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The new location is more than 50 percent larger, said owner Barb Kahn, which has allowed her to increase the number and variety of merchandise.
“I have a lot of new items and more handmade designer furniture available,” said Kahn. “In the past, customers had to order a lot of what they wanted, but now they’re more able to take it with them when they buy it.”
The Tin Rabbit’s merchandise features 18th century reproductions of textiles, pottery, light fixtures, floor coverings, furniture, wall hangings including fractors and theorems, blankets, quilts, baskets and all types of home decor. Continue reading Tin Rabbit Relocates to Labadie - Washington Missourian 9-9-2009
Featured Piece - DeLuca Tiger Maple Cupboard
Joe Deluca , owner of Deluca Windsors , practiced chair-making from his garage in the 1980’s. As he honed his woodworking skills, he obliged occasional customers with sets of chairs. To receive authentic reproductions of lovely Windsor furniture not only pleased his customers, but also supplied Joe with additional income–all for doing something he truly enjoyed!
Joe learned how to produce many types of furniture, including Windsor chairs, at a local cabinet shop from two of the best furniture makers in the business.Because the shop focused much of its business on repairing and restoring original antique furniture, Joe was exposed to some of the best surviving specimens of 18th and 19th century furniture.
So, why Windsor chairs instead of some other period of furniture? The market was ripe for Windsors as no one else was offering high-quality reproductions true to the original process and product. Joe had the opportunity to actually see and handle original Windsor chairs. He took great care to precisely measure each piece so as to 
reproduce it later. Continue reading Tiger Maple Cupboard