made in the laurel highlands
MEET THE
Sirofchucks MAIN EXHIBIT GALLERY AND ART CENTER
In 1994, the newlyweds came to Ligonier in search of land to build their family home. The couple shares a passion for creative arts, but each expresses their talent in different ways. During their search, they found a brick Victorian on West Main Street that would become the home of Main Exhibit Gallery.
In lieu of stains, every piece is naturally finished with hand-rubbed oil. While his pieces have been shipped all over the world, Paul has also crafted furniture for many businesses and organizations in the Laurel Highlands including Green Gables, Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Ligonier Valley Library and Powdermill Nature Reserve.
Paul has always been a builder, having grown up around it. His father had a workshop in their basement, where Paul built his first piece of furniture at age five. While working at an architectural firm in Pittsburgh, Paul was often thinking of his woodworking shop at home.
Mandy has always been fascinated by the art of stained glass ever since she wrote a paper about it in high school. She and Paul had taken a stained glass seminar together, but she had little free time to practice her craft between running the shop and homeschooling their daughter, Clair. Today, she works on stained glass projects for clients in the basement of the gallery.
“They would ask me to stay late or work on the weekend, but I was always ready to go home to work on furniture,” says Paul. He refers to his style as “organic contemporary” because of the rough edges that make the contemporary furniture look natural.
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301 West Main Street | Ligonier, PA 15658
724-238-2310 laurelhighlands.org/mainexhibitgallery
MADE IN THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS
Twenty-five years ago, Paul and Mandy Sirofchuck opened the doors of Main Exhibit Gallery, a two-story boutique nestled in the quaint town of Ligonier. The shop radiates talent with art in every nook and cranny, from paintings to jewelry.
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