Even though this would be more of a Business Profile, we decided to call it a Personality Profile because I think that a little bit of Kramer’s personality is in every piece of furniture that he creates. Peter Kramer’s name has resonated with me for the past ten years every time I ventured into Rappahannock County. This past month I had the chance to meet the renowned furniture designer and maker. At 76 years old, this man has the enthusiasm and humor of someone much younger. Meeting Kramer was like seeing someone you had known your whole life. Kramer’s life began, well, 76 years ago in a small New Jersey town about 30 miles outside of New York City. As a child, Kramer began working with his father’s hand tools, and then one day his Sunday school teacher invited him to join him at his wood working shop. This is where his first real taste of making something with wood began. “We bought four feet of lumber and worked at making 3 foot-stools. They weren’t great, but it was the first thing I ever made and I got great pleasure out of it!” he tells me. “We had a ready market for our foot-stools, and immediately sold them to our mothers.” Years later Kramer would visit his brother-in-laws hardware store and work in his shop. Here Peter’s skills began to develop. He began to design and make his own furniture. As he developed his skills Kramer also entered Rutgers University. Even though he was entered in an academic program at the University, Kramer began to realize that his heart was in designing and building furniture. He set up an appointment to discuss his future with his guidance professor. The advice was that ”wood working is a great hobby, but no…