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How We Deliver & Ship Your Custom Furniture: A Smooth Experience from Our Shop to Your Home

At American Reclaimed, every piece we build is crafted with care, intention, and a commitment to
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10 DIY Projects You Can Make with Barn Wood

Barn wood carries a character you can’t fake weathered textures, nail holes, saw marks, and that
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Honoring a Legacy in Walnut: Creating the Andrew Niblock Playground Memorial Sign

At American Reclaimed, we are often entrusted with projects that carry meaning far beyond
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Custom Reclaimed Furniture in Rye: Where Craftsmanship Meets Authentic Design

At American Reclaimed Rye, we’re a family-owned team of craftsman and designers. We believe every
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Why Price Shopping Furniture Isn’t Always Apples to Apples

When shopping for custom furniture, it’s natural to compare prices. But when it comes to
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Why Real Reclaimed Wood Beats the “Faux” Stuff Every Time

If you’re deciding between authentic reclaimed wood and the “faux reclaimed” products that
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How AI-Powered Renderings Help Clients Visualize Custom Furniture Designs

When it comes to custom furniture, one of the biggest challenges clients face is visualizing how a
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Reclaimed Beam Design Ideas for Rustic, Modern, and Farmhouse Interiors

There’s something unmistakably timeless about reclaimed wood beams. Each one carries a story hand
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Apartment Living: Why You Deserve Custom Furniture Now

One of the most common things I hear from customers is, “I’ll wait until I have a house before I
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Finding Beauty in Custom Furniture

This week’s blog brought to you through the inspiration from a bottle of iced tea! Confucius
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Custom Restaurant Furniture | Handcrafted Tables for Korean Bar & Grill

Most of the clientele I work with assume we only make furniture for residential use. However, over
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Formal Dining Room Table and Timeless Design

A formal dining room is a special place where you enjoy holidays with friends and family. The single
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Minimalist Wood Furniture Ideas

In a world filled with constant noise and clutter, the philosophy of minimalism offers a refreshing
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5th Anniversary Wood Gift – Custom Cutting Board and More

For those of you who don’t know, the traditional 5-year wedding anniversary theme is wood. It
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Custom Tables So Good, Even AI Tried to Copy Us

AI has been taking the world by storm. It is revolutionizing the way we work and make decisions.
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Live Edge Outdoor Tables

I often get asked if we make live edge outdoor tables. In short the answer is yes. However, there
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Tables That Can Handle It All From Crayons to Chaos

One of the most common things I hear from customers that walk into the store besides
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Custom Guitar Side Table Handmade Music-Inspired Furniture by American Reclaimed

This project was small, but it’s one of my favorite pieces to date. The table came out as epic as
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Handmade Furniture for the Passionate Collector

One of the most exciting things about exploring handmade furniture is the ability to tailor each
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American Made Furniture Built Here, Built Right.

With the Fourth of July being tomorrow, I have decided to write up a very special post about the
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Custom Kitchen Island Builds and My Ten Cents

A kitchen is more than just a place to cook, the kitchen is the heart of a home. It’s a space
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Furniture Refinishing Restoring Greatness!

The biggest benefit of purchasing solid wood furniture is that you can refinish and reimagine it.
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Reclaimed Beams for Ceilings Are the Ultimate Upgrade

There’s something about reclaimed beams on a ceiling that instantly changes a space. It adds age,
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Shou Sugi Ban Furniture

Shou Sugi Ban is a Japanese wood preservation technique that involves burning the surface of wood to
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Live Edge Furniture and the Most Underrated Species of Wood

At our woodyard in Goshen New York, we have an endless selection of live edge slabs and reclaimed
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The Best Solid Wood Furniture

So, I may be a bit biased but when it comes to the best solid wood for furniture, one option always
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Reclaimed Flooring and My 10 Cents…

Hi all, this week I was inspired to do a write-up on reclaimed flooring and what I like about it.
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Custom Dining Tables Heirloom Pieces for Generations to Come in Rye

Hey gang, sorry I missed you last week—there’s a good reason for that, and I’ll get to it a
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Reclaimed Furniture Everything Has a Story

The beauty of reclaimed furniture is that it tells a story. For example, the weathered grain of old
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Mirrors

We specialize in handcrafted custom live edge mirrors and rustic wood mirrors that bring natural
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Dinette Tables Tricky Little Fella…

From my experience selling custom furniture, certain pieces almost always need to be custom made.
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Live Edge Furniture a Timeless Option

I have always been a huge fan of live edge furniture. It’s the bee’s knees! There’s so much
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Bathroom Vanity Options…Don’t get Flushed

When most people think of a custom bathroom vanity, they don’t picture wooden tops. Whenever I
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Resin Table Options

Resin tables have taken the world by storm, and they are probably all over your social media feeds!
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Live Edge Slabs Mild or Wild?

Mild or Wild? And I am not talking about hot sauce! Live edge slabs are organic as organic gets.
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Custom Coffee Table Picks…

Have you ever wondered why it’s called a ‘coffee table’? Or, for that matter, a
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Live Edge Shelves and More…

A shelf is a shelf… Right? Wrong! Shelving does not have to be BORING. Custom shelving
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Custom Dining Tables and Top 5 Wood Options

Here are my top five wood choices for custom dining tables in a nutshell… I hope you see what
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Barn Doors are the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

The Barn door has slid… It’s way into everyone’s homes over the past few years.
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Fireplace Mantle Renovations Don’t Get Burnt

Nothing beats relaxing next to a warm fire on a cold, rainy day. Perhaps you enjoy reading a book,
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12 Foot Long Resin Dining Table!

You may be wondering how many people you can seat at a 12 foot long dining table. Well, the answer
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The Bourbon Room

What could be better after a long day, than to relax in your own custom Bourbon room? We helped a
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Massive Live edge Walnut Headboard & Bed unit

IT ALL BEGINS WITH A DOODLE One of our customers wanted a unique bed set crafted from black walnut.
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Custom Reception Desk for a Salon: Blending Functionality and Modern Design

I was looking through our look book of past projects for inspiration on this week’s blog and I
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