Wood Furniture Boca Raton

You can purchase wood furniture boca raton by visiting the town the next time you are in Florida. There are a great number of local craftsman that build custom wood furniture. Most got started by building their own furniture because they did not like the high prices for the low quality furniture that was being sold in the area. Many of these people worked in the construction industry and were part time hobbyists who enjoyed working with wood in their basement or garage workshops.

Then during a downturn in the local economy, many of these hobbyists began to earn their living doing custom work for family and neighbors. Today many of the finest small custom fur wood furniture Boca Raton houses can be found.

The meaning of the name Boca Raton has always aroused curiosity. Many people wrongly assume the name is simply Rat�s Mouth. The Spanish word boca (or mouth) often described an inlet, while raton (literally mouse) was used as a term for a cowardly thief. But the �Thieves Inlet,� Boca Ratones, appeared on eighteenth century maps associated with an inlet in the Biscayne Bay area of Miami. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the term was mistakenly applied to Lake Boca Raton, whose inlet was closed at the time. The �s� and later the �e� were dropped from this title by the 1920s, yet the correct pronunciation remains Rah-tone.

The earliest known inhabitants of the Boca Raton area were the Tequesta Indians, who lived in communities near the ocean as long ago as one thousand years until the eighteenth century. The construction of the Florida Intracoastal Canal and the Florida East Coast Railway in the 1890s made the region accessible to a group of resourceful pioneers.

With each succeeding land boom in the area the demand for these wood furniture Boca Raton products produced by craftsmen grew. New houses mean people want new furniture. Some of the custom builders realized there was also a large market with all of the new families settling in the area for the more moderately priced mass-produced furniture. Many of them went on to found large furniture manufacturing companies. Most still have a high commitment to quality that comes from their custom design heritage.