Pieces of furniture are solidly crafted using traditional
joints like dovetail joints or wedges. This applies to most
of our products, except for the rustic chairs (codes:
411-414), bench (code: 511) that you can take apart into seat
and back and wardrobes (codes: 371-375) that you can knock
down and put back together with removable wedges. Although inspired mostly by folk art, the pieces are designed for a modern household use, having comfortable sizes and modern functions (music chest with compartments for LPs, CDs, videotapes).
Our furniture is crafted mostly from pinewood, however, upon request linden, oak, beech or walnut can be used instead.
Even though our wood is kilndried to 8-10 % (moisture
content), solid wood is a "living" material. It will take up
moisture from the air or it will release it to the air
according to the sorrounding humidity. Small surface cracks
that do not appear during the construction may thus appear
later enhancing the patina.
Background colors, consisting of home-made milkpaint, are
also hand-painted and are sanded back to reveal the grain,
the knots and nuances of the wood. The furniture is then
hand-painted with the flower ornaments (or other motifs)
using water soluble paints. The decorated surface is
protected with several layers of oil-glaze and water-soluble
or wax-oil based varnish. The insides are finished with
natural beewax or water-soluble varnish. One of our major
concerns in the painting process is to keep the furniture as
environmentally safe as possible. 