great together 😃.

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🎉 Finished 🎉 Swipe 👉 Over the past few days I was able to finish and deliver this maple entryway bench. It is an origina...
06/10/2025

🎉 Finished 🎉 Swipe 👉 Over the past few days I was able to finish and deliver this maple entryway bench. It is an original design that was challenging to both design and build. The customer gave me the general dimensions and few other parameters: drawers, shoe shelf, high back. The idea was to have a place and landing spot to change shoes and store all the dog walking gear.

Some Highlights:

🟡 An original design made from some awesome material: beautiful hard maple and curly maple, from Bailey Wood Products, INC in Kempton, PA

🔶 A few different joinery methods throughout, including mortise and tenon, floating tenon, and a few dominos.

🟡 Careful material selection to highlight the curly maple, but not beat you over the head with it.

🔶 Nice little texture carving, here and there, for visual interest and to add something to extra to end grain.

🟡 Some cool vintage brass drawer pulls, that I cleaned up and polished, just a bit.

🔶 Finished with a coat of Glancy's tung oil mix, two coats of blonde shellac and some wipe on polyurethane. After, that was sanded a bit, then waxed and buffed.

If you made it this far, thanks! This piece had a bunch of challenges to overcome, design wise, and I'm really happy with the results. If you're looking for an entry bench, a new door, a built-in...or if you need a special piece of furniture for a certain spot in your home or business, don't hesitate to reach out. We can come up with something great together 😃.

🎉 Done! Over the past week or so, I made the nine hour trip from Northeast PA to Covington KY for a week long stick chai...
05/14/2025

🎉 Done! Over the past week or so, I made the nine hour trip from Northeast PA to Covington KY for a week long stick chair making class. The class was instructed by Chris Schwarz from Lost Art Press. All in all, it was a really great experience and I'm happy I was able to finally get in a class (I've been trying for years). I learned a lot and probably forgot a lot, too. I've never built a chair before and I'm happy with the results here. I think it's a great representation of the week as a whole. There are tool marks all over it, small mistakes here and there, the legs a just a touch wonky, and there wasn't enough time for me to do any one process fully. So, this will sit somewhere in my home as a reminder of where I started with building chairs.

Boot jack is by me and is available for purchase.

05/12/2025

I spent the last week down in Covington Kentucky with Chris at Lost Art Press learning to build this stick chair. It was a great experience all around. There was a little bit of work to be done, finish wise, at home. So, glamour shots and a full write up coming soon.

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