I ran across these lamps yesterday from Bleu Nature, a craft-based business located near Lille, in Northern France. Their principal material is driftwood, but they also use pebbles, lacquered wood, lacquered metal, leather, skins and petrified wood.  Another fine example of mixing RUSTIC STYLE with industrial materials.

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This post is almost three years old {originally posted in November 2008}, but is still as stunning today as it was back then… ENJOY!!

I have been fueling my passion for RUSTIC Furniture for over 15 years, in that time I have collected hundreds of images of log furniture.
I recently came across Bristlecone Pine Company which has trumped them all!!

Owned by Dave Spiesman, a self-described one man show, Bristlecone Pine Company encompasses the raw, natural beauty of RUSTIC furniture. In fact, the name Bristlecone Pine comes from the tree of the same name. David uses Bristlecone Pine, the oldest living thing on the planet, to create his primitive designs. He shared with me that the dead wood he uses has been dated to be 2000 to 2400 years old {think about that ~ 2000 years old, WOW}. Per David’s research the oldest living bristlecones are in California and have been dated to be 10,000 to 12,000 years old.

In addition to his Stunning BEDS, David also makes TABLES * CHAIRS * MIRRORS * LAMPS * and POOL TABLES!! All of the chairs & sofas {ABOVE} feature cushions covered with Cowhide or Buffalo Hide. I love this in an entry way or sun room ~ or two of the chairs coupled with a BIG leather sofa… LOVE IT!!

Each of Dave’s creations is made by hand, piece by piece, with lots of heart and a PASSION for creating beautiful furniture that “flows”. To see the heart of a man all you need to see his smile… on each page of his website Dave offers a short video about his approach to design. These short videos make this artist’s passion palpable. You can also view a YouTube video of Dave HERE.

So if you are interested in Bristlecone Pine’s truly GREEN furniture, pieces filled with CHARACTER and RUSTIC Grace, then you may head to either of the two stores that carry Dave’s work ~ Fortney’s Antiques in Austin, TX or Santa Fe Ranch in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Dave also attends some shows, his biggest being the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, Texas {about an hour NW of Houston}. If you’re not in the regions of Texas or Florida then definitely give Dave a holler and he would be HONORED to make a piece for your home or office…

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I’m so excited about a new furniture craftsman that we have been working with…. this morning he delivered this killer desk ~ log legs {with the bark on the logs just like I like} and a an old door for the top work space.  AND he also brought a new barnwood coffee table & end table {I took the pics with my phone, sorry for the shaky hands}… He’s so very talented ~ young Christian guy who is working his tail off to live the dream!!! 

 p.s. Shopgirls ~ If you are needing a new source of furniture for your store then shoot me a note and I can get his info to you!!!

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Based in Cody, Wyoming, Tim Lozier is a master craftsman who uses his skills at wood working to create exceptional furniture ~ mostly with a Western influence.  Last year we had a great visit with Tim right HERE and learned all about his business and furniture and exceptional custom work.

Tim, whose business is called How Kola {which means “welcome friends” in Lakota Sioux}, sent us a few new pictures of his work.  Absolutely stunning!!!  Be sure to consider Tim if you are looking for a custom piece for you home.  His work will increase in value as it continues to be collected, plus his high quality furniture will last for generations.

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I love going through a website that is considered “modern” in search for something that is surprisingly Rustic or Vintage.  This site, Nova 68, is full of treasures that would look good in any house, but especially one that is working on the Rustic Industrial look, or just a tad of Vintage WHIMSY…

* Giant {70″ Cactus} ~ Guido Drocco & Franco Mello: Gufram Cactus
* Owl Lamp: Porcelain Table Lamp Light
* Areaware Magno Medium Wooden Radio

* Capricorn Modern Trophy Head Wall Sculpture
* Rody Graumans: Chandelier 85 Lamps
* Zach Hadlock: Luxury China Cabinet Fir
* Enchanted Forest Collection: Modern Tree Trunk Stool

* Nathalie Du Pasquier: Carpet Life’s Commodities 2.005 Post Design
* The Pleasure Garden Pillow Green
* Manali Blanket/Rug & Bag in Felt
* Ettore Sottsass: Bay lamp

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For several years now I have admired the wild nature of
David Spiesman’s Bristlecone Furniture. 

He recently sent a link to some videos that he made of how he crafts a bed and I thought you might enjoy taking a look…  I can’t imagine wanting to do this myself, I’d much rather leave it to a master like David, but it is really interesting to hear him walk through his process. 

 I’ve always imagined how great it would be to have one of these beds~ like sleeping in a big tree house ~ but now that I see how organic they are, both in style and production, I’m sold for sure.  Now I just have to come up up with a space big enough to hold one…

David Spiesman has created many more beautiful pieces of furniture, see it all on his website HERE!!

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Carlos Motta was born to ride the surf… his life as an architect and furniture designer was born from the wood he rescued off the beaches where he played.  Thirty years of working as a craftsman in his own studio, Atelier Carlos Motta continues to build bold designs from salvaged wood, creating pieces that are both streamlined and rustic, in just the right doses.

It is the concepts by which he lives and designs that struck my heart strings…

“Nature is generous and has offered us a lot. But our planet is tired, to say, exhausted, there is the need, the obligation of breaking the linkage between happiness and material goods.”

“Human being is a transformer. In a short space of time he changed from a simple hunter to an intellectualized individual at this time it is necessary to rethink concepts and to know that we need few to be happy.”

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at Motta’s website…his furniture is lovely and the architecture section makes me want to go sit on the edge of a deck watching the mist  and listening to mother nature… ENJOY!!

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A couple of years ago we met Dave Spiesman, “The Bristlecone Pine Guy”.  Dave  works with Bristlecone Pine to create one-of-a-kind furniture that will knock your socks off!! 

Today he sent over these pictures of his most recent custom piece ~ a vanity made of maple and wrapped with Bristlecone Pine.  The drawers feature all wood guilds and the entire piece is doweled together.  This is the pinnacle of RUSTIC hand made furniture.

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Inspired by the Spanish Barcelona Chair – the Butaca Chair is made with a Guatemalan hardwood & upholstered with reclaimed jute coffee sacks.  Sign me up ~ I would love to lounge in these this summer!!

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I found this image in a stack of magazine tear outs that I have from the early 90’s.  Further proof that Rustic * Western home decor sustains the test of time.  This is a look you can have in your foyer as well… here are a few sources to get you started.

The Native American prints are reproductions from Charles Bird King (1785-1862).  You can buy prints, and have them framed to suit your decor, right HERE.

Chinese Water Bucket from Olde Good Things. The uses for these water buckets is endless… I love the orange color of these!!

Horn Leg Sofa Table
~ the quintessential entry hall table for the Western home. 

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