The Woodshop

Woodworking gives everyone a chance to be creative and to learn new skills. In our woodshop we make both custom furniture and craft work for sale here and at fairs.
	Our woodshop is tailored to the needs of the people who participate. A safe and non-competitive learning environment has enabled people to design, measure, cut, sand, join and finish. Always an encouraging team, the woodworkers complete quality products with the care and participation of different people.

We now produce school furniture, designed and made here from solid maple (also available in ash, oak). We have supplied both Springhill Waldorf School in Minnesota and The Minnesota Waldorf School in Roseville, MN. For details about custom furniture contact: richard.elmquist@communityhomestead.org

Our custom furniture is made, to last, of locally grown hardwoods. Wood is a natural and renewable resource whose grain and hue brings a liveliness and warmth to each final creation so not only is the finished product beautiful, it is beautiful to form and shape. Hand painting water color puzzles and stenciling gives another valuable experience of color, design and delicate activity.

Selling our products supports our programs. It is also a good opportunity for the public to recognize the hidden gifts and abilities of those with developmental challenges.

Our uniquely designed , hand sanded and hand painted puzzles are also sold direct from the community, in local craft stores in Osceola and St. Croix Falls, We also wholesale to outlets in California, New York, Massachusetts, and Florida as well as our own catalogue.