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The Evolution of a Pool Table

Thu, 06 May 2010 21:45:00 GMT

This is the second of four videos of the "Evolution of a Pool Table". In the video you begin to get a good sense of what the final table is going to look like. It shows what the old hand hewn oak looks like with the fine sanding and lacquer finish applied. Our unique Cayonland Copper corner details are installed on the table legs. The finely carved leather rails and leg panels created by renowned tooler Phillip Smith. Noah Pfeffer is the well known jeweler responsible for the hand cut turquoise sites set in silver bezels. He is also the craftsman who made the refined silver Western Heritage logo set into the end rail. I incorporated seven deferent species of wood throughout the the pool table. I used 200+ year old oak for the super structure, walnut on the top rails, poplar for the sub rails, reclaimed rosewood for the rail edge caps, 100+ year old pine barn siding for the rail aprons and 80+ year old douglas fir for the raised panels in the tables skirt. I believe the marriage of all these different woods along with the tooled leather, jewelery quality sites and professional grade felt form a perfect union.

Western Heritage Pool Table (part 1)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:01:00 GMT

Custom reclaimed wood pool table from Western Heritage Furniture. This pool table's design is based on elements from our Teton Collection of Furniture. Inspired by the grandeur and beauty of the Teton Mountains in western Wyoming, this Teton table has a massive presence. It incorporates a combination of reclaimed wood beams, hand carved leather and copper details seamlessly married together in this one of a kind creation.

The Pool table's superstructure will be constructed using two identical hand hewn oak beams. The exact history of these beams is unknown, however we reclaimed them from a barn in Iowa a few years back. The barn was constructed about 100 years ago using Douglas Fir. These beams were salvaged from a much older structure then reused in the building of this barn.

In the video you will notice the nature of the ax and adz marks left by the original craftsman. One can tell a lot about the craftsman by these markings as well as the fact that both beams are exactly 7" x 7" square. This particular pioneer probably fell these trees 170 to 200 years ago, long before there were saw mills.

Happy New Year from Western Heritage Furniture!

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:04:00 GMT

Tim McClellan...hey I think I can hear the ocean.Well, another extraordinary year is winding down as we look forward to a prosperous new one. As you may know, over 130 banks did not make it through 2009, however, you are still here and so are we - a small victory - but still a victory nonetheless, because of you. Congratulations! As of 2010 Western Heritage has decided to quit playing the recession game. Join us in another prosperous new year.

-Tim & Tim

Holiday fun at the WHF Christmas party:

Tim McClellan...hey I think I can hear the ocean.

Jimmy Corrigan proudly displaying his new gun cleaning kit...although we're not sure if Jimmy should actually have a gun in his possession.

Neith Owens with a public service announcement: "Never operate woodworking equipment under the influence of alcohol."

WHF Welcomes Brumbaugh's Fine Home Furnishings

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:21:00 GMT

Larry Brumbaugh with our delivery driver Griz and his dog Meathead.

Western Heritage furniture would like to welcome our newest retail partner, Brumbaugh's Fine Home furnishings in Fort Worth, Texas. Brumbaugh provides the look and feel of the Old West to discriminating homeowners throughout the world. From Vintage Western to Cowgirl Chic, Brumbaugh’s offers over 50,000 square feet of elegant ranch fine home furnishings you just won't find anywhere else.

Larry Brumbaugh, has cast his discerning eye on only the finest quality elegant ranch furnishings for over 40 years. Offering nothing but true originals, Larry's distinct “Texas Style” can be clearly seen throughout the store. Whatever you're looking for - furniture, accessories, chandeliers, lamps, leathers, even cattle horns - you’ll find it all at Brumbaughs, and now you'll find Western Heritage Furniture. Browse their website to see what makes Brumbaugh's unique - and stop by their showroom to see thousands more of our breathtaking pieces. Visit www.brumbaughs.com.

Sedona Monthly Magazine - 2008

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:28:00 GMT

BY ERIKA AYN FINCH; PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEBBIE WEINKAUFF

Tim McClellan: Furniture Designer, Engineer, and Builder

I’m an overnight success story…after 15 years,” laughs Tim McClellan, co-owner of Western Heritage Furniture in Jerome. While working in the car business in Everett, Wash., in 1991, Tim was dating a woman who fell in love with a log bed she saw in a catalog. Always the charmer, Tim told her he could build the same bed and went about gathering slash and burn logs from the surrounding forest. When his girlfriend’s friend saw the bed, she asked Tim to make one for her too. She paid him $250.

Flash-forward to 2003 when Tim created a desk for a design conference in Cody, Wyo. He used cherry wood, buckboard, buffalo head nickels, copper, leather, and maple to create the Presidential Desk – it sold, sight unseen, for $25,000.

In between the bed and the desk, Tim, who was born in Florida and grew up in Virginia, relocated to Jerome. He originally came to Arizona to help his sister set up a sandwich shop and fell in love with the Verde Valley. In 1994, he moved his company, called Whittleman Furniture at the time, to the old 8,000-sq.-ft. Mingus Union H.S. gym in Jerome, and rechristened it Western Heritage Furniture in 1996. For the first five years, he worked with high-end clients in Scottsdale and Sedona. It was during this time he designed the Ghostwood Collection, which is Western Heritage’s most popular collection. “In Seattle,” he recalls, “I would look at the piles of wood [lumber companies] would burn each year and I’d see piles of gold. When I came here I saw all the buildings crumbling and falling to the ground and I had the same reaction – I saw value.”

The Ghostwood Collection consists of tables, desks, chairs, benches, and mirrors made from wood of old homes, barns, and lofts. Tim teamed with Tim McCune in 2000 to expand Western Heritage, which now includes the Heritage, Signature, and Tim McClellan collections. Each piece comes with background about the building from which it was made – the wood, usually Douglas fir and pine, mostly comes from the midwest.

Though anyone can visit Western Heritage’s showroom and workshop on Hwy 89A (the company now has 30 employees – Tim still does all the design and engineering but he has a staff of builders), Tim doesn’t sell directly to the public; his pieces are carried in 140 stores in the U.S. and Canada and through interior designers. While Tim says he hates the business aspect of his career, he’s proud to be “reclaiming old Americana.”

“To design and create with my hands is what I want to do most in this world,” he says. “I just want to create.” •

Tim McClellan and Western Heritage Furniture
www.whf-inc.com
928-639-1424

Read the entire article at www.sedonamonthly.com

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New WHF Designer Briefcase

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:45:00 GMT

Increase customer or client interest with an attractive new sales kit from Western Heritage Furniture.

This month we have an exciting offer on Designer Briefcases! More than just a sales kit, the new designer briefcase is an engaging and interactive way to display Western Heritage Furniture style options in a fun and effective manner. With the ability to demonstrate over 81 possible style combinations, the WHF Designer Briefcase will allow designers and sales reps to display a variety of leather, copper and wood combinations for Western Heritage Furniture pieces in your showroom, at your clients place – even over lunch!

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Where Does Our Wood Come From?

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:55:00 GMT

Western Heritage Furniture depends on one-of-a-kind resources to build our Ghostwood Collection. Since our wood doesn't grow on trees, we have to find it in unique areas of the United States. Old buildings like tabacco barns, hay lofts, homes and ranches are frequent choices for reclaimed wood. The acquisition process is a historial process. Our wood has lived, been through years of reliable service and is ready for retirement when it is given a second life. Through our Ghostwood Collection wood ready for destruction is given new life.

Sometimes we find the wood, and sometimes the wood finds us. Friends, family and customers all are excellent for new projects. Western Heritage Furniture is always interested in reclaiming quality wood structures with an interesting history. If you would like to contact us about reclaiming a structure please call 1-800-616-1424.

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Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:55:00 GMT

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Introducing Western Heritage Furniture's latest creation: The Dovetail Series

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:06:00 GMT

The dovetail joint is the strongest way to join two pieces of wood. It is also one of the oldest known construction methods for furniture making.Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are found in furniture entombed with mummies dating from the First Dynasy of ancient Egypt, as well as the tombs of Chinese emperors. It is argued that this joint predates the written word.

Western Heritage Furniture dovetails are both hand-cut and hand-fitted. The strength, history and natural beauty of the dovetail joint represents the very soul of Western Heritage Furniture.

Latest Series from WHF: The Dovetail Series

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:49:00 GMT

Western Heritage Furniture dovetails are both hand-cut and hand-fitted. The strength, history and natural beauty of the dovetail joint represents the very soul of Western Heritage Furniture.