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Gary Weeks & Co. - Furnituremakers

Solid Wood Dining Tables

We build trestle, pedestal, and leg-and-apron dining tables.  We get to use the finest woods and the highest order of craftsmanship.  These are the material and techniques of it.  The spirit of it is the center of family, friends, and fellowship that we get to create out there for supporters and for the future.

Yes, I received the two chairs on Fri, so I was going to e-mail you this morning, but you are one step ahead of me. The chairs are awesome and in perfect condition. I enjoy working with wood myself, but you are an artist, and I am a novice. I am going to have a hard time letting people sit in them, they are that beautiful. I am also thankful that you will be making the table and chairs for me. I will be showing them off to my guests, and rest assured, they will know who made them. Thank you ever so much, you have mastered the art, and I am proud to display it.

A.

Gary,

We arrived home early this afternoon . . . and it was such a treat to see the dining room furniture. It is just perfect and looks wonderful in our new house. Thank you again.

J.

Gary —

The table and chairs are absolutely beautiful! We look forward to having wonderful family togetherness around this table. I have a new set of white porcelain dishes befitting such fine furniture. We'll send a picture of your work in place in the new home when it is finished. Thanks for your patience and understanding about delivery time. We saw your work in Winedale many years ago and now we can look at it every day! Thanks.

L.

Gary

We are delighted with the table and chairs. The quality and craftsmanship is simply stunning.

It is wonderful ! We are very happy!

R. and M.

Gary,

I just wanted you to know that my family, friends and I have derived great pleasure and satisfaction from the beauty and fine craftsmanship of the table and chairs that you made for us. Dealing with you was an enjoyable and memorable experience. I proudly refer people who ask about your work to my friend in Texas who made them for me.

S.

Gary & Company

We can't thank you enough for the fine dining set. It is beautiful and fits the room a lot better than our old set.

I can remember about ten years ago stopping by your place to see your rocking chairs. They were nice looking and comfortable but I have sat in a lot of comfortable rocking chairs, I guess because they adjust to just the right angle by rocking them. What has stuck in my mind all these years is sitting in one of your dining chairs. I think they are one of the most beautiful chairs ever created and absolutely the most comfortable. No matter how we tried to get it out of our minds it kept coming back and we would find ourselves looking at your catalog again or sneaking a peek at your website.

I hope everyone there goes home each day with a great deal of pride in the work they have done. I know we will be enjoying this dining set for the rest of our lives and truly appreciate the talented hands that made it.

Thank you very much,
D. and D.

Gary,

Thanks for the note. The furniture arrived last Thursday. I met Joseph (he is an exceptional employee and speaks well for your company) and we put all the furniture in my house and I've been out of town since Thursday.

I'm pleased with your work and the outcome. I'm glad I happened upon your web site and chose to have you build this furniture.

I need to level my elliptical table (the floor is slightly uneven.) And, I'm missing four of the chair leg pads (the inset holes are there, but the pads are missing.)

I'll send photographs to you in a few days so you can show off your work. You can always use me as a reference Customer.

L.

Gary,

A quick note to let you know we got the table and chairs and they are beautiful — the finest craftsmanship I have ever seen and we are delighted. There is much more I'd like to say in appreciation but for now just a big thank you and we'll be in touch.

S.

Gary,

We received the table and chairs this morning and they are awesome. The wood looks a lot better than I thought it would. The attention to detail you and your guys did is amazing. I really appreciate what you have done for me. You were a real pleasure to work with.

The whole process to get to the finish project was something I will never forget and you were a big part of it. Most people will look at the table and chairs and think it is some real fine furniture. My daughter will look at it and know how much she means to me, and I will look at it and think of it as an amazing adventure.

Thanks for everything.
R.

Hello Gary, Austin and all:

Just wanted to let you know that the beautiful table and chairs just arrived in perfect condition. Here are a few pics to let you know where your work will be living. The light fixture is from Wimberley Glass, by the way. We were purchasing that when we first saw your studio. Our Weeks rocker is out on the patio (a little bright out there, now). We will check with you in the future to add a bar stool. Thanks again.

C. and D.

Gary,

I received the desk. It is just what I wanted. Wonderful. You should consider putting a picture of it on your website. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,
R.

Hi Gary,

We received the table, chairs and corner cabinet this afternoon — they are all beautiful! My wife now wants the buffet to be done . . . and the room repainted!

Cheers,
B.

Yes, thank you. The table and chairs arrived ok and are very nice. Looking forward to the Cherry Wood darkening which your brochure said it would.
All in all, very happy.

Best Regards,
L.E.

Gary,

It certainly has been a real pleasure working with you as well. We are extremely pleased with our furniture. The figure on the table top is incredible, and the figure detail in the chair seats — wow!. It's only going to get better as the wood ages. These are true pieces of art and we could not be happier. When the set is all together we'll take some great pictures and send them to you.

Many thanks to you and your team!
D.H.

Wow do we love the chair and the table!! I was going to take them to my [office] but my fiance' sat in it and said no way.

Both are beautiful and comfortable and exquisitely crafted. Thank you — I look forward to ordering something else! Came packed in a crate that was like Fort Knox — we are using the box as a fort for the kids down the street (until the rain makes it unsuitable). Thanks again Gary.

With appreciation,
A.

Gary,

We received the walnut table and chairs in good condition from CDS, no damage I have seen.

It is beautiful! And it fits the space, just as planned. We look forward to many years of enjoyment, with the family gathering around the masterpiece of workmanship you folks have created.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,
S. and M.

Hi Gary,

You may remember us; we bought a beautiful dining set and two rockers when we redid our Pocono home several years ago. They continue to look fabulous and just last night I was rocking in the cherry rocker before a beautiful fire and was feeling all was right with the world. Everybody who visits us comments on the beauty and comfort of these pieces.

J.

Thanks Gary . . . . . . . . . we got the table home in perfect condition — thanks to your expert packaging — and it looks and feels wonderful. The finish is truly beautiful and the overall craftsmanship brings us much joy and a sense of calmness and well-being. It was great working with you!

J.

Hi Gary, just a quick note during my lunch hour about the table delivery. I received it yesterday morning, and my wife and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary at the table that evening. It arrived intact and perfect, and the delivery was on time and professional. That is a good company.

Thank you also for including felt dots for the chairs; I was almost out. I am especially happy with the hand-made character of the table top, and with the grain matching on the chairs.

From a design perspective, both of us find the arms on the arm chair to be on the high end of comfortable. Perhaps a little more bevel to smooth out the front edge of the armrest would alleviate this.

Thank you for the furniture, and for providing such excellent support,
P. and A.

Hello Gary:

I do apologize for not getting back to you sooner. Yes — everything is fine — the desk is SPECTACULAR, as is the dining table . . .

K.

The furniture arrived on Saturday and it is beautiful — we just love it.

Thanks you,
S.

Dear Gary,

Just to let you know the furniture arrived on Friday so we got to see it. It looks lovely.

Thanks,
L.

Gary,

The table arrived mid-afternoon yesterday.

It is excellent in every way and J. and I love it. The proportions are perfect and fit and finish flawless.

We are very pleased and very grateful to you and your team for a job excellently done.

With very best wishes,
A.

The table did indeed finally arrive and we love it. It fits perfectly. I like it best with the leaf in — the length fills the dining room best that way. Makes me think I should get two more chairs but that may be a while. My bank account has to recover. :-) Thank you so much for your beautiful work.

J.

Gary, I just received it and all is beautiful! The delivery people called and kept in contact all day — it was dreadful traffic today in Miami with the VP here and freeways closed — poor guys, they were very careful and communicated with me.

The table is the perfect size for the area and the chairs and the table are pieces of art — however, the rocker beats all!! I love it — thank you for such wonderful and comfortable work.

Take care. And thank you again.
K.

Gary,

Well the furniture has now been ensconced in our dining room for four days and it is wonder-full!

The delivery went smoothly with good communication from Jeff, the driver, en route to our location. Jeff was a very courteous, accommodating man who has many years of furniture experience under his belt. All of the pieces arrived in perfect condition.

Of course we knew the quality of your work since we now have some mileage on our rocking chairs. Nevertheless, we are thrilled with our dining room set. We had originally been searching for a dining table with a smaller footprint than the one that we have been living with for the past 12 years. When we stumbled upon your comprehensive, well-organized website, we were intrigued and pleased to find that we could:

  • learn about the whole cast of characters at Gary Weeks Furnituremakers,
  • explore the process of FSC certification and link to the website of your supplier,
  • and educate ourselves about the history of your relationship with wood and the process of design, selection and finishing of the reverently-arranged material.

We had a very nice table, yet it is so nice to have one that's more suitable for just the two of us. And the generously-sized leaves will give us ample space when large gatherings are the order of the day.

Thank you so much for the luminous enhancement to the quality of our daily lives.

All the best,

ME. and K.

P.S. Just need to add one more comment which integrates a quote that I am borrowing from a friend: The finish on your furniture is so refined that it's "Soft as a Pillow!" ~~ME

Hi Gary,

Sorry for the delay in reply. D. was out of town when the table was delivered. She likes it very much. Thank you once again for making my client happy. You make my job easy.

All the best,
S.

Thanks! It is beautiful! Already has legos on it!

A.

Gary,

Inspector Closeau went to Colusa and found the table and chair in perfect condition.

Very beautiful wood and much appreciated.

M.S.

Gary,

Its all here safe and sound. It looks like it has been there forever. The table top is remarkable. The time taken to lay out the boards in a way that balances the figures is obvious, and very much appreciated. I looked at all of the seats, they are all very nicely matched too. I'll send some pictures with comments in a few days. I’m amazed at the correspondence between the figures on the seats and human sitting anatomy.

The fellows who delivered the furniture did a really great job getting it in. They did finally take off the top but only after sizing up the door situation themselves. It was a 1/2 inch socket and well as you would expect, that was the only one missing from my set. A quick trip to the hardware store solved that.

Thanks so much
Merry Christmas to you and yours
J. and T.A.

Dear Gary,

I first saw your furniture advertisement in the New Yorker magazine in 1998. I marvelled then at the beauty of your designs especially your dining room chairs and tables. And, I could not believe the claim of a wood chair being comfortable for long periods of conversation or extended reading. Ten years of wishing for a beautiful dining room table and chairs has now become a reality. My 6 maple Wilson dining room chairs and Paschall table are not only exquisitely crafted but extraordinarily comfortable for dining, conversation, and reading — a reader's favorite chair.

G.F, Ph.D.

Hi Gary,

I just wanted to mention to you that I get a lot of pleasure from your furniture on a daily basis.

All the best,
A.M.

Sorry for not dropping a note to you earlier.

The table is very nice. It is just what I expected. You do very nice work.

J.P.D.

Gary,

The table and chairs arrived Tuesday, and I just got the time to unwrap them last night. They are beautiful, as expected, and the table is indeed a nice size and looks good with just the two chairs. My small dinette set for two is perfectly proportioned; we did an excellent job of deciding upon the right size for the table top.

The color of the wood is not quite what I expected. It is a very neutral brown without any discernable red, green, or purple tinge, and it is a little lighter than anticipated. It is quite simply "brown" and, being not too dark and not too light, I am confident that it will go well in any setting I may find for it. (I plan to move a lot in the next few years.)

The grain on the table top is beautiful, and as you say, it is difficult to see the seams where the boards are glued together. I even went as far as to tape a piece of twine from edge to edge, along the seams to expose them. Still, there are areas where the grain of one board flows so well into the grain of the next, that it is quite impossible to follow any seam the entire length of the table!

The chairs are comfortable, just like my others, and I don't think I will miss the arms at all. The figure of the grain on the seat tops is stunning. Too bad most people won't see it, with the chairs shoved up to the table.

Thanks again for your work and dedication. You truly produce works of art. I am eagerly anticipating the introduction of the extra-large rocker. (Get to work!!) Hopefully by the time I retire. :-)

J.S.

Gary,

I just got home and saw the furniture. It is so beautiful! It fits perfectly, both our home and our style. Thank you.

L.S.

Hi Gary,

Sorry for the delay. The chairs are beautiful, my friend R. C. delivered our new dining table last Sat. and we all sat together and laughed a lot. I am afraid my crazy life won't give me time today to truly express how much I enjoy both the look and feel of the chairs though I imagine I'll have 30 — 40 years to reflect on it and sooner or later the real letter will write itself. I hope that I can spread the word about your furniture and send some deserving sitters your way.

Thanks for the lifestyle change, all the best,

I.C.

Gary,

they're here!

and they are STUNNING. absolutely gorgeous. the proportions with the new leg bracings are perfect. thanks so much, Gary. these will be a family treasure for many generations!

also, our table has some reddish and gold hues that, if memory serves, were not nearly as present when the table was first built 6 years ago. the dining room faces west with huge picture windows across the west wall. would sunlight bring out those shades in walnut, or is that a function of the finish, or just a different color of walnut?

after many long years of searching, we finally have chairs that look like they were made for our lonely table. AND the arrival couldn't have been more perfectly timed. thanks again, Gary. keep in touch, and if you ever come thru nashville, make sure you let us know.

L.C.

Gary,

We received the table today . . . It is beautiful, well worth the wait!

R. and S. W.

Gary,

Hope all is well with your family. The table and chairs are great. Everyone can't believe how comfortable the chairs are. Thanks for all your help.

Yours truly,
B.D.

Gary —

Arrived home yesterday — table and chairs — and rocker — are great! The table is really more of a "treasure" that happens to be a trestle table. I will appreciate them for a very long time.

Many thanks,
R.N.

Hi Gary,

I just had a very exciting morning. The Plycon guys delivered the dining set today, a whole week early! I have to tell you that I am floored with your expert craftsmanship. A huge thank-you to your entire team. I only had a few moments to admire the satin smooth finish and enjoy the heft of the chairs before setting off to work, but dinner tonight will be a treat. I am extremely pleased with the set.

All the pieces were very well protected and everything seemed snugly wrapped. In fact, the delivery guy took quite a few minutes unraveling each piece. I only want to add that the delivery guy did ding one of the arm chairs. After unwrapping the chairs in the truck, he grabbed two chairs and tried to get them into the house all at once. Unfortunately, when he came up the porch steps, one of the chair tops banged into the ceiling overhang of the covered porch. I was rather disappointed with his carelessness, and I just wanted you to be aware of it. I'm not sure if this was an isolated incident with the particular delivery guy, or a mark of company, Plycon. I suggested that he bring in the rest of the pieces one at a time, which he did. Other than that, the delivery went very smoothly.

As for the ding in the chair back, I ran a barely-damp cotton cloth gently over the ding a couple of times, and got the white paint off. Can I use some lemon oil to get the luster back? Or should I hold off, until the chair cures a bit? The ding is very shallow, and about the width of a grain of rice. It isn't particularly noticeable (now that the paint is gone), but I just want to treat it right, and keep it protected.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for the help,

C.C. (1 happy girl)

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C., I am delighted that you like your furniture and dismayed at the careless delivery. I have a simple repair that you can do to make the chair arm good as new; I just regret that you have to do it.

I am leaving for the day and will send more tomorrow.

Sincerely yours,

Gary

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C.,

I hope dinner last night was a treat. Have the dinner party invitations gone out?

Rereading your note, I see that the ding is on the back of an arm chair, rather than the arm of the arm chair. Anyway, I can mail a repair kit to you with instructions, oil, and sandpaper. You can use a clothes iron and a damp cloth to drive steam into the compressed fibers, swelling them back to the surface. The following day, you can lightly sand with a very fine grit and apply a bit of the hand-rubbed oil finish that we use. You will need to lightly sand and re-coat on a subsequent day to get the sheen back. I am upset to put this on your plate, but it is not difficult or very time-consuming. The other options are:

1. Do nothing and consider that the first ding in the Charlene era of this long lasting furniture came too early.

2. Say to me: "Gary, you promised that the furniture would be delivered as new; I am hesitant to make this repair. Will you do it for me?" I will have it brought to me; I will repair it, and return it.

I hope you remain a "happy girl." I will do my part to keep it so.

Sincere thanks and regards,

Gary

Gary,

Just wanted to let you know how much we LOVE our rocking chair! It was the best "having-a-baby" gift I could ever have received!

We are looking to buy a dining table now . . . would you send us your latest catalogue and price list?

Thanks so much,
J. and B.M.

Gary,

We bought our Cherry Rocker from you Christmas 1998 . . . It still the most striking piece of art / furniture we have!!! Now it is time to consider a new dining room ensemble. Please send me a catalog.

R.K.

Dear Gary Weeks and Company,

Enclosed find check in payment of invoice for the beautiful walnut dining table and six chairs. We fully intend to enjoy them for as long as we are "able to enjoy." And we do indeed highly value the craftsmanship that went into creating these pieces —

Best regards,
M.A.J.

Gary:

We adore our cherry Mitchell Trestle table, and our star-inlayed chairs are by far the most comfortable imaginable. Thank you for working with us to custom-design a table that fits the dimensions of our home, and for creating a hand-planed tabletop that looks great and will survive the wear and tear from our kids. Our Gary Weeks table will surely be one of our prized Texas heirlooms.

Sincerely,
D. and L.J.

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