FromAndToNature
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Jessica on 10 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsGorgeous quality - you can really feel the hand-made nature of it, and he was super helpful in answering my questions! I'm super happy with this
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pollybt on 02 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful little stool, hand carved. Exactly what I expected! THANK YOU!
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Robert on 30 Jan, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful stool! Classic design and well made. I weigh 220 and it holds up. It creaks a little but as long as I don’t abuse it we should be good. No one is asking for miracles 🤣
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Guinevere on 17 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI love it! It's well crafted and sturdy. I use the stool as my night stand. It was exactly what I was looking for.
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Titö on 16 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBravo, What wonderful craftsmanship and attention to details. There was an issue with my order and Seller immediately took care of it. I wish Customer Service was like this everywhere. Thank you so much for creating such lovely design and aesthetic.
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Elizabeth Fox on 16 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful craftsmanship, with respect for the environment. Thank you!
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Nora on 15 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThe nightstand tables are beautiful, and bring our bed from together. Robias helped us select a stain that would be a good compliment for our bed frame, and the match is a more perfect match than I could have expected.
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Gail on 10 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI ordered 2 nesting boxes with some custom changes and the boxes are perfect! Packaged perfectly and speedy delivery. 5 stars from me!
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Oseloka on 07 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI was amazed by the stool. Simple, not heavy, yet sturdy. You could tell at a glance was well made. Meets the description and even better. Was more impressed by the package, extra care was taken to make sure it gets to me with no issues. I'm happy with this purchase and wish I could get more. But for now, this would serve the purpose for the longest time to come. Excellent work. Would highly recommend.
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Carly on 06 May, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI cannot recommend this seller highly enough. He is kind and communicative, and customizes everything to your liking/specifications. His woodworking is spectacular. The stools I purchased are absolutely gorgeous, exactly what I wanted, and very sturdy — bespoke custom handmade ECO-FRIENDLY furniture at an extremely affordable price. AND, packaged and shipped safely to me all the way from Canada. What more could you ask for?! I will shop and recommend To and From Nature for many years to come! Thank you so much, Robias.
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A perfect resting spot for medium/large plants and also makes for a great sitting stool.
About FromAndToNature
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The island beaches are where I go to carve. Every single stool leg is hand carved, making carving time quite important. -
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As a wildlife photographer, I take my camera everywhere with me whether we're on the water or on land. -
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With two photographers in the house, we have no shortage of beautiful candid photos outdoors in our favourite places. -
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Our independent toddler, forever exploring her own natural oasis. She's so observant of everything around her! -
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Out exploring Fundy National Park with my camera bag, as always. Fresh air at it's finest.
Every person has the potential to make a difference
For the last four years, we've owned a little piece of heaven in PEI, Canada.
In 2016, we purchased a century old farmhouse that sat upon just under 60 acres of mixed habitat. In the first days of owning this land, we felt called to establish it as a nature reserve.
We built and installed bird feeders and bird houses, bee houses and swallow boxes. We cut dedicated walking trails early in spring so that we wouldn't be walking in the long grass where tiny eggs were lying underfoot. Our swallow boxes filled up with nests, the long grass provided spaces for sparrows to hatch tiny eggs under dandelion flowers. Cavity dwelling bees filled the hollows of our bee houses, providing our garden and apple trees with pollination. Our family grew from two to four, and our toddlers ran screaming with joy through the walking trails, helping us collect wildflower seeds.
Inside, our home changed as it went from dark colours to whites, from empty to overflowing. Plants were brought in one by one, and eventually occupied every window. Our children learned about gentleness through treating plants with respect both indoors and out. With the abundance of greenery in our home, we started to build different plant stands for walls, window sills, and corners. Customized designs for natural oases, both indoor and out, became integral to our lives.
As a result of the pandemic, I left my job as a result of a lack of childcare for our two toddlers. I had opened my Etsy shop, selling bird houses and bee houses, the year prior. Being at home with our children provided me the opportunity to create more designs for our home and for our nature reserve, and to share them with the world.
We live by the policy of doing no harm, so all of our wood is reclaimed. For us, this is no buzz word. Barn board is provided by our 70ft long on site century old stable, which we're slowly disassembling and turning into items like our window sill risers, angled plant stands, and all of our "Homes for Wildlife", including our bird houses, bee houses, and bird feeders. We have partnered with local fishermen to salvage damaged or retired lobster traps that would otherwise be burned. We break them down and turn them into items like our lobster trap plant stands, coat hangers, and floating shelves. We take regular trips to the local beaches that PEI is famous for, to collect garbage from the shores, as well as washed up lobster traps and driftwood for our one of a kind plant stands, woodpecker feeders, and business card holders. We visit a local miller to salvage cut offs from massive piles, which would otherwise be burned as biomass. These milled pieces of local lumber are turned into our live edge shelves, and two of our favourite products, our tripod plant stands the real bark birdhouses.
With two decades of carpentry experience in custom renovations in heritage homes, I've acquired the skills necessary to build customized products out of many different materials. Each piece starts as a piece of wood that few people would attempt to work with, and is turned into something unique and functional. The wide range of finishing products that I use are chosen to bring out the full potential of the wood. Each piece is unique, with varying grains, colours, and wear such as nails, nail holes, cracks, and knots. I prefer to include and highlight these characteristics as a product feature, versus try to work against them. I like the idea of celebrating a second life for the wood products, instead of trying to make the wood look freshly milled.
We take custom orders for whatever you desire, and thank you wholeheartedly for visiting our shop. I look forward to building for you.
From and To Nature,
Robias Wood
Shop members
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Robias Wood
Owner, Maker
I'm Robias. I'm a wood worker, photographer, dad, and big time nature lover. I'm thrilled to be able to share my products with people all over the world, and spread the message that every single person can make a difference in the natural world.
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Lindee
Owner, Photographer
Lindee is my wife, and a family photographer. She uses her photography skills to capture the beauty of our products and always finds new plants for our home. She's interested in permaculture, and is a great mother to our wonderful daughters.
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Randy Gallant
Assistant
The shop's "right hand man". Randy has been an essential asset to the flow of "From And To Nature" and as the business continues to expand and grow our reliance on Randy will follow suit.
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I gladly accept returns, exchanges and cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalised orders
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: