About Us
stunning, contemporary, organic furniture
Edgewood Studio creates stunning contemporary organic furniture designed and built in the USA. Our in-house designers and craftsmen work directly with clients, interior designers and architects to create unique one-of-a-kind pieces. Although we emphasize collaboration with local vendors and fabricators for materials and components of our designs, we also work with experts across the globe for special elements to ensure the highest quality products.
Company Leadership
Edgewood Studio’s Principal, Joseph Messick, has 30+ years’ experience in the design, architecture, building, and furniture construction industries. His work has earned several awards and has been featured in various publications. Mr. Messick holds a B.S. in Environmental Design, a 3-1/2 year Masters in Architecture (M. Arch III), and has studied at the prestigious Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine. He currently serves on Woodbridge, New Jersey’s Environmental Commission, The Woodbridge Cultural Arts Commission, and is a member of the Central New Jersey Woodworker’s Association (CJWA).
designed and built by us
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We produce our own lines of solid wood, live edge Furniture and Housewares that are designed and built by us and available for immediate purchase. Our selection of products change over time, so please visit our website for updates. Customization of our products, local delivery, and national shipping are available upon request.
Our Furniture Collection includes resin drink tables, Sit-stand desks, coffee and cocktail tables, side tables, sculptural hall tables, sofa tables, accent tables, and other home furnishings.
Our Housewares Collection includes many home accessories: cutting and charcuterie boards, candle holders, key racks and hall organizers, dining table centerpieces and lazy susans, coat and clothing racks, picture and document frames, framed mirrors, and our own blend of finishing wax for wood surfaces that come into contact with food.
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We offer custom services for a wide variety of furniture items. We work with architects, interior designers, and directly with clients for residential, commercial/corporate, and hospitality furnishings. Our in-house designers are exceptionally skilled at working with clients through the design process, and can create sketches, models, and hardline drawings to develop an idea, and bring it through to the finished piece. Our custom work includes but is not limited to dining tables, credenzas, desks, vanities, built-in and free standing cabinets, hall and sofa tables, coffee and cocktail tables, dressers, beds, nightstands, sideboards, bar tops, countertops, round tables, wall art, millwork such as doors, mantles, and floating shelves.
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Our design aesthetic was largely influenced by Mr. Messick’s experiences in New England, where early in his career, he traveled and worked with a group of professional artists and architects that lived onsite at various projects, to design and build their creations.
From his bio:
“I was an architectural graduate looking for a more traditional approach to designing and building where designers were directly involved with the construction of their ideas. In New England, I worked with designers and artisans in the region who specialized in timber frame-constructed buildings featuring live edge. “…“Working with the natural organic edge of the tree was inspiring – the curves and undulations gave us new insights to our initial design ideas, and made the building evolve- almost like a piece of sculpture, where we were able to reconsider the design and product as we worked the material. From that point I was hooked.”
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Edgewood Studio is committed to environmental responsibility, and the conservation of our environment in every facet of our business:
Wood Suppliers: We work with local sawmills and sawyers that mill logs from tree service companies which would otherwise go to a landfill. Because of this, we acquire some unique slabs that include cherry, sycamore, chestnut, walnut, spalted and ambrosia maples, holly, flaming box alder, ash, katsura, osage, beech, birch, alder, oak, hickory, dogwood, hackberry, applewood, and a long list of other woods not typically found in your local hardwood store.
Local vendors/sub-contractors: Approximately 90% of all our products and materials are sourced and produced within 200 miles of our location. We work and partner with several business in the region including designers, welders, fabricators, upholsterers, powder coaters, metal platers, material suppliers (see wood suppliers above), and tool makers. Even our finishes are locally made (see below).
Our finishes: We use low-VOC waterborne lacquers and conversion varnishes that are made in New Jersey, and provide an extremely durable, and water/alcohol-resistant finish that will provide years of lasting beauty. We also offer refinishing services for our furniture to extend its life when necessary.
Packaging: We reuse packaging from our material suppliers where appropriate. So, the bubble wrap, airbags, peanuts, etc. you find protecting your new product when shipped, was also protecting parts used to make it. Our purchased shipping materials are fully recyclable, and for delivery, we carefully wrap our products in reusable blankets that are retained for the next delivery to our happy customers.
Recycling: We do our best to reuse or recycle a high percentage of our waste, including mulching of our clean wood shavings.
“Treat the earth well- it was not given to you by your parents, but loaned to you by your children”
-Kenyan Proverb