What a trip!

I was lucky enough to end my week with a wonderful trip to the Jasper Group facility in Jasper, Indiana! They were most hospitable there, and the weather and scenery could not have been better! What a beautiful place to make beautiful furniture.

We went on a personal tour through the Community manufacturing facility, where we saw how they create their chairs, from the lumbar yard to the last coat of polyurethane. It was so interesting to see how everything works, especially how they bend the wood to make those elegant curved legs.

We also went on a tour through the JSI casegood manufacturing facility. Again, really interesting! They make a really good quality product, and that makes it easy to want to partner with them.

By far, my favorite thing I saw was Community's new product line, Finn.

They actually have a solid piece of aluminum between two pieces of wood! I know in this economy, some other furniture manufacturers might just paint a silver stripe, or just put a very thin piece of aluminum on top of the wood, but not at Community. This is the real deal. And the product is so good looking!