Marshmallow Boxes
Here you see the marshmallows naked. The poor little creatures are exposed to the elements like turtles without shells. That is why I built the confectionery puffs a wooden shell to disguise and protect them from them from things like rain, insects, and according to one marshmallow box owner, even little brothers. These little cubes [...]
New 69 Leg Table
Here is the new 69 Leg Table. The top is made from old growth Douglas Fir recycled from a building in Hollywood. The Legs are made from Hard Maple that I recycled from an old work bench top that was delaminating from too much use. Thanks Vinh Bui and Charles Corbin for the cool photographs [...]
Belly Table
Here is are some pictures of the toad all cleaned up and sporting some new finish. I am pleased to announce that two of my designs,The Belly Table, and The 69 Leg Table, will now be available through The Ford and Ching Gallery as part of their new collection! Come see the toad in person [...]
69 Leg Table Part 2 Coming Soon S I know you can already tell that these renderings are far beyond my skills. Truth be told they were done by my friend Matt Lee who just happens to be an expert 3d digital artist. He even made an animation that spins the table around [...]
Toad Table in Progress
This is a picture of my newest belly table. I think it looks like a big toad. It even has a wart on the side. The table is made from recycled old growth douglas fir beams that I found in a dumpster when I was shopping for a bike at Safety Cycle Shop [...]
Inky & Blinky
These matching end tables are designed to sit next to the arm of your favorite couch or love seat. They are perfect for a lamp or simply to rest a drink on. You can separate the tables or you can mix and match them with the Jennybugg table as seen in these photos. Each [...]
Jennybugg Table
This 12″ diameter end table with missing pie piece fits perfectly on the end of your couch or love seat. It features a recycled Douglas Fir table top with eleven maple legs. It is made to fit around the corner of your couch to create a petite surface to put a drinking glass, eyeglasses or [...]
Making the Wing Table
Wing Table Wing Wood This is the raw material I used to make the wing table. It is red oak recycled from the LAX Airport in Los Angles. I think the boards were used like a chair rail to line the edged of the terminal so people didn’t dent the walls with [...]
Wing Table
Details that took time and skill to create duplicated with the touch of a button just do not have the same appeal as the original crafted objects. The ornate crown molding on a wardrobe once represented the creator’s mastery of his craft and material. Today it represents an industry of mass production that has replaced [...]
In Out Table Complete
This entrance way table features solid oak legs and casework with lock rabbit drawers. The drawers have no handles but open easily. Simply press one drawer in and the opposite drawer smoothly pops out. The top is hand planed Douglas Fir that features a very beautiful knot. The bottom shelf is also hand planed. Six [...]
hunch back man uses tools
Matt Lee took these photographs of me working in the shop. I am putting the final touches on a table with two drawers and no handles. To open the drawers you push one drawer in and the other pops out. It is made from recycled Red Oak and recycled Douglas Fir. [...]
80 Leg Table
After seeing the sixty nine leg table a client asked me to build him something in the same fashion but a little bit smaller size to fit his living room. I refined the design on this table so that the legs are thinner, 1/2″ X 1/2″ squares, and instead of using recycled 2″X4″ material I [...]
69 Leg Table
This table is made from joining old recycled Douglas Fir 2 X 4 boards with 69 5/8″ wooden oak legs. The legs pierce through the bottom of the table all the way through to the table surface. The top of the legs create a grid pattern in the wood. Disseminate Hide Sites
Tung Oil Finish
All my furniture is finished with 5 coats of Southerland Welles Ltd. Pure Polymerized Tung oil. Tung oil comes from seeds of several species of Aleurites, a deciduous shade tree native to china. For centuries tung oil has been used for paints and waterproof coatings and as components in caulk and mortar. It is an [...]