Custom built furniture offers more than just something to sit on, eat at, or store things in. Often seen as the poor relation of fine art, “functional art” be it a piece of furniture, a Frank Lloyd Wright house, or a Sung Dynasty bowl, possesses both the unique design sense of the artist and the precision and skill of the master craftsman. It is art with a practical application and a life of its own; art that, unlike a painting admired from afar, becomes more precious and beautiful with use over time.