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Interior of Country Seat Store - showing smoked reed, cane and baskets

8-13-08
Next Vacation Closing:

CLOSED Monday, September 1st - Labor Day

Current Summer MONDAY Hours:
April 1st - October 31st OPEN Noon to 7 PM

Hours: EST
Monday: Noon - 7 (April 1st - October 31st)
Monday: Noon - 5 (November 1st - March 31st)
Tuesday-Friday: 9 - 5
Saturday: 9 - 1
Always Closed Sundays
Click here to shop online.

2008 Special Holiday Hours & Vacation Dates

CLOSED Monday, September 1st - Labor Day
CLOSED Wednesday, October 29th - Saturday, November 1st (4 days)
CLOSED Thursday, November 27th - Thanksgiving
CLOSED Thursday, December 25th - Christmas

Our store is located in beautiful, rural Kempton, PA, just 6 miles off of Interstate-78. It is fully stocked with basket making and seat weaving supplies as well as finished baskets, woven and beaded jewelry, gourd art, woven seat foot stools, porch rockers and chairs, ready to become a special gift.

Bins and shelves hold hoops, handles and all types of reeds. Finished baskets hang from the ceiling and fill every available space. An extensive line of wires and dyes are found on revolving peg boards. Specialty items such as Nantucket supplies, including molds and bases, and unusual materials like: long leaf pine needles, 4 ply Irish Waxed Linen in 28 colors (full spools or 25ft. bundles) and willow peel are available. Many basketweaving tools, including Weaverite™ tools with stainless steel tips and hardwood handles, fids and other awls, Japanese Bonsi basket shears (the best available, they will last for years). Shaker tape is available in 2 widths and 15 colors. Wooden slotted bases, dividers and slotted wooden bases with dividers are all available along with patterns for specific sizes, including a pattern for a coin holder with a slotted wooden base and special lid to drop the money through. Towel bar handles with pegs or brass hooks and needlework handles are available in several sizes. We also carry lines of mini stencils, rub-on paint transfer designs and clear acrylic mini stamps (you can see right through them for perfect placement every time!) great for baskets. We carry over 850 books, patterns and basketmaking magazines. If you'd like to take a closer look at all of our products, please see our secure on-line catalog.

Look through our specials boxes with one-of-a-kind handles and special purchases. Take a seat at our pattern table and browse through our many interesting patterns. See kits and patterns in finished form. Head home with many new ideas.

Splint, Cane and Rush Chairs for Sale at
The Country Seat, Inc. We currently offer reseating for rush seats. For all other seating and wicker repair (cane, splint, seagrass, Danish cord) contact: Mary Zavilla at Old Dairy Antiques 105 Franklin Street Whitehall, PA 18052 or e-mail or Phone: 610-264-7626.
Or purchase the materials and try it yourself with one of our informative instruction books.

Our attic is filled with new stools in various styles, stains and seats. Also, many old chairs and rockers, that have been refinished and reseated, are available.

Purchase a Gift Certificate for a friend - good on all of our items in the store and catalog.

While you shop, the rest of the family can visit local attractions (click here for a list with web links), such as Hawk Mt. and WK&S Railroad or take a trail ride at Kindred Spirits Farm. Close by are Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, the Reading Outlets, PA Dutch attractions and several major cities. If you are planning a trip to visit us, please ask for our Local Accommodations & Attractions List.

We hope you keep us in mind when searching for a special and unique gift.

Construction has been almost constant on I-78 and the traffic can be backed up for miles. These are good alternative routes if you need to bypass I-78. Please read this information when traveling from the East or West. See below for the interstate and directions from other areas.
Old Route 22 runs parallel to I-78. You can see I-78 almost all the entire time.

TRAVELING FROM THE EAST: Watch for Exit 49 - it will be after you have come through Allentown. This is Route 100 (2 exits) - take the FIRST exit for Route 100 North. At the end of the exit ramp, move immediately to the left lane and proceed to the first stop light (less than 1/4 mile - you can see it from the exit). Turn LEFT at the light (this is Old Route 22). Stay on this road for approximately 14 miles. When you get to a flashing light continue to the next stop sign (another 5 miles) in Lenhartsville. This will be a 3 way stop sign with a hardware store on your left and a hotel "Deutsch Eck" on your right. Make a RIGHT hand turn. You will go under I-78 and proceed 4 miles to an intersection with a gas staion on your right. Turn LEFT onto Hawk Mt. Road and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).

TRAVELING FROM THE WEST: Take Exit 23, Shartelsville - turn RIGHT and proceed to stop sign. Turn LEFT onto Old Route 22. Follow Old 22 through Shartlesville (stay to the left at the Y) and Hamburg. A long decline will take you into the town of Lenhartsville. This will be a 3 way stop sign with a hardware store on your right and a hotel "Deutsch Eck" on your catty-corner left. Make a LEFT hand turn. You will go under I-78 and proceed 4 miles to an intersection with a gas staion on your right. Turn LEFT onto Hawk Mt. Road and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).

Use this map to locate The Country Seat, Inc. in Kempton, PA

Use this map to locate The Country Seat, Inc. in Kempton, PA

We are located North off Exit 35 (old Exit 11), Interstate 78, halfway between Allentown and Reading PA, in the far North East corner of Berks County.
Directions:

From the NorthEast:
Take Interstate-476 (NorthEast Turnpike Extension) South to exit 56 (Lehigh Valley). West on Route 22 which will join with Interstate-78. Proceed West to exit 35 (Lenhartsville Route 143), turn LEFT and go north on Rt. 143 exactly 4 miles, turn LEFT at crossroads (gas station on your right) and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From the NorthWest:
Interstate-81 South to exit 138 (McAdoo Route 309), turn RIGHT and go South on Route 309 for 9.5 miles (from the bottom of the exit ramp) to Route 443 West (traffic light). Turn RIGHT and go 6.6 miles to Route 895 West. Turn RIGHT and go 4.3 miles. (Look for the blue Hawk Mountain Sanctuary sign - if you get to Route 61 and the traffic light, you missed the turn). Turn LEFT onto Hawk Mt. Road, go across the RR tracks and river, up and over the mountain and down the other side. Proceed for 7.3 miles, the road will make a sharp bend to the left (look for farm on left with blue silos). Turn LEFT onto New Bethel Church Road and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
Traveling South on Route 61
- turn LEFT (use the "all turns from right hand lane" before traffic light) onto Route 895. Proceed 2.5 miles to the intersection of Hawk Mt Road (look for blue sign - Hawk Mountain Sanctuary). Turn RIGHT, go across the RR tracks and river, up and over the mountain and down the other side. Proceed 7.3 miles, the road will make a sharp bend to the left (look for old farm on left with blue silos). Turn LEFT onto New Bethel Church Road and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From the Pocono/Shawnee area:
Route 33 or 80 South to Route 209 South. Follow 209 South to Route 248 East (turn LEFT at traffic light). Take Route 248 East to stoplight (at bridge), turn RIGHT and cross bridge. Proceed straight ahead up hill (DO NOT turn left onto Route 873). Follow (you are on Mountain Road) to Route 309. Cross Route 309 and continue to Route 143. Turn RIGHT onto Route 143 South, continue past the signs for Kempton. Turn RIGHT onto Hawk Mt. Road (gas station on left) and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From the Southeast:
Interstate-476 (NorthEast Turnpike extension - #56 Lehigh Valley exit) or Route 100 North to Interstate-78. West on Interstate-78 to exit 35 (Lenhartsville, Route 143), turn LEFT and go North on Route 143 exactly 4 miles, turn LEFT, onto Hawk Mountain Road, at crossroads (gas station on your right) and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs. (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From the Southwest: Route 61, Interstate-81 or Interstate-83 north to Interstate-78. East on Interstate-78 to exit 35 (Lenhartsville, Route 143), turn LEFT and go north on Route 143 exactly 4 miles, turn LEFT at crossroads (gas station is on your right) and follow the brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From Interstate 78 (both East and West):
Take exit 35 (old exit 11), Route 143, North (turn LEFT at bottom of exit ramp) for 4 miles. You will come to an intersection, there will be a gas station on your right, turn LEFT and follow our brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From North Route 309 Area:
Take 309 South to Route 143 South, continue past signs to Kempton until you come to an intersection with a gas station on your left, turn RIGHT and follow our brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).
From Reading and Route 222:
Turn onto North 662 (at Moselem Springs restaurant), after approximately 2 miles, look for Route 143 on the right (will be a Y intersection while Rt. 662 slightly bends to the left), follow Route 143 North, which will turn RIGHT at the stop sign in the "town center" of Lenhartsville (gas station on left, Deitsch Eck restaurant on right), from this point proceed 4 miles. You will come to an intersection, there will be a gas station on your right, turn LEFT and follow our brown and white "The Country Seat" signs (go 1.2 miles, turn RIGHT, go PAST the church, turn LEFT on the first black-top road, proceed past the red barn, turn RIGHT onto the black-top driveway and drive up the hill to the large red building).

Note: Please DO NOT use GPS, Mapquest or Yahoo directions without also looking at the above directions.

Use this map to locate The Country Seat, Inc. in
Kempton, PA, Berks County
The Country Seat, Inc. is represented by the dot to the left of the L in the word Lehigh, in South Eastern Pennsylvania, Berks County.

The Country Seat, Inc.
Selling a complete line of basketry and chair seating supplies
1013 Old Philly Pike
Kempton, Pennsylvania 19529-9321 USA
Phone: 610-756-6124
e-mail: weaving@countryseat.com
Fax: 610-756-0088
web site: www.countryseat.com

Free catalog upon request. Please e-mail us at weaving@countryseat.com with your name and postal address. Catalog #30 is the current print catalog, please keep the Country Seat Courier newsletters as they contain all of our new products and any changes to the print catalog. New products are added to the on-line catalog as they arrive. If you have placed an order, a catalog and newsletters will be sent with the order.

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