Paula, you may want to look at some Amish websites too - I don't know any local vendors/shops, but my parents have a mom and pop solid wood furniture store in the Midwest so I'm familiar with the difficultly finding well-made heirloom pieces here locally. The Amish make solid wood pieces that last - for better or worse I'm still eating on the same table I grew up on as a kid from one of their suppliers! I don't know any of their suppliers who sell online, but when we were researching web designers recently I did notice this website, which has a lot of made in America/solid wood (no particle board) pieces - Vermont Woods Studios | Solid Wood Furniture | American Made (I don't know them personally but just liked the site).
