Before Pine Designs, Dave & Vicki Gross were involved in Full Time Ministry in various states across the US. In 2010 we found ourselves unemployed and wondering what God would have next for us. Over the years we have made furniture and sold many pieces. Our house is full of our furniture. So one day, after sending out endless applications and not finding any job, we thought, why don't we at least make furniture, sell it and get a little bit of an income as we are looking for work. We started by clearing out our garage and setting up the dusty tools to make a workshop. We started going to shows and people were actually paying us money to build furniture for them. We added our first employee after a year in business. After two years we found ourselves with five employees and knew we needed to move the shop out of the garage. In 2012, God opened doors for us and placed us in a perfect building for our production. God has blessed our little Pine Designs and we just pray that we can continue to allow Him to lead the business and we just go along for the ride. God laid on our hearts to continue to support missions and His work. We worked for Adventures In Missions and traveled to Africa many times. While there we fell in love with the Swaziland children and Go Go's, the grandmother women who take care of the orphans. So we have decided to give back 10% or our RETAIL SALES to Swaziland orphans. We channel those funds through Adventures In Missions. You can check out their web site and see the great work that they do and the credible organization they are. So when you purchase with us, you are helping the helpless and giving back.