The Atelier
Forty years at the same bench.
Home Tex was started in 1984 by Henrik Tex, a Danish-trained cabinetmaker who came to Connecticut for the white oak and stayed for the rivers. He still works the bench every morning.
We are six people. We mill rough lumber from sawyers in Litchfield and Tolland counties, dry it slowly in our own kilns, and joinery everything by hand. Nothing leaves the workshop without Henrik's chalk mark on the underside.
We don't take more orders than we can build well. We don't ship flat-pack. And we'd rather make one good table than a hundred forgettable ones.
Henrik Tex · Founder
The Process
From standing tree to finished surface.
Sourcing
We work with three small Connecticut sawyers. Each board is hand-selected for grain, figure, and stability.
Drying
Rough lumber dries slowly — eighteen months in our barn, then six weeks in the kiln. Hurry costs everything later.
Joinery
Mortise and tenon, dovetails, drawbore pegs. Hand-cut where it matters, machine-rough where it doesn't.
Materials
American hardwoods, full-grain leathers, solid brass.
We don't use plywood, MDF, or veneers. Every joint is structural. Every finish is hand-rubbed oil and wax. The materials are the warranty.