Furniture
Like many woodworkers, I started with small projects, which kept growing until I eventually wanted to build furniture for my house. Some of it is built, and some of it is back-burnered while other projects make their way out of the shop. My preferred styles are Arts and Crafts, Shaker, and Contemporary. I like the clean, simple lines of Scandinavian and contemporary Asian furniture.
Looking for something in particular? Saw something you liked, but not in that type of wood or a different size (or even a higher-end version of something you saw in a cheap furniture store)? I have also taken an idea and incorporated it into several pieces for the same room. I have a good eye for line and color, and can design something that will compliment your room. I don't do extensive carving, large turnings, or built-in cabinets.
If you see something you like, or have a project in mind, drop me a note!
Looking for something in particular? Saw something you liked, but not in that type of wood or a different size (or even a higher-end version of something you saw in a cheap furniture store)? I have also taken an idea and incorporated it into several pieces for the same room. I have a good eye for line and color, and can design something that will compliment your room. I don't do extensive carving, large turnings, or built-in cabinets.
If you see something you like, or have a project in mind, drop me a note!
A piano stool (for a 'cellist) commissioned as a companion piece for Music Stand #30. Walnut with a stained maple insert.
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The piano stool mechanism allows the stool to adjust through 6" in height, from about 16" - 22" (a standard chair height is 18"). The seat diameter is 14".
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The top and drawer front are quarter sawn white oak, and there are 72 hand cut dovetails.
The drawer front is quarter sawn white oak, and the knobs are turned in my shop.
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A blanket chest commission in white oak. About 42" long, 24" high and 22" deep. The bottom drawer is about 6" high.
A moulding connects the base to the chest. Both the case and the base are joined with dovetails.
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The drawer sides are poplar, and joined to the drawer front with half blind dovetails.
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A hallway table commission in walnut and hickory. 48"x12"x36". Each apron has a trefoil or a quatrefoil representing the number of letters in each family member's first name.
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The top, shelf, and inlays are walnut, and the rest is hickory. I really like this combination!
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One of the trefoils.
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And the quatrefoils. There are trefoils on each of the long aprons and quatrefoils on each of the short aprons.
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Lots of angled joinery in this one. I learned some things on this build. Thanks Zane for the commission!
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Click the link below for more of this special series of tables!
Cherry wall cabinet from a plan by Mike Pekovich. 24"x13"x6". Handcut dovetails and through tenons.
The back is milk painted ship lapped ash. The shelves are cherry.
Walnut pedestal stand/small side table. 26.5" high, 12" diameter. The height is good for beside an arm chair or an entryway pedestal stand. SOLD! at the November 2023 First Saturday Art Market!
The floating top makes it look taller, as does the grain running along the legs.
'200 Lex' Side Table. Cherry, completed March of 2020.
The base was inspired by a visit to the New York City Design Center, which is at 200 Lexington in NYC. It is also inspired by a side table by Thos. Moser. The Thos. Moser NYC Showroom is in the NYC Design Center now, which is why I was there.
The dimensions are 30.5" x 13" x 24.5", and finished with a poly, oil and wax finish.
There is also a lot of deep figure in the top, which is hard to catch in a photo.
Part of a custom order set. 20" end table. White oak top with stained ash base.
Coffee table for the same set. 36" square top, 18" high.
Paired floor lamps with the same ideas as the end and coffee tables. The pattern in the center rail is the same as the ends of the bases of the tables. A little over 6' tall with the shades.
Red oak with natural finish.
Dovetails at all four corners
Small wall cabinet in mahogany with a small white oak door and back panel. 18" x 15" x 4" with dovetail corners.
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While I was in the walnut and hickory mode, I did this side table. 20"x20"x22". The top and shop is walnut and the base is hickory. The joinery is pinned with shop made walnut dowels. The legs have a reverse taper on both the outer faces. SOLD at the January 2024 First Saturday Art Market!
Black Walnut and Hickory End Table. The bridle jointed legs are pinned with shop made black walnut dowels. SOLD at the January 2024 First Saturday Art Market!
The walnut and olive wood wall cabinet and the black walnut and hickory side table.
Interior shelves are removable, and it has a walnut ship lapped back.
Walnut and Pecan Wall Cabinet. It has a french cleat on the back to hang on the wall. SOLD! Thanks Lynn!
This Walnut and Maple End Table was commissioned after the original (seen below) was purchased at First Saturday! Thanks Tim!
30" x 16.25" (the maple top is 12.25") x 24" high.
Side table in walnut and pecan. The top is 30" x 12.25", and it is 24" high. SOLD at the February 2021 First Saturday Arts Market!
The legs are hand faceted. You also get a better idea of the beautiful walnut grain in this shot.
A pedestal stand in quarter sawn white oak. I emphasized a little sapwood in both the top and shelf. It has an oil varnish finish. SOLD! This table went to its new home at the June2020 FSAM!
The top is 10.5" x 10.5" and it is about 27" high. Putting the sapwood edges together emphasizes the ray fleck as it passes through.
A beautiful golden white oak color throughout the stand.
Cherry coffee table. Just finished (5/29/2016), so now it will do its cherry thing as it turns darker and evens out with the light.
The legs are curved all four sides, and all four rails have a slight belly in them as well. Only about 1/8" over the length, so not too obvious.
The table is is 18" high, with the top 24.5" x 40".
Two shots of the corners. The top and tops of the legs are chamfered with a hand plane.
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A better shot of the walnut top. This one will make its debut at the September 2023 First Saturday Arts Market.
This table is 30" x 14" x 35" high. Yes, this black walnut top is that beautiful!
Walnut and olive wood wall cabinet. 24" high, 13" wide, and about 6" deep. It has a french cleat to hang on the wall.
Beautiful grained walnut case, the cabinet is 24" high x 10" wide x 7" deep.
The dovetailed drawers are about 6" deep and have pecan fronts with amazing color and grain. The pulls are from the same board.
The long stretchers end in through tenons wedged with maple (which you really can't see in the picture, but they are there...).
Total width with the legs is 14 5/8"
The secondary end stretcher is pecan, and the long stretchers are through tenons wedged with pecan.
Quilt rack in QS white oak. Special commission for an anniversary. Dyed and oil stained for a mission finish.
The rack is about 36" wide and 30" tall with three removable bars. The relief carved squares represent the letters in their first names.
The rack is French cleat mounted. There is a slight curve to the front of the shelf. The configuration of the quilt bars was from their request.
A cherry and ash blanket chest for the house from a Fine Woodworking plan by Peter Turner. About 4' long, 16" wide, and 18" high.
All four sides angle in by four degrees.
The sliding tray is ash with dovetailed corners (hand cut!).
A small ash hallway/sofa size table - or actually a small desk. This is before attaching the metronome housings in the picture below. Part of a commission for the Seven Lakes Orchestra. The table is 30"x12"x30" high.
All five of the ash tables with their metronome houses installed! The box is screwed to the tabletop, and the face frame locks the metronome in place.
Stained red oak. The 'strainer' rails are unstained.
Just great - she gets into everything...
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