About the Old Wood Workshop
I
discovered that antique wood is a beautiful and valuable resource in the early
1990s, when I began to salvage local barns and make furniture from the reclaimed
wood as a hobby. Today this passion has grown into an established business
in northeastern Connecticut.
I produce custom tables and flooring from antique chestnut, oak and pine. I also sell architectural antiques and raw or milled antique wood for your own woodworking, building or remodeling projects. My clientele is diverse and often become repeat customers. They include contractors, architects, homeowners, interior designers, artists and artisans, cabinetmakers, woodworkers, even musical instrument makers--and they all share my respect for the beauty and authenticity of antique wood.
You
are welcome to visit my workshop in Pomfret Center, northeastern Connecticut.
I am available by chance but strongly suggest making an appointment to visit.
Although I do not have a traditional retail shop, our 1730s colonial farmhouse
showcases my work, including remilled antique chestnut and pine flooring and
a number of antique chestnut tables.
---Thomas M. Campbell, Owner
If you need information about the area, a good source is The Putnam Traveler (www.putnamtraveler.com), a local tourism quarterly.
Good News!
Fall/Winter
2007, Early
Homes "Design Center" lists us as a Flooring Source
See our ad in the NEW 2007 Guide to Architectural Antiques & Antique Lumber
April 2007, Old House Interiors page 96 Editor Mary Ellen Polson recommends us as a source for Wide-Board Flooring.
Fall 2006, Putnam Traveler, "Recycling the Past" on pages 6 & 7 features Tom's work.
Spring 2006, Home Living Connecticut interviews Tom, highlights his resawn antique chestnut flooring and features the Old Wood Workshop in an article on page 18.
May/June 2006, Architectural Salvage News announces our new website design launch.
October 2005, A Boston Herald travel writer gets a glimpse of Old Wood Workshop furniture while on a cycling tour of Connecticut's Quiet Corner.
March 2004, Food & Wine Magazine features the Old Wood Workshop in its "Pairings" section on page 27 & 30. Stylist Lauren Fister designed a table setting using wooden placemats I made from antique chestnut. If you would like to order a set of these placemats, please e-mail or call me at 860.974.3622. I sell them for $70/each plus $10 S&H. Photographs by Laura Resen.
June 2003, The Boston Globe features the Old Wood Workshop and several other local businesses in Ellen Albanese's Weekend Planner travel story. "Crafting Connecticut" focuses on entrepeneurs in the northeast region of Connecticut. "Something about northeastern Connecticut seems to encourage people to build a life around doing what they love," writes Albanese.
