Lubbock
Carved and ranch furniture for Lubbock homes
Two Lubbock landmarks show two ways to furnish a room: the Spanish Renaissance carving of the Texas Tech campus and the restored ranch buildings of the National Ranching Heritage Center. Our San Antonio showroom carries pieces in both directions. Here is how to choose, and how to shop from about six and a half hours away.
Texas Tech
Spanish Renaissance carving
The Texas Technological College Historic District, listed in the National Register in 1996, covers the historic campus. Its nomination says most of the buildings apply Spanish Renaissance design, the early phase known as Plateresque, with orders, classic moldings and acanthus scrolls; doors are centerpieces for decoration that often covers the whole height of a wall. William Ward Watkin, associate architect on early buildings, tied the style to the old Spanish missions of Texas.
Carved furniture brings that vocabulary down to room scale: a drawer front carved with rosettes, a low table whose sides roll with carved scrolls. One or two such pieces are enough. Let plain walls frame them, the way the campus walls frame its doorways.
- A carved table or chest can carry a living room on its own.
- Pair carving with plain upholstery or plain plaster, not more carving.
- Look for scrolls and leaves in the carving rather than geometric patterns.
National Ranching Heritage Center
Ranch buildings, furnished as they were
Next to the Texas Tech campus, the National Ranching Heritage Center gathers historic ranch structures moved from many places and restored and furnished to their original appearance. The Handbook of Texas lists among them an 1890 half-dugout, a 1904 house of sotol stalks and cedar posts, a large two-story Victorian house from 1909, cattle-shipping pens from the King Ranch and three types of windmill.
Used one at a time, ranch pieces read as references rather than costume: a windmill-blade light over the table, a lamp built on a wagon hub, a laced leather barstool at the counter.
Examples
Examples of carved and ranch pieces
Examples from our catalog. Our floor changes often, so a piece shown here may have sold. Ask us about any piece, and we'll confirm whether it's available and share pricing.
Dark Brown Carved End Table
An end table with a lower shelf and a drawer carved in flowers and rolling scrolls.
See the listingCarved Double Lift Coffee Table in White
A square coffee table with whitewashed sides carved in rosettes and scrolls, under a dark plank top with iron hinges.
See the listingPatinated Seven-Blade Windmill Chandelier
Seven weathered metal blades fanned like a windmill wheel above a single cone shade.
See the listingSaloon Swivel Barstool
A swivel barstool with a brown leather back and seat laced at the seams, on a curved iron frame.
See the listingWagon Wheel Lamp
A lamp built on a wooden wheel hub bound in iron, under a laced shade topped by a horseshoe.
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From a distance
Shopping our showroom from here
The showroom is about 378 miles from Lubbock, about six and a half hours without traffic. Unless you are already coming to San Antonio, begin with a shortlist and a video call.
Shortlist online
Browse by room and open any listing to ask about it.
Ask before you decide
Our showroom floor changes often. Ask us about any piece, and we'll confirm whether it's available and share pricing. Ask about each piece's dimensions too.
See it on a video call
We can schedule a FaceTime or video call to show you a piece before you order. Ask for a call when you ask about a piece.
Arrange shipping
We ship anywhere in the world. Shipping arrangements are handled directly with The Rustic Gallery after the sale.
Common questions from Lubbock
How far is the showroom from Lubbock?
About 378 miles from Lubbock, about six and a half hours without traffic, to our Loop 1604 showroom.
Do you have a showroom in Lubbock?
No. Our one showroom is at 1401 N. Loop 1604 W., Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78258.
Can you ship to Lubbock?
Yes. We ship anywhere in the world. Shipping arrangements are handled directly with The Rustic Gallery after the sale.
Can I see a piece before I buy it?
Yes. Visit the showroom, or ask for a FaceTime or video call and we will show you the piece before you order.
Should carved and ranch pieces share a room?
They can, if one leads. Let a carved table or chest set the tone and add a single ranch piece, such as a windmill-blade light or a wagon-hub lamp, rather than several.
Are the pieces on this page available now?
Our showroom floor changes often. Ask us about any piece, and we'll confirm whether it's available and share pricing.
Questions about a piece?
Call us or ask on any listing. Our showroom is at 1401 N. Loop 1604 W., Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78258, open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.