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The Pink House: A look inside our 2021 holiday home

Posted September 30, 2021

This scenic location of the owner's new property rekindled the joys of childhood summers spent in Maine. However, this idyllic location lacked one thing: a house. Located one hundred miles away, they purchased a 200-year-old Victorian home and began the process of moving it, piece by piece, to their dream location.

Camels and Outposts: Historical Antecedents of our Pencil Post Bed

Posted September 20, 2021

It's hard to imagine our Pencil Post bed folding down the size of a large suitcase. But the solid wood design was inspired by the early modular English Field Bed, built to support a canvas mattress and canopy of mesh netting to keep out mosquitos. However, if we dig even further into antiquity, we find the roots of our four-poster bed go even deeper.

Unwrapping Innovation

Posted June 8, 2021

Dr. Heibert said, "I want a wheel made entirely of native oak, in the old-world style. No plywood, just oak to age in dignity. Of course, it needs to be perfectly balanced to drive a wooden set of gears and power a generator. Can you do it?"

The Thos. Moser Continuous Arm Chair, An Icon of Evolutionary Design

Posted September 1, 2020

Passing on the Skills of Woodworking

Posted February 25, 2020

The Moser’s First Maine Christmas

Posted December 13, 2019

Telling the Tale

Posted May 13, 2018

As Tom evolved from teacher to woodworker, he used his skills to continue to educate the next generation of craftsmen.

Books & Wood

Posted May 6, 2018

In a library, one is inspired to levels of greater inquiry by those billions of words. Furniture for such a compelling environment should reflect that spirituality and sense of timelessness.