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Stratton Magazine – Southern Vermont's Journal of Living

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a claro walnut sideboard »

we’re working on a fun one.  we have accumulated a small pile of cutoffs from the 15 or twenty claro walnut tables we’ve made in the past couple of years and now we’ve got a use for them.  this client bought our table back in february and it is being used as a desk in …

i’m back (sort of) … spring in vermont »

well, when it’s springtime in vermont, you can’t expect tooooo  much writing from me … i do have a couple of good posts coming up, but i haven’t quite gotten around to getting them together just yet.  soon, i suspect, like maybe tomorrow.  maybe.  if it rains or something.  maybe … here’s a sampler of …

Design is A Process »

Well, after about 35 years of this kind of work, I have come to really appreciate the process of design, as much as the event of making stuff, which also is a process, and not a list of a linear progression of steps.  We do something, analyze it, do something different, analyze that, and step …

A Burst of Activity »

Hmmmm …busy time here in the designing and pricing and proposing department.  Plus it’s spring, which always cuts into the free time I usually have available for blogging.  This post will be more or less a continuation of one from the end of last month, where again, I didn’t take the time to write in …

French Country Table »

Well, this was kind of fun … build a table like we built back in 2005 only almost 12′ long instead of 7′ long … this one has a nice distressed, stained cherry finish with a thickish (1.375″ ) top with breadboard ends and pegged apron/leg joints.  Stretching out the aprons and redesigning/refining the leg/apron …

Curved Ash Benches »

We’ve been working on these boookmatched ash benches since, oh, 2010 sometime.  Well, actually, we’ve been wondering what to do with these planks for that long … benches was always a possibility, but so too was a wall mounted or outdoor sculpture … it’s settled … benches they are now … and pretty cool ones …

Cherry Dining Tables »

We wrapped up a couple of cherry dining tables this week, and they couldn’t be more different, probably, if they tried.  The table to the left, a slab of 8/4 cherry with small bevels and rounded corners, has a welded metal ‘x’ shaped base, no ornament, straightforward and uncomplicated.  Forthright, I guess you could say. …

George the Third Style Table – Update »

Well, due to the vagaries of my shipper’s schedule, I’m going to have some time to get a formal picture of this one,  but for now, here’s a snapshot.  There were a lot of steps and stages in its construction and I’m glad to see it finished.  Here’s a link to the original blog post …

Almost Thinking About Spring »

Ok, at least we’re starting to think about spring here … the ducks came back to the pond on Thursday, but after a cold but sunny Friday, it snowed again last night, and it’s in the 20′s again today.  The ducks are frozen out of the pond until it warms up again.  It’s pleasant today, …

Wall Hung Mahogany Demi-lune »

Cool project here from our friends at LDa Architecture and Interiors in Cambridge, Mass.  It’s a wall hung mahogany console with brass details at the base … fun and functional … click the photos to enlarge them. Hhere’s the concept .. the base of the vertical support sits on top of the baseboard, and there …

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