The story of J. Rusten’s iconic California tables and desks

Last week, our pal Lil Tuffy submitted a suggestion regarding J. Rusten Furniture Studio, a Mission-based business doing some really cool stuff:

You should interview/feature businesses like this that are still in the Mission. There’s still a lot of cool stuff being made here and I’d love to see pictures of his shop and work.

I thought that was a really good idea — and then Jared Rusten himself answered all our prayers with an in-depth history of his famous California tables and desks on an Instagram #tbt yesterday:

2 Responses to “The story of J. Rusten’s iconic California tables and desks”

  1. Tuffy says:

    I miss having my studio between his shop and the soap factory. So many amazing smells.

  2. Jared says:

    We miss the soap factory too Tuffy! Thanks for the shout-out Allan… we’ve made a lot of shavings in this neighborhood.