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well .. what can i say? its nuts here. almost out of control ... but things are getting done. two coffee tables left for new york city monday, and arrived yesterday. the bookmatched cherry plank and steel table above, and the large (54 x 84) steel frame below.

this one looks right at home

and this is a big one .. probably just under 300 pounds. the stone (another +/- 500 pounds), will be cut and fitted in new york ...

specifications included : " must support dancers" .. sounds like fun.

it had a nice dark bronze patina and some decorative screw details in the top frame ..

and weve got a pair of stools waiting for the final stain color approval. theyll be upholstered by the designers workroom in massachusetts .. tougher than they look ...

and were coming down the home stretch on the kitchen project. its starting to look like the model. were awaiting appliances and counter tops, which should be arriving sometime in the next few weeks.

and there are other parts to that project too, like the +/- 8 x 8 painted vanity below. we turned it over to the painters on site and will be reassembling it as it appears in the shop, as the counter tops and stone backsplashes arrive.

there will be a mirror and some sconces in the big open space. the horizontal shelf over the sink area is just for our convenience as we built it.

and upstairs, theres a quartered oak vanity/shelf unit .. steel pipe supports on the end later.

and downstairs, a barnboard vanity for the half bath.

the curved moldings in barn board are gonna be a trick .. working on that tomorrow.

coming up, some living room shelves involving a barn beam from the renovation and a bunch of 3" thick torsion box shelves ... should be interesting.

and a baby gate !! i havent made one for about 30 years now ...

and i never made one that wasnt a piece of painted plywood with a poster on it ... this one is gonna look official!

and will, for the time being at least, has officially moved on to full time custom banjos and stringed instrument repairs. hes been at it for a while now, and while i miss his input and production in the shop, im wishing him the very best of luck following his heart. why wait .. start now. see where it goes.

and sams busy ... along with the railings he finished recently, above and below, he is coming down the home stretch on a major project at the local church downtown. more on that later ...

jig for building the railings

3 floors on this project ... fussy figuring ...

and the metal shop doors and stairs are here, as is the slate,, below ...more progress soon.

and our friend rachel turned 70 last week. big party last sunday. people we havent seen in a long time. we made her one of our garolite and zebra wood life event coasters. kit said i should have made a dozen of them . were gettin up there.

all for now

Sabtu, 22 Oktober 2016

we have a roof

we have a roof ... thanks to our friends matt conrad, jesse loomis and nat hill, we have a roof .. well, weve got to thank george dunnett, of vermont fancy hardwoods, too for delivering the 15 squares of nice purple slate. click the photos to enlarge them.

and, inside, we have some of our wires, and and were hoping to get more, and a plumber before we can insulate and get the inside show on the road .. sam and i still have some work to do around the doors and windows, but were hoping to get to a little of that over the weekend.

and a little siding too !

Rabu, 28 September 2016

a really old friend

now this piece is what you would call a REALLY old friend. i actually made this cherry and ash piece, according to the client, in 1980, my first full year in the custom furniture business. the client was a friend who started and owned a successful art gallery and custom framing business at the time. the design of the doors is actually taken from one of his most successful frame designs. originally, there were two shelves above it, but the second one was crowded out in the bars most recent home by what i believe is a striking gunter korus oil. click the photos to enlarge them.

i dont remember the origin of the carved drawer pull detail, but i remember it being a challenge to cut those faces out of the top frame board to make the grain continuos.

this view shows more clearly the finger jointed slate frame for the well cared for black slate, and the hand carved backsplash detail

drawer detail with funky dovetails ...

a view of the interior of the cabinet. i actually remember making the jig to create the box corner detail on the v shaped pieces. i think the ends of the vs slid into angled slots in the sides of the wine rack.

this piece is actually for sale. the client is now in his late 70s and intends to downsize to a new home in the spring and hes editing his extensive holdings. he told me last week he hasn;t had a drink in 27 years and his daughters house is too small so it is on the block at a VERY reasonable price. choice less than i would build it for again now. if you are at all interested, please contact me at 802-867-5541 for details.

thanks! its a great piece. if i had a place for it, i would consider buying it myself !

Jumat, 19 Agustus 2016

new stuff for sale

weve got a new claro walnut dining table almost ready to go. it doesnt have a home yet, and its not 100% finished, but weve got no place to set it up to finish it right now. the finish room is full with the 11 walnut table at the bottom of this post and a few other items. the walnut table will be leaving this week coming up and well attach the top to the base below, and polish it up. it will be available at an attractive price. if youre interested, please give me a call and we can talk about it. click the photos to enlarge them ..

sam finished the base on thursday. its natural finish steel; lightly polished and oiled. the slab is slightly wider at one end than the other, and so is the base. the top overall is 35-38 wide and 91" long. the base is about 60" long overall.

this is the slab we started with. it wasnt too flashy in the rough, and some folks like to have live edges, but now that its finished, it has a nice consistent color, has some nice grain, and overall has a really pleasing look.

and behind the walnut slab were two other coffee table size slabs that were in the process of finishing up. this one is big leaf maple burl, about 31 x 54 and it will be fitted up to the base below that sam should have finished on monday. also homeless and available at a good price soon too.

and the claro slab below, i think ill hold off on for a minute ... it could be squarish; it could be round?? or it could just hang out here until someone comes along to claim it. maybe it wants to be a really small round center table.

and the three new slabs below will be arriving in a couple weeks ... desks ?? coffee tables ?? well see.

and below is the double pedestal walnut table that will be on its choice to california mid week next week. its been in the works for a while awaiting final color approval, but its good to go now. more on that one in my next post.

there are other pieces ready to go on this page

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its just nuts here but really im not complaining

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we have a roof

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a really old friend

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new stuff for sale

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