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Los Angeles-based mostly District Millworks creates customized furniture utilizing reclaimed wood and well-worn metals. Whether or not it is the feel of a certain texture on our fingertips, the story of the creator weaved inside the sample, the luxurious high quality of a fabric, the fact that we’re supporting local artists and sustainable consumerism or the knowledge that they’re solely available in restricted quantities; handmade objects converse to us on an inexplicable level, transferring us in ways both profound and intangible.

It’s not shocking that someone working at Etsy might have a handcrafted desk, surrounded by giant handmade lamps, macramé artwork, oak church pews or felt typewriters —all made by Etsy sellers, naturally. Although some furniture, like ergonomic office chairs, comes from larger producers, about half of the furnishings are locally handmade. Most Amish and Mennonite furnishings is made to order and more reasonably priced than you may assume.

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