Our logo

-Every piece is hand signed by me with our Appalachian Joinery logo. Our logo stands for our process, a process which is putting the environment first by using only sustainably harvested hardwoods, using finishes that are natural to the earth and food safe, and we work in a pre-existing shop instead of building a new shop. We use our small scraps to heat our shop in the winter and the ashes are saved to spread in our garden come spring. We believe everything eventually comes full cycle and with our process we become a part of it.

The making of our Relief Stool

Relief the only thing that comes to mind when you sit in this seat with its exaggerated curvature and even support all along the surface of the seat, the word ergonomic comes to mind. Inspired by the 1950s tractor seats that seemed to comfortable to be metal!
Specs: Seat dimensions- 1 ¾ “ thick, 19 ¾ “ wide, and 14”

Available seat heights-25” stools fit standard 36” kitchen counters, 27” stools fit 38” counters and bar tops, and 31” stools fit 42” bar tops. Custom Heights and seat sizes available.

Heres a few pics, enjoy!


Roughly laying out the seat shape which will be chiseled, shaped with a grinder, and sanded right here in our shop.


The seat after lots of handwork.


The incredibly strong and classic dowel through tennon and wedge joinery is used on the legs.


Fine tuning with a little hand sanding.


The very comfortable relief seat just before applying finish

Lots of new items on etsy

lots of new items on etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AppalachianJoinery?ref=pr_shop_more

Minimalist stool line finished

These beautiful sturdy little guys are now available for orders on etsy and will be on our new site as soon as we get it finished!

The Naturalist Stool

The naturalist is the next in our line of stools. We plan on making these in a variety of sizes from 17"-30" tall. We decided the name naturalist fits this design for a number of reasons. First, the front edge of the bench maintains the natural edge of the trees shape after the bark is carefully removed and the edge is sanded smooth. Second the triangular shape cuts down on the overuse of materials if we use 13" wide flitch cut boards (natural edge on both sides) and alternate our pattern from one edge to the other. Last but not least the material we use for these benches is either salvaged or sustainable and our finish is plant based. With their rustic/modern California contemporary look we think they are going to be a hot item and look forward to building a lot of these. These stool seats will come standard in American black cherry, American black walnut, or maple. Same wood choices for the legs.

Here are some pics, enjoy!

The making of the Stasis stool

We decided the right name for this bench was Stasis because when you sit in this everything comes to a stable and pleasant stand still. This stool was designed for the artist, architect, or anyone who has to sit down all day long and needs plenty of leg room and contour in the seat for comfort. I also believe they are going to make very attractive counter stools as the maple and cherry are light in color and these woods always seem to lighten a room up.

Other than the fact that this stool has three legs it has the same structural integrity as the minimalist stool. The sturdy maple legs mortised into the thick cherry seat with the dowel wedges to ensure a super tight joint make this a very rock solid design. The bottom rungs are joined with the same joinery. I find that there is no substitute for a tight fitting hand shaped joint, as any antique store will prove. I took a quick stroll through the antique store next to the river arts district here in Asheville the other day and all of the chairs that were still as stable as the day they were made had this tried and true handcrafted joint.

Here are a few pictures of the joinery process. Enjoy.

Update on the "architects" stool and etsy

More pictures of shaping the architect stool seat and trying to get more creative with my etsy pictures. The best part about staging pictures with cutting boards and food is eating all the goodies when I'm done.

Work in Progress: New inventory models and a one of a kind.

Pictures of a good sized slab of black walnut as it meets the hand plane. A one of a kind shaker/Nakashima-inspired piece is in store for this beauty.




Pictures of the Architect's stool seat as it goes through the shaping process





More pictures of the Minimalist stools.







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Just getting started with a few things on Etsy.com but we are selling online now! Items we plan to sell online include bar stools, benches, chairs, small tables, as well as some housewares such as cutting/serving boards, balancing wine blocks, and candle holders. Check it all out on our Appalachian Joinery Etsy store.

New Company name

Chester Shuey Handcrafted is changing its name to Appalachian Joinery, LLC . We think it fits better with our new location in Asheville, NC. We are working on updating our website and hope to have it up and running as soon as possible. For now we've created an Etsy shop where we plan to sell handmade housewares and kitchen items. If you have time check out our new online store.