Texas is known for a lot of things -- cowboys, hills and lakes, Texas A&M, beaches, the University of Texas, the oil industry, and college football. Something many folks don't know is that Texas also has fine hand-made furniture, like the beautiful cedar pieces from the workshop of Dale Dickinson and his sales representative Jerry Ordner in Brenham, Texas.
From a fine little shop known as Texas Cedar Works, these two folks have teamed up to bring their skills and talents to Gallery Furniture, and Gallery Furniture is certainly proud to feature their work. Gallery Furniture knows that are times when there isn't enough hand-made furniture in the store, yet it's always in demand.
Clockwise from top left: It all starts with Texas Cedar... A table being made for Gallery Furniture, hand made in the Texas Size... owner and craftsman Dale from Texas Cedar Works stops to pose... Another finished Texas Cedar Works Table for Gallery Furniture. Click on any image above for full size.
Dale uses the natural grain and the texture of the cedar istelf to enhance their furniture. No piece is identical to another. Here's an example: What do you see in this table's top?
Above: A pair of cat's eyes? A butterfly? The split log mirror technique lets mother nature design the pattern - and lets your imagination roam as free as the Texas plains.
Whether you see a face, a butterfly, or something else, the patterns in the wood make each table unique.
The cedar comes from the Texas Hill Country. After it is cured, the wood is cut into planks and posts. Sometimes when a log is split, the grain and knots in the wood are cut in half, giving two pieces that are mirror images of each other. When you put those mirror images together, you get a pattern like the one of the picture above.
Left: A Coffee Table the Size of Texas... Right: Texas-sized Sofa Table!
There are no screws or nails in the furniture Dale and Jerry make (and sell) at Texas Cedar Works. The only ingredients are wood, oil, glue, and Texas-style craftsmanship. For example, Dale hand sands the tops with 600-grit sand paper - you read that right folks, Dale Dickinson painstakingly hand-sands these gorgeous pieces. Only a Texan would do that.
Gallery Furniture reminds customers that any cedar furniture should not be exposed to direct sunlight for any length of time, or you will discolor the finish and wood over time.
Below - watch the videos with furniture representative Jerry Ordner of Texas Cedar Works...
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