Welcome
We are a family-run homestead nestled in the hills of West Virginia, dedicated to the art of intentional living and handcrafted quality. Our goal is to share the unique character of our homestead with you through artisan goods and small-batch herbal blends. We believe in the beauty of the "deviation"—celebrating the details that make every product unique.
Artistic Deviations as a Way of Life
The seeds of our homestead were sown decades ago in a basement workshop.
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My grandfather was a mechanic by trade and a master of repair by practice. To him, nothing was ever truly "broken"—it just hadn't been fixed yet. I spent my childhood in the hum of that workshop, watching him breathe life back into forgotten things and create new out of what anyone else might mistake for scrap. At 18, while studying Industrial Design and Engineering, that basement became my sanctuary—a place to escape the chaos of the college shop and return to the roots of making.
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During one of those visits, I was fighting with a jewelry box. I had decided to make it round, using whatever wood leftovers my grandfather had on hand. Exhausted by a full course load and the relentless pursuit of "perfect," I was ready to scrap the project. The lid wouldn't set quite right; the circle wasn't perfect. I was ready to trade the circular design for something square, something easy, something "correct."
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My grandfather watched me struggle for a while, then simply stopped me.
"That box is handmade," he said. "Those aren't mistakes—they’re artistic deviations. The materials aren't perfect. The process isn't perfect. Artistic deviations make things one of a kind and interesting."
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That moment changed how I looked at my craft and, eventually, how we chose to live our lives. Today, our family is building this homestead by hand. We don't strive for factory-grade perfection. We strive for the character, the history, and the beautiful deviations that only happen when human hands meet raw material.
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-Wren