Workshop & Gallery · Walters Falls, OntarioON

Reclaimed-wood furniture and metal art, handmade in the Grey Highlands.

Chris and Arlene Saunders turn barn beams, threshing floors and old foundry patterns into one-of-a-kind tables — and plasma-cut steel into kinetic sculptures and garden art.

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Barn beam console table on a black steel base in the Old Soul workshop — Barn Beam Console Table — with secret cubby

What we make

Made by hand, from materials with a past

Many pieces sell soon after they’re finished — if you see something you love, we’d be happy to make one for you.

Reclaimed wood benches and tables on steel bases in the showroom

Reclaimed furniture

Console, coffee and end tables, desks, dining tables and kitchen islands — barn beams, threshing floors and live-edge slabs on hand-welded steel bases.

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Gold fish kinetic sculpture in painted steel

Kinetic sculptures

Plasma-cut steel fish, ducks, whales, sailboats and skiers that swing and turn. One little push gives you a half hour of swinging fun.

From $88

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Rusted steel garden trellis panels standing in snow

Garden & wall art

Steel garden trellises, iris and floral panels, and vintage-camper wall art for your home, cottage or garden.

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Half-round console table made from a painted foundry pattern on a steel base

Custom & heirloom pieces

Have an heirloom or special artifact? We’ll work it into furniture or art — or fabricate the metal part of your own project, in whole or in part.

Talk to us about an idea

A small studio with real craft behind every piece

Making things together since the mid-’90s

Two makers sharing one workshop and studio, creating all sorts of things together.

Reclaimed and reused

Barn wood, foundry patterns and antique pieces get a second life — so every piece is different.

Shown in local galleries

The Owen Sound Artists’ Co-op, The Craig Gallery in Meaford and Heartwood Home in Owen Sound.

Visit the workshop

See pieces in person at our studio and showroom in Walters Falls — by chance or appointment.

The Old Soul sign in a steel ring, with the workshop and showroom behind it

Our story

A mill pond, a cedar bush and a workshop full of ideas

Chris and Arlene Saunders have been living together and creating all sorts of things since the mid-’90s. After the GTA and Elora, they made a deliberate move to the outskirts of Walters Falls: a few acres on the edge of a mill pond and cedar bush in the heart of the Grey Highlands.

There they built a small solar passive house and a workshop, studio and showroom — the perfect place to “fill the well” and start creating again.

Arlene’s Studio

Watercolour painting, acrylic on glass, mixed media and split-rail cedar ornaments. Commissions welcome.

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News & events

Latest from the workshop

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September 30, 2026

Come see the workshop

We’re usually on the property, but if you’re coming specifically to stop in, give us a call first so we don’t miss you.

Old Soul Workshop & Gallery: 130 Alma St. Walters Falls ON N0H 2S0
Phone (cell): (519) 846-8292
Email: rlenesaunders@gmail.com
Hours: Open by chance or appointment

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Find us at studio tours & shows

Past shows include the Autumn Leaves Studio Tour and THE SHOW in Walters Falls.