Christopher Robbins developed a love of broom making at age 14 when he began working in the broom shop at the BitterSweet Cabins in Renfro Valley, KY. He then had the good fortune of meeting Jim Harmon, a master broom craftsman from Springfield , KY.  Harmon was excited to find someone so young and interested in the dying art of broom making. He taught Robbins how to make brooms on July 16, 1999.  Then, he began working at Renfro Valley on the weekends demonstrating how to make brooms.  Robbins’ brooms sold well in the Renfro Valley gift shop, so when Harmon offered to sell him original 100+ year-old machines used for making brooms, Robbins bought them. In 2001, Robbins set up the machines in a shop above his parents’ garage and started into full-time business. Since learning the trade of broom making in a log cabin at Renfro Valley; Robbins had always dreamed of having his own log cabin broom shop.  In 2004, someone gave Robbins an old log cabin that belonged to his ancestors. The restoration was completed in 2009 and the cabin now houses his broom shop.  In 2007 Robbins graduated from Somerset Community College with an Associates Degree in Business Management.  Using that degree Robbins has expanded his business having stores that carry his brooms in 12 states and one store in Canada.  Robbins has shipped his brooms to 45 states and has brooms in 5 different countries.  He is a juried member of the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program, The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsman, and the Sheltowee Artisans.  Robbins brooms are both functional and decorative works of art. His brooms are created one at a time using machines and methods dating back to the 1800s.  In June 2010 Chris was hired as master broom maker at Berea College in Berea Kentucky, where he along with his students produce brooms for clients all over the world.