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May 16, 2010

Live@ICFF: Shimna’s Americana-Inspired Booth

Shimna‘s booth celebrates the New York–based company’s local leanings. The pieces use reclaimed wood–lots of it from Pennsylvania Dutch country–and some are built by Mennonite carpenters. Accordingly, designer Aaron Huston and owner Michael Lamont have filled the space with Americana, including a silhouette portrait of Mark Twain and a quilt made by a Mennonite woman […]

By: Kristi Cameron

Shimna‘s booth celebrates the New York–based company’s local leanings. The pieces use reclaimed wood–lots of it from Pennsylvania Dutch country–and some are built by Mennonite carpenters. Accordingly, designer Aaron Huston and owner Michael Lamont have filled the space with Americana, including a silhouette portrait of Mark Twain and a quilt made by a Mennonite woman married to one of their carpenters. “I look for things for the booth all year long,” Huston says.

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