VanEss Expressions ~ creating unique, handcrafted wood home furnishings & decor. Our home furnishings items are our original designs, inidivdually handcrafted by us.
Unique Hand-Turned Vases & Bowls ~ Each piece is individually turned, either from a solid piece of wood or from glued up stock. By combining different woods, you get beautiful color contrasts and wonderful designs. Each piece is unique - one-of-a-kind. If you see something you like that has been sold, we will try to come close - but no two are exactly alike, ever.
Handcrafted Wood Clocks ~ Desk clocks, mantel clocks, wall clocks. Perfect for your one home, and perfect as a functional, one-of-a-kind gift - for a frend or co-worker
Unusual Wood Wall Decor & Wall Accents ~ Clocks, sconces, mirrors, decorative display shelves and more. Our very popular Family Tree photo holder is a great gift for parents or grandparents and can be custom ordered to meet your family size - also available for the mantel.
Functional Wood Art ~ Home accessories do not have to be typical or ordinary. Make yours unique, unusual, one-of-kind and, of course, make them wood. Original, handcrafted home furnishings turn ordinary to extraordinary.
VanEss Expressions is more than just home decor.
VanEss Expressions is a very small Minnesota familiy business, creating original home furnishings, unique gifts, handcrafted wood home decor, hand-turned vases & bowls, unusual clocks and custom furniture. (Please note, our larger items are not available thru the website. If you live or are visiting the Minneapolis area - please contact us regarding these items. We also show our products at local Arts & Craft shows - check our
website for upcoming Arts & Craft shows we will be attending.)
VanEss Expressions is all about Wood
All of our pieces are 100% solid wood ~ no plywood or laminates. We typically use domestic hardwoods such as Ash, Oak, Maple and Walnut, but do use some more exotic woods as accent pieces and have a large variety of other woods available by special request. We have a many different wood stains and dyes in stock to match your current decor or give a splash of color without covering up the grain; and we can special order others. We do not paint wood.
VanEss Expressions is all about Quality
Every peice we make is hand-sanded to a super-smooth finish, but we go that extra step of applying felt to the base of each piece intended to sit on your fine furniture.
We apply multiple coats of an extremely hard interior polyurethane varnish to give a durable, long lasting and easy-to-care-for finish.
All of our wall accent pieces are made to hang using a key-hole design - much more secure and flexible than zig-zag or other mechanical fastening systems.
VanEss Expressions is all about Customer Satisfaction
We personally examine each piece of stock to determine the best shape to showcase its unique grain, but to also give the very least waste.
From the original design, to the selection of wood, to the shaping of the piece, to the last coat of varnish ~ each item is individually & personally handcrafted by us, one piece at a time. It is our name on, and our reputation behind each piece.
We are the ones our customers talk to ~ for general purchases, that unique custom wood item, or (heaven forbid) a complaint. We stand behind our work and work with our customers to make things right. Most of our sales are from repeat business or referrals ~ and that's the way we like it.