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All documents used with permission.

“Precise in Wood and Deed,” profile in The Guild department of Arts & Crafts Homes magazine, 2020.

Read Megan Guerber’s Interview with me in American Craft Magazine, February 2018.

Read the interview about how my work is influenced by my studies at Indiana University in Pride of Indiana, Fall 2018.

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Cover feature, Popular Woodworking November 2017

Interview by Finn Koefoed-Nielsen. Follow Finn on Instagram to see more of his work.

Video made for Frank Miller Lumber

“Ode to a Legend”: Hayrake table featured in “Art + Craft,” Winter 2018 issue of Arts & Crafts Homes and the Revival Subscribe here

Q&A with the UK’s Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine  Subscribe here.

Video clip from the RLTV series Growing Bolder

Fine Woodworking

Crackle Finish with Milk Paint (PDF)
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From FWW#261 June 2017 © by the Taunton Press.

Arts & Crafts with an English Accent (PDF)
from the October 2012 issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

Rediscovering Milk Paint (PDF)
from the July/August 2008 (#199) issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

Arts & Crafts Wall Shelf (PDF)
from the September/October 2007 (#193) issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

40 Years of Inspiration: How Fine Woodworking influenced generations of woodworkers, by Steve Scott
December 2015 (#250)

Original Arts and Crafts Finish (PDF)
from the September/October 2007 (#193) issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

Built-ins that Blend In (PDF)
from the September/October 2005 (#179) issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

Updating an Antique: Edwardian Hallstand (PDF)
from the September/October 2003 (#165) issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine © by the Taunton Press.

Popular Woodworking

Popular Woodworking cover

Cover feature, Popular Woodworking December 2015

“Adjusting Non-Adjustable Butt Hinges” feature

Popular Woodworking video:  Popular Woodworking: Build a Turn of the Century Baker’s Table

Fine Homebuilding

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Cover feature, “Projects” special-interest publication published by Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Build a Floating Vanity (PDF)
Issue #236 Reprinted with permission © by The Taunton Press, Inc.

Fine Homebuilding Floating Vanity video

Kitchen built-in
Issue #193

Old-House Interiors

“Midcentury Modern in Bloomington” (PDF) May/June 2007

“A Perfect Blue Green” (PDF) December 2007

“Inspired by…Hoosier-era built-ins” September 2009

“Furnishings: Lebus Reborn” April 2010

“Put Some English on It” May/June 2011

Christine Matheu’s kitchen featured in Kitchen Classics special-interest publication, 2011

“A Mid-Century Modern Retreat” July/August 2011

Arts and Crafts Homes and the Revival

“With a Memory” (PDF)

“Build your own masterpiece” Summer 2011

“Glossbrenner House pocket doors” (PDF)
“Pocket doors trapped in an Arts & Crafts Tudor” Winter 2014

ART + CRAFT “Tabula Maxima” Spring 2015

Old-House Journal

“Ask OHJ: Counters for Hoosier-era kitchens” October/November 2010

Ideas for 20th-Century Baths

Built-In for an Awkward Space

Green Pickling Finish

Books and special-interest publications

Kitchen Classics: Christine Matheu’s kitchen

Stanley Built-ins & Storage: A Homeowner’s Guide: Floating Vanity and A Clever Kitchen Built-In

Taunton’s Bookcases Cabinets & Built-Ins: A Clever Kitchen Built-In

Taunton’s Shelves Cabinets & Bookcases: Arts and Crafts Wall Shelf

Taunton’s Finishing Wood: Everything you need to know for flawless results: Rediscover Milk Paint

Taunton’s Small Woodworking Projects: Arts and Crafts Wall Shelf

Taunton’s Arts & Crafts Furniture

Taunton’s For Pros by Pros: Cabinets, Vanities, and Countertops

Woodcraft Magazine

“Build a Knockout Knock-Down Desk” October-November 2015

“Joinery Class” October-November 2015

The Herald-Times

A Country Kitchen (March 20, 2013)

Waldron Desk (PDF)

Mid-Century Modern Kitchen (PDF)

Sideboard leads to quest (PDF)

Voysey-inspired kitchen (PDF)

“Local woodworker favors traditional styles” (Oct. 31, 2002)

“Built-in furniture that matches the house” (Nov. 3, 2005)

“New bathroom fits tight space” (Sept. 19, 2009)

“Kitchen remodel takes cues from 1920s” (Dec. 15, 2007)

“Painted floors provide a classic look” (Nov. 2, 2006)

“A new kitchen for an old home” (Oct. 1, 2008)

“Handled with care” (May 31, 2009)

WFIU interview

Cafe Indiana interview with the formidable Yael Ksander

Bloom

The Hoosier Cabinet by Zak Szymanski (JPEG)

Fearless Furniture (PDF)

her MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN

At Home with Nancy Hiller (PDF)
From her MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN, Fall 2011, published by The Courier-Times, New Castle, Indiana

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Shout out to @cardinalspirits ! The people at our Shout out to @cardinalspirits ! The people at our locally owned distillery have been extraordinarily resilient in response to the pandemic — making hand sanitizer when none was available, cocktails and kits you can buy in stores, and keeping their excellent kitchen in business even when the distillery is closed for dining in. These pork belly tacos that Mark had yesterday looked beautiful, and the corn smelled divine. And here’s to a food business that serves carry-out in food-safe compostable containers! So rare. And so important. Thank you, Jeff and Erica!
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I am so grateful to have this man as my partner. H I am so grateful to have this man as my partner. He recently found this ridiculous photo from 2007. We both look a lot younger! As @chbecksvoort49 says, life is so lovely when you have a good partner. Mark is a gentle, caring soul. Incredibly resilient. Deeply thoughtful. An excellent builder and carpenter. Loyal friend. Spoiler of domestic animals. Occasional annoying dude. Altogether a wonderful human being with whom I am blessed to make a life.
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Nap time for Piggy. While I have chemo drugs drip Nap time for Piggy. While I have chemo drugs drip into my bloodstream, Tony has laid claim to Joey’s fleece. More dangerous is that he’s sharing the fleece with the pig, which has become Joey’s favorite toy. Fortunately Mark is monitoring the situation. 

And while this post is not about work, I am working on my laptop, writing post for the @finewoodworkingmagazine blog and a letter of recommendation for someone I admire (a lot).
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A day packed with drawing time and calls with a cl A day packed with drawing time and calls with a client in Rhode Island. There’s nothing like having historians as clients during interesting times. At the end of the day I found Mark chopping wood and had to catch this image with the hillside glowing in the background.
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By hand. This is how I draw kitchens. My drawings By hand. This is how I draw kitchens. My drawings are of course terribly prosaic compared to those gorgeous colored renderings by @johnnygreystudios but they do the job. Despite their arguable advantages, CAD images leave me cold. It has been super rewarding to get back to this particular kitchen design, for clients in St. Louis. I’m also working on another set for clients in Providence, Rhode Island. So fun! Another highlight of today: I completed a blog post about @furnituremaking which should be up at Lost Art Press this weekend and took delivery of materials for the next shop job, which will occupy my next good week (after chemo week...). A big thumbs up to good days.
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This is the look of a cat who has become thoroughl This is the look of a cat who has become thoroughly spoiled by living in the house, after a day of suffering the terrible conditions of the shop for just one day. “Don’t ever do that to me again! I need my woodstove in winter.” 
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To celebrate the new year we went for a misty hike To celebrate the new year we went for a misty hike up the hill. Today we saw a beech with especially cool bark and, thanks to the precipitation, found a lost stream pouring into a &cave where we had previously seen only dry ground. So marvelous! We came home and made a fire for Grumpy. My new hand knitted scarf from HAM was perfect. @anissakaps 
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A few glimpses into the year that’s been. No woo A few glimpses into the year that’s been. No woodworking pics!  One of the happiest discoveries this year is that we have a fantastic woods behind our place, much of it owned by the Karst Conservancy, where Mark and I have been hiking.  Another gift is that my sister now has a kind, responsible, thoughtful and loving man in her life. Mark’s lovely mother passed in December, a big loss. The greatest joys have been family and friends, too many to mention individually (and they would probably prefer to be anonymous here), despite the challenges of connecting during a pandemic. I am feeling thankful. Here’s to doing what we can to make the world kinder and more beautiful in the year to come.
New work. I’m writing from the hospital in Bloom New work. I’m writing from the hospital in Bloomington where I am getting my first infusion. For years I’ve been working sporadically on a collection of stories about animals and work. A few weeks ago I was faced with the decision whether to go for (or forgo) chemotherapy. The one thing I could imagine being a sufficiently powerful motivation to go through the treatment was the prospect of completing this book. Happily, Chris Schwarz thought that “Shop Tails” would make a good addition to the Lost Art Press line. I’m crossing my fingers and sitting in this chair with several others who are being treated for their own conditions. Nurses are the best.
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