Lodging near Charlotte, VT

• Anywhere in Vergennes, Hinesburg, Charlotte, Shelburne, or South Burlington will be a very short drive to the shop.

• Mt. Philo State Park has camping starting at $20/night.. It is a beautiful place and has 7 tent sites, and 3 lean-to sites. It is a five minute drive from the shop.

• North Beach Campground is right on the lake in Burlington and has camping (tents to RVs), starting at $37/ night.

• There is an Airbnb a few houses down the road from the shop where many students have stayed. If you say you are taking a chairmaking class they will give you a 10% discount. Here are links to the rooms:

  • Farmhouse Suite

  • Sunroom Suite

  • Rustic Suite

  • Garden Suite

  • Forest Suite

  • Lakeview Suite

Green Woodworking

• Plans for my 2-slat ladderback side chair co-designed with Jeff Lefkowitz.

• Shaving horse plans from Tim Manney.

• Spoon mule plans from Dawson Moore.

• Pay-what-you-can Chair makers workbench plans, free how to videos, and chairs plans from Curtis Buchanan.

• Boggs chair manuals, and pay-what-you-can Boggs Side Chair Plans from Jeff Lefkowitz

• White Pine seat blanks for Windsor chairs from Shawn Murphy.

• Green oak and maple blanks (and tons of other stuff) from Elia Bizzarri.

• High quality axe handles and related resources from T.D. Handle Co.

Seat Weaving

• Basket Maker’s Supply sells a variety of seating materials including shaker tape, binder cane, and danish chord. They also have good online instructions and a shaker tape yardage calculator.

• Silver River Center for Chair Caning in Ashville, NC teach excellent in person and online classes on most seating materials.

• Peter Follansbee has a good video on weaving a hickory bark seat.

• HH Perkins Co. is one source for laced Danish Chord of several colors.

• Weaver Leather Supply for Veg Tanned Leather and tools. 7/8oz thickness seems to be good for seat material. Stripping service can be added to your cart.

Paints

• Real Milk Paint Co. and Old Fashioned Milk Paint.

• Ottosson Linssed Oil Paint from Earth and Flax.

• Curtis Buchanan has several free milk paint videos on YouTube.

• Pete Galbert has an in-depth milk paint video for $40.

Willow Basketry

• Willow Vale Farm, Jes Clark. New York based grower, teacher, and made to order weaver.

• Willowbrook Basket Farm, Sandra Kehoe. New York based grower, weaver, and teacher. Our top recommendation for where to buy willow cuttings. The resources page on Sandra’s website is loaded with information.

• Hanna Van Aelst. Ireland based grower and weaver with many YouTube videos.

• Lucian Avery. Vermont blacksmith making basketry, gardening, and woodworking tools.

• Northwest Willow. Washington based grower selling dried willow, tools and supplies.

• Vermont Willow Nursery. Vermont grower with a huge variety of willow for basketry and other purposes. They selling live cuttings, stakes, and rods.