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First step done. Next I’ll use this one as a pattern for a twin, though that will have to wait until I return from Iowa. . . #pianotoptable #pianotable #customdiningtable #unusualfurniture It’s kitchens and more kitchens for me right now. Next week I’ll be in Des Moines to shoot a video for Woodsmith. I was looking forward to starting a couple of long-awaited furniture jobs the last week of August, but I may be teaching a cabinetmaking class that week instead. At least the material will be ready in my head. . . #workislife #kitchendesign #fullcustomkitchen #salvagedhardware #coolkitchens #lovemywork
So happy to have started work on this table! Step 1 is making a plywood base that will follow the contours of a grand piano. A framework inside the base will support the curly ambrosia maple top. Next week I’ll be out of town for work. I can’t wait to get back to this commission. . . #customfurniture #womeninwoodworking #customdiningtable #extraordinarydesign #artistclients #womanownedbusiness #columbiaforestproducts #purebondplywood And now, because I just noticed that I had 666 posts, I’m adding this detail of the pantry in my recent D.C. client’s kitchen. Photo by Lauri Hafvenstein. . . #kitchenthink #pantry #detailsmakethejob #insetdoors #periodauthentic #1917kitchen #salvagedhardware #salvagedglass #womanownedbusiness #wastenotwantnot #paintedcabinets
Delivered! I rarely take on commissions for pieces that need to look as though they were made in a factory, but this was one of them. My client had seen a table he loved but he wanted it to be 5’ x 5’, a size that was not available (for reasons that should be fairly obvious). Much blood and sweat later, it’s in the dining room, where the proportions appear just right and the table looks so at home that no one who has not been involved in its creation would have any inkling of how challenging it was to make (and move). Thanks to Mark for lifting and carrying, and to Dave Willibey for spraying the finish. . . #customfurniture #walnutdiningtable #lookslikeitwasmadeinafactory This afternoon I started the template for a seriously cool table I’ve been waiting several months to make for @kayeml22 and her husband. Kaye held the sheet of 1/4” plywood still while I traced the curve of their piano. #superexcited . . #customfurnituredesign #lovemyclients #allinadayswork #womanownedbusiness #pianotopdiningtable #creativeclients

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