Rustic Furniture

Posted By admin on October 12, 2010

Early Influences: Born in Utah, Steve traveled the world with an Air Force family of five. He learned very early in life that he was distantly related to Davy Crockett on his mother’s side of the family. This and the excitement with the 50′s television show about Crockett’s adventures sparked his desire to explore and dream about being a real Wild West Cowboy. He got his first cowboy shirt, hat, boots and chaps in Germany at age 5. But it was rather difficult for an 8-year-old living in Northern Africa in an English compound to maintain his cowboy image. “I begged my mom to let me take horseback riding lessons. They only offered English riding, but I didn’t know the difference. After surviving an uncooperative horse, two chapped thighs from posting and huge welt from a horse bite, I swiftly abandoned that part of cowboy life.

Cattle Baron Opulence is Born: “I decided to design what I couldn’t find. All Western and Lodge furniture I saw was rather primitive and rustic….more like bunkhouse than main house. As a cabinet and furniture maker/designer, I realized that the old world European neoclassical techniques combined with architectural elements that I had already known could be applied to the Western or Lodge look and still be historically accurate. The Colombian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago exhibited the finest in elegant furniture at the same time it presented Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. So the historical antecedent for what I do is really there. My designs are unique in the sense that I try to synthesize the great Scottish and English architectural techniques to the Great American West of the 1800′s.”

History to Build On: “My first exposure to neoclassical architecture was at the Greco-Roman ruins while living in Libya as a curious 8 year old. My furniture finishes stem from my Dad’s hobby of restoring fine antiques. So all my furniture has rich patina of an aged piece. Our trademark, “Creating the Heirlooms of Tomorrow Today”, comes from the drive to build a beautiful object that can be treasured and handed down through generations. I also design and fabricate fireplace mantels of all styles and periods for those non-cowboys. In fact, the Cattle Baron Opulence bed idea grew from a mantel I did for a client. Now I have a full line of Cattle Baron designs. It is a style that separates you from the rest of the herd….a Ralph Lauren type of Western elegance that leaves a lasting impression.”

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Disney Studio.
The Disney Family.
Jane and Ted Turner.
Secretary of Commerce – Don Evans.
Bush Presidential Library – Texas A&M University.
Texas A&M University Board of Regents.
Governor of Texas – Ann Richards.

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