• Two of Joe’s coffee tables, the "Leland" and the "Spence," are featured in 500 Tables by Lark books, 2009.
• “Joe’s Cabinet,” is featured in the book 500 Cabinets, also by Lark Books, to be released summer, 2010.
• Joe was featured in the Artists’ Profile section of the September/October 2006 edition of Art Showcase magazine.
• Several of Joe’s pieces were pictured in a full-page spread in the August, 2004 issue of Woodwork magazine.
• Joe’s display booth in the 2004 annual “Art in the Park” festival in Petoskey, Michigan took the second-place "Best in Show" award and cash prize.
• A Joe Stearns coffee table was showcased in the June 2003 issue of Fine Woodworking magazine.
• Joe was selected to design and build the speakers’ podium that accompanied the National Christmas Tree on its journey to Washington D.C. from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, fall 2001.
• A Joe Stearns coffee table received the third place cash prize at the American Woodworkers Show in Novi, Michigan, fall 1999.

In addition, Joe Stearns’ furniture has been the subject of several magazine and newspaper stories over the past few years, including Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine’s Northern Michigan supplement, May 2001; the Neal Rubin feature column in the Detroit News, November 23, 2001; Detroit News Homestyle magazine, September 30, 2000; and Style magazine, winter, 2000.

Handcrafted Benches, Wood Clocks and Coffee Tables

The handcrafted foyer and hall benches produced by Joe Stearns are not only incredibly functional; they will also add great beauty to any home. The philosophy of simple elegance is brought to life in the unique organic forms of the artist’s studio furniture. See for yourself by browsing the galleries from handcrafted wood clocks to coffee tables.