Good rustic furniture vs bad rustic furniture

[Stephen Tashiro]

The "rustic" furniture that I've seen for sale, doesn't strike me as particularly good or bad. It's probably easy to find examples of bad rustic furniture. I'd like to see examples of rustic furniture that people consider good and outstanding.

[Jim Koepke]

The "rustic" furniture that I've seen for sale, doesn't strike me as particularly good or bad. It's probably easy to find examples of bad rustic furniture. I'd like to see examples of rustic furniture that people consider good and outstanding.

"Rustic furniture" is a rather slippery classification.

Is it still rustic if it's made in a factory?

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[Tom Bender]

I remember a story with pictures of bodgers working in the English forests making chair parts on treadle lathes they carried with them. Part were shipped to a shop where they were assembled still green. That would be rustic.

[Doug Dawson]

The "rustic" furniture that I've seen for sale, doesn't strike me as particularly good or bad. It's probably easy to find examples of bad rustic furniture. I'd like to see examples of rustic furniture that people consider good and outstanding.

Uncle Cletus builds a potting table, out of pallet wood. How do you define rustic? It strikes me that this is related to theatrical set design, which is the next place I would look if I were interested in this sort of thing.

[Michael A. Tyree]

In todays world rustic has taken on a different twist than my personal notion. I don't call basic home made cabinet work rustic unless it's willow style or twig furniture. I make Appalachian style chairs with hickory bark bottoms and sometimes the backs too. In my mind they are not rustic no matter if the lathe is electric and modern as mine or a treadle lathe. To sum my thoughts rustic means "roughly constructed" using basic tools, or something like that...

[johnny means]

I think of the rustic aesthetic as an attempt to let the natural condition of the materials or object to play a role in the design. That could mean not culling out knots or imperfections. It could mean letting a pieces age and wear be instead of stripping back to bare wood and restoring to an as new look. What I see being sold as rustic is more often than not just poorly made with low cost materials junk. Yes, I would include most pallet furniture in with the junk.

[Mick Simon]

I have a Mississippi style rocker made by Greg Harkins back in the 80s. It was turned from completely green walnut so that the surrounding legs, etc. tightened against the through wedge-tenoned stretchers as they dried. No glue or hardware. I consider it to be really good authentic rustic.

[Ole Anderson]

This is what rustic furniture is to me (grew up with these folks about 5 miles away) Moon Valley Rustic (log) Furniture: http://www.moonvalleyrusticfurniture.com/
http://www.moonvalleyrustic.com/images/products/TwinBed.jpg

[Ronald Teti]

Rustic to me means country type furniture

[harrison king]

The "rustic" furniture that I've seen for sale, doesn't strike me as particularly good or bad. It's probably easy to find examples of bad rustic furniture. I'd like to see examples of rustic furniture that people consider good and outstanding.

Here is some furniture I bought this June from LOREC Ranch. I'm kind of proud of this western furniture. There is definitely a rustic appeal to it.

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[Cameron Wood]

Here is some furniture I bought this June from LOREC Ranch. I'm kind of proud of this western furniture. There is definitely a rustic appeal to it.

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That bed's not quite big enough for you and the horse- need a Colorado king... :)

[Patty Hann]

"Rustic" like "vintage" has no definite meaning anymoreamong the general populace.
Ask 10 people what rustic furniture is and you'll get 10 different answers, some widely disparate.

[Andrew Hughes]

"Rustic" like "vintage" has no definite meaning anymoreamong the general populace.
Ask 10 people what rustic furniture is and you'll get 10 different answers, some widely disparate.
Yes i agree.
I wouldn’t consider the furniture rustic unless I payed for it with gold dust , hogs or coffee beans and sugar. :)The pottery barn or Rustic ranch means nothing.

[harrison king]

You should check out LOREC Ranch's Rustic Furniture. They do an excellent job of customizing everything. Couldn't ask for better

[Edward Weber]

I think of the rustic aesthetic as an attempt to let the natural condition of the materials or object to play a role in the design. That could mean not culling out knots or imperfections. It could mean letting a pieces age and wear be instead of stripping back to bare wood and restoring to an as new look. What I see being sold as rustic is more often than not just poorly made with low cost materials junk. Yes, I would include most pallet furniture in with the junk.

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This is my position as well.
Rustic may mean an UN-refined aesthetic but it has come to mean poorly made in many circles.
Pallet furniture is just reclaimed wood, nothing more.

[Zachary Hoyt]

I think the person writing about LOREC ranch is a sales person, or bot, boosting their products. Only two posts and both with sales links seems doubtful to me.

[Bill Dufour]

Some rustic stuff at Fort Ross in California. I suppose most stuff built before 1842 would be considered rustic today. Interesting that the dates are based on the "new calendar."
Bill D.
Nice slide show of interior and some original? furniture.
https://www.fortross.org/places/rotchev-house

https://noehill.com/sonoma/nat1970000150.asp