Showing posts with label out. Show all posts
Showing posts with label out. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
A DAY OUT merchandising TPH
Yesterday I was invited down to The Passionate Home to do some furniture merchandising.
These are the results ...
This is an amazing full bedroom set including
headboard, footboard, and rails with a medium hyboy dresser (right above)
a ladies dresser w/ tilting mirror (below left) and a vanity with stool and tri fold mirror (below right)
all the pieces have glass knobs and are a wonderful warm antique white.
I used to merchandise for a living but not in a home decor enviroment.
I had a lot of fun doing this and chatting with Carrie and Elinor while working.
My regular days are more like that of a hermit with only a kat to talk at,
althought she does talk back.
I would like to have one of those big fat corbels on my bedside at home so why not here in the store,
and look at that kewl flower shaped mirror in the background.
I specifically went to work with the new bedroom area but that didnt stop me
from completely re-doing a couple of other areas.
and for the final pics
some of the most adorable owls I have ever seen.
If you live locally to The Passionate Home you have to stop in to take in the full view
of my work yesterday, it looks amazing.
Disclaimer: I do not work for The Passionate Home I just enjoy spending time there.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Well I figured out what to do next! Discussion and plans
Hi Everyone,
Now, you know it doesnt take much time for me to figure out what to do next and this time isnt any different.
Heres our next project: Im going to glue up a really large block out of some hickory and a couple of pieces of black walnut and rock maple. Here is a picture of the pieces of wood lined up into a block:
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Now, you know it doesnt take much time for me to figure out what to do next and this time isnt any different.
Heres our next project: Im going to glue up a really large block out of some hickory and a couple of pieces of black walnut and rock maple. Here is a picture of the pieces of wood lined up into a block:
After its glued into a block Ill cut it into an octagon, or an eight-sided shape and then Ill place it on the lathe for turning. If I dont mess up well have a platter with scalloped edges instead of one continues round shape.
Here we go again! Another adventure in the wood shop beckons. Take care and see you soon.
VW
Monday, January 27, 2014
a few tables out the door
5/13 /2011 ... ready to go ... hopefully, these two completed tables will be on their way to north carolina next week, in time for the memorial day weekend ...
the lightly stained cherry one; 48 x 84
and the recycled chestnut one; 46 x 108
and, a better picture of the cherry coffee tables ... great wood
the story below ...
5/6/2011 ... weve had a little run of tables in the last two weeks ... two coffee tables and two dining tables ... the two coffee tables go with the couches and lounge chairs we delivered last month ...the other two go to a cabin in georgia to one of my long time internet clients and instigator of the original duck bed. weve never met, but we have several connections that make you realize just how small the world can be ... #1. one of her best friends from high school in tennessee has a house in dorset and he and his wife were in our (will) lamaze class ... they live in new york city now and we see them only occasionally but still consider them pretty good friends. #2. when i was making the original duck bed, my fire client was in the shop and asked where that bed was going and when i told him, he knew the husband slightly as he was a member of the same club on lake erie exactly where the bed was going ... #3. when we were discussing the tables recently, she informed me she and her husband had just had dinner with some people who used to have a house in dorset and knew me ... turns out i kept my convertible in their garage for two winters about 10 years ago. its a really small world sometimes and someday, ill make the trip down there to meet them ... i feel like i know them already ... anyway, here goes .. click the photos to enlarge them ...
this is the beginnings of the chestnut porch table in the sketches and cad drawing above ...
we sort of adjusted proportions and details as we went along and will put the first coat of finish on the table base and bottom of the top on his way out the door today ...
here hes gluing in the central elements and attaching the long beam to the glued up base ..
we hosted a dorset chamber of commerce (check out our new website) mixer last night and i was able to set up the table to show work some of our work in process and as a place to cut the cake celebrating the 250th anniversary of the chartering of dorset in 1761. the celebration will be townwide on the 20th of august ...
the second dining table started with this fine log of cherry from (as usual) our friends at irion lumber ...
the cad drawing based on our own dining table
nice wide matched planks ...
will will put the final coat of finish on the base and top of this one tomorrow ... this design is based on our own dining table that i made in 1987, only without the black legs and inlays ...
and then we also made two bethlehem steel style coffee tables .. this client bought the original one board mahogany version last year at open studio, which, by the way, is coming up again in just 3 weeks ... memorial day weekend, hundreds of vermont artists will be once again be opening their studios saturday and sunday to welcome both local and out of state guests ....
you know, these pictures just dont do these boards justice ... they have that once every 5 years ropy curl to the cherry ... always a treat ... always hard to capture in a picture ... these tables will go in the same room, which is appropriate, because the boards were once ten feet long and the round table boards were attached to the rectangular table boards before we cut them ... another connection ...
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the lightly stained cherry one; 48 x 84and the recycled chestnut one; 46 x 108and, a better picture of the cherry coffee tables ... great woodthe story below ...
5/6/2011 ... weve had a little run of tables in the last two weeks ... two coffee tables and two dining tables ... the two coffee tables go with the couches and lounge chairs we delivered last month ...the other two go to a cabin in georgia to one of my long time internet clients and instigator of the original duck bed. weve never met, but we have several connections that make you realize just how small the world can be ... #1. one of her best friends from high school in tennessee has a house in dorset and he and his wife were in our (will) lamaze class ... they live in new york city now and we see them only occasionally but still consider them pretty good friends. #2. when i was making the original duck bed, my fire client was in the shop and asked where that bed was going and when i told him, he knew the husband slightly as he was a member of the same club on lake erie exactly where the bed was going ... #3. when we were discussing the tables recently, she informed me she and her husband had just had dinner with some people who used to have a house in dorset and knew me ... turns out i kept my convertible in their garage for two winters about 10 years ago. its a really small world sometimes and someday, ill make the trip down there to meet them ... i feel like i know them already ... anyway, here goes .. click the photos to enlarge them ...this is the beginnings of the chestnut porch table in the sketches and cad drawing above ...we sort of adjusted proportions and details as we went along and will put the first coat of finish on the table base and bottom of the top on his way out the door today ...here hes gluing in the central elements and attaching the long beam to the glued up base ..we hosted a dorset chamber of commerce (check out our new website) mixer last night and i was able to set up the table to show work some of our work in process and as a place to cut the cake celebrating the 250th anniversary of the chartering of dorset in 1761. the celebration will be townwide on the 20th of august ...the second dining table started with this fine log of cherry from (as usual) our friends at irion lumber ...the cad drawing based on our own dining tablenice wide matched planks ...will will put the final coat of finish on the base and top of this one tomorrow ... this design is based on our own dining table that i made in 1987, only without the black legs and inlays ...and then we also made two bethlehem steel style coffee tables .. this client bought the original one board mahogany version last year at open studio, which, by the way, is coming up again in just 3 weeks ... memorial day weekend, hundreds of vermont artists will be once again be opening their studios saturday and sunday to welcome both local and out of state guests ....you know, these pictures just dont do these boards justice ... they have that once every 5 years ropy curl to the cherry ... always a treat ... always hard to capture in a picture ... these tables will go in the same room, which is appropriate, because the boards were once ten feet long and the round table boards were attached to the rectangular table boards before we cut them ... another connection ...
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