Fern Hill Furniture Works was founded in 1997 to provide designer-built custom and limited-production fine furnishings for the home. Most of our original designs are rooted in familiar styles—Shenandoah vernacular, Scandinavian, Eastlake—and incorporate aesthetic and practical revisions which address those styles in the context of the modern. Our clients are usually involved deeply in the design process, from the conceptual stage through drafting and the selection of materials; they and our staff serve as a reservoir of bright ideas and a collective arbiter of good taste.

The majority of our work is done in solid hard- and softwood lumber, grown and processed locally. When asked to execute a piece in exotic lumber, we make extensive use of premium veneers as an environmentally sound alternative to solid-wood panels; this technique tempers our consumption of scarce resources, lowers the client's cost, and makes possible many elements of design that would be impossible or irresponsible in solid lumber.

Our success has been built on our ethical commitments to fair business, environmental stewardship, uncompromising standards of craftsmanship and outstanding value to the client.