still famous after all these years

well, thanks to our old friends at certainly wood, a piece we made, oh, more than 25 years ago, has gained a new life.  we were spring cleaning today and were about to recylce this brochure that came with our latest order and some one said "wait! .. check it out first.  you may want to hold onto that."  so i checked it out.  and i held onto it.  and i took a couple pictures ... click the photos to enlarge them...

with a little help on the veneer work from kb woodworking, we made this federal style sideboard in the late 80s, and with my enthusiastic permission, certainly wood used it in their promotions for a few years after that.  i have to be honest, i dont pay much attention to the promotional stuff that comes with my orders from suppliers i often use, but maybe in the future i will .. it put a nice highlight on my day.

just a few of our easily accessible photos of other certainly wood veneer projects

curly maple, lacewood, certainly wood curly redwood veneer .. i have just a little of this veneer left

see it here

 curly redwood, pre-embargo brazilian rosewood, and birdseye maple.  hammered copper pulls and hammered copper covered tapered turned legs ... one of my personal favorites ..

veneer panels laid up by our friends at kb woodworking in cairo, new york

see it here

 companion piece to the high boy above .. 

curly redwood veneer and curly maple solids, east indian rosewood

surprisingly, i dont see this on my website

a pair of federal card tables circa 1997.  crotch mahogany, ribbon stripe mahogany, and satin wood veneers ... quite the project ... another one of our favorites ...

see them here

and here

and many, many others.  its been a long and fruitful relationship .. you go, certainly wood!!

you may use any of my photos you like, anytime ...

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arts and crafts stools

all finished now

we just finished building three of our arts and crafts, frank lloyd wright inspired bar stools for a client in st. louis.  they will be sprayed with a clear lacquer finish this week, and they will pop a little more once the finish is on them.  they are part of a continuation of a design we first built in 2003 for the client who gave us the inspirational photo of a similar short chair designed originally by frank lloyd wright.

these are in natural cherry.  the ones we just finished are antural finished curly hard maple

, with leather from universal leather in high point, north carolina

stragihtforward lines, with a few curves thrown in to soften mr. wrights rectinlinearality (is that a word?

 we have them in our own kitchen

and we have also done them in other colors and woods

as well as patchwork scrap leather seats

 for more information and pricing, visit our dorset custom furniture website

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