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Foothills Amish Furniture | 106 E Rutherford Rd, Landrum, SC 29356 | 864.457.2400
Sugarcreek, Ohio is well known as an Amish community where simple values; like loyalty, responsibility, integrity, and faith are a way of life. The area is also known for its superior old-fashioned craftsmanship. Norman Troyer, an Amish preacher, combined all these qualities and offered them to every customer that came through the door of Troyer's Furniture Store. The venture soon became a thriving business still prospering today.
Norman's son, Matt, learned valuable knowledge of the hardwood furniture industry while working for his father at Troyer's Furniture. This knowledge, combined with his faith in the virtues of a superior line of furniture, led Matt to open Foothills Amish Furniture in Landrum, SC.
Matt's strong ties with select Amish craftsmen in Ohio brings a new choice for beautiful solid wood furniture to upstate and the foothills. Ohio is host to eleven different species of oak, as you'll see throughout the store.
Solid hardwoods offer a rare combination of beauty, strength, and durability that can't be matched with inferior products. It's a gift from nature. Don't settle for anything less..
The Amish people in America come from an old religious affiliation, direct descendants of the Anabaptists of sixteenth-century Europe. The Anabaptist Christians were known for challenging the reforms of Martin Luther and others during the protestant reformation. Later known as Mennonites, a large group of Anabaptists fled to Switzerland and other remote areas of Europe to escape religious persecution.
During the late 1600’s, Jakob Ammann led a group away from the Mennonites because of differing beliefs and became the Amish. The first sizable group to arrive in America around 1730 settled near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish have settled in as many as twenty-four states, Canada, and Central America, though about 80% are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
The Amish are best known for their simplistic lifestyle, plain dress codes and resistance to most forms of modernization. There is generally a heavy emphasis on church and family relationships within Amish communities, and value a rural life. Manual labor is one of the cornerstones of the Amish lifestyle through farming, craftsmanship, and artisan goods.
With a strong work ethic and aversion from electricity powered tools, the handcrafted work that comes from the Amish community presents the opportunity to own something that was not mass produced and manufactured by a machine. The quality of design and attention to detail all stem from the Amish-instilled humility of a true craftsman who develops a sense of fulfillment from perfecting their craft.
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