This week's question: A New York designer has built a wooden stool from scratch without tools, by felling a tree with his bare hands and then whittling the wood into shape with his teeth and bloody fingernails. Please come up with the name of a furniture store that stocks only the designer's truly handmade creations.
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THE WINNER: "Blood, Sweat, and Chairs"
Lou Franzini, St. Augustine, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "Chews Your Décor"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
THIRD PLACE: "Masticate & Barrel"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Bite, Bash & Beyond"
T.R. Kerth, Huntley, Illinois
"Chompindales"
Edwin Hebda, Sandy, Utah
"Gnawed-y Bits"
John Clark, Eaton, Ohio
"Forest Gums"
Georgina Keefe-Feldman, Beverly, Massachusetts
"Blood, Sweat, and Veneers"
Diane Elliot, El Sobrante, California
"Nobody’s Tool"
Kathy Moore, Middleton, Wisconsin
"Ow Naturale"
Ron Lowy, West Bloomfield, Michigan
"Eaten Allen"
Wallace Fingerett, Woodland Hills, California
"Creations with Chew in Mind"
Larry Spindler, Boise, Idaho
"The Land of Gnawed"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
"Hand-to-Mouth Furniture"
Donald Kogan, Boca Raton, Florida
"You Took the Woods Right Out of My Mouth"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, New Jersey
"Eatsy"
David Edwards, Tucson, Arizona
"Tooth & Nail Chippendale"
Paul Carroll, Garland, Texas
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