Harmony MN

Harmony is a small farming community in sothern Minnesota. Until the early 1970's it was an average town with local farmers and merchants. Amish settlers started arriving from Canada, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. It took about ten years for these folks to resettle and add about 100 families to the community in Harmony.

One of these recent settlers was was a furniture craftsman named Elias. He and his family settled on a new farmstead which reminded them a lot of Ohio where they had come from. Elias continues to build Amish furniture in his new home.  He has been building in Harmony for more than twenty-five years.

Besides his own Amish custom shop, Elias has the assistance of six other Amish cabinet shops in the community, each with their own specialty within the craft.  All of the furniture is assembled and personally inspected by Elias at his shop before it is delivered to the customer.

People come from all over to tour  the Amish farms to see firsthand the quallity of  the furniture and crafts that the Amish provide.  Because they live a simpler lifestyle, they are able to put more care into their work.