Ivor Markman

 

You could say Judy Ainslie does not rely on passing traffic for customers to sell the furniture she has made on her farm.

That would be difficult because the workshops are located in sheds on Glen Gregor farm in the Cowie Valley.

Thanks to Judy, carpenter Lic Sampson was employed three years ago to make furniture from a pile of wood in the carpentry shop.

The move to manufacture furniture began after a terrible drought in the 1990s, when many trees in the farm’s forest, such as the indigenous yellowwood, olive, red current, sneezewood, and alien species such as eucalyptus and pine, died.

Some trees were harvested and sold while the off-cuts were placed in storage.

Ainslie decided to start making furniture with these off-cuts and hired a carpenter.

Three years ago Lic was employed and now makes all the furniture.

He produces items, ranging from dining room tables and chairs, barstools, mug holders, spice racks, reading stands, coat stands, lamps, double beds, book shelves, picture frames to all sorts of rustic lodge type products.

The prices are reasonable as well so come early if you’re looking for something special.