Say “Southwestern style” and the first image that comes to most people’s minds shows dun-colored adobe homes, red-brown terracotta and colors of turquoise and pink. However, there’s a lot more to Southwestern style that can be used in homes anywhere.
Over time, the style of the average home has changed. If many years ago the old farmhouses had huge front porches, which were more an extension of the living room, nowadays people emphasize more on patio furniture. Back then, due to the extremely large porches, a lot of outdoor furniture was required, which was merely brought from inside. For most families, one piece of furniture was enough.
In the past centuries, cabinets were never part of the kitchen construction, they used to be freestanding structures such as racks, that could be moved easily from place to place.
Allan Lake tells us the story of his work in the following words : “I create sculpted wood furniture; my endeavour is one with a dual purpose. I work to bring harmony to the play between function and aesthetics. I create high quality working items of sculpted furniture that also act as visually stimulating, tactile works of art.
Hudson Furniture Inc. respects the natural forms of trees and inherent grain of wood with well defined organic lines and geometric forms using traditional joinery techniques and hand rubbed oil finishes.
