Esther Heller is a student of Michael Dunbar of The Windsor Institute. She has learned how to make a Windsor chair with the same tools and materials as the 250 year old originals. She loves to see someone sit in one for the first time! They perch on the edge, then slide back a little, then relax with the shock of sitting in an ergonometrically sculpted seat which is comfortable without a cushion.

The chairs are all made with riven spindles and turnings, so the parts can be delicate looking without sacrificing strength. They are surprisingly light to pick up, but still very strong. Unlike commercial factory built chairs, the stretcher assembly is actually slightly bigger than it "should" be for the leg spacing, thus always pushing out, while the weight of the person sitting and the conical leg tops and holes actually pull the legs together. The resulting balanced tension means that the legs are not being held together by the stretchers, so the legs don't keep coming unglued.

Like the originals, these chairs are always painted. They do not have wide expanses of flat wood to show off grain, and actually have several different woods on one chair, chosen for differing engineering qualities. The paint pulls the chair together into a strong graphic statement.