Stratton Magazine – Southern Vermont's Journal of Living

Stratton Magazine – Southern Vermont's Journal of Living

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JB WeId It »

Break out the JB Weld. As they say on the website, “Don’t scrap it, JB Weld it”, and we did. On Tuesday morning, an electrician for one of our clients brought this elaborate wall sconce to us with one of the arms separated from its little ball joint (arrow #1). It had a plastic coated …

a copper top coffee table »

we’re doing another copper topped table. we made the first one back in may for one of our clients who had a big empty covered porch … same process … because of the way the corners are done, folded straight down, we put little copper corners routed into the subbase flush in place before we …

Puny Good Times »

It should not come as a surprise that in my youth I worked in libraries. As well as haunted one or two.  So when I found Library Dragon and its equally quirky sequel The Return of the Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy (illustrated by Michael P. White) I had to partake in all their …

The Crime of the Century »

"The most important equation to solve in life is the human equation." — Robert Zorn, Cemetery John Every once in a while, something happens that grabs America by the shoulders and gives it a good shake. The colors of the rainbow suddenly muddy. Our silver linings become streaked with tarnish. Heroes are brought to their …

A Custom Pool Table »

Okay, we’re getting close now. As I wrote back on July 28th, there’s a lot going on in the shop. For the last week or so though, Trevor, Will and I have been pulling the final pieces of the pool table together. Pool tables are always a challenge because, typically, we haven’t built one for …

The X-based Table »

A few weeks ago, in a post about Sam’s work, I described a table he was building with an ‘x’ shaped steel base. I got to see it on site today and it looked great. It’s in a ‘contemporary farmhouse’ up the road and it looks right at home. Click the photos to enlarge them. …

A 60″ Wide Slab of Claro Walnut »

Well, we got a big one here. It’s going to aspen when it’s finished. This is the widest slab of claro walnut we have ever had, clocking in at 63″ at the wide point. After we trim it up a bit, it will be about 60″ wide at both ends and about 8′ long and …

Dorset Artists 2012 »

It’s that time again. The 2nd annual Dorset Artists Show.   This year, there are (again) the regular Dorset artists who are living and working here now, and, thanks to the Vermont Country Store, there is an excellent selection of deceased Vermont artists from their extensive collection.  Last year, the show was all Dorset artists, and …

Rainy Day Fun »

As it rained last week I thought what a perfect time for staying inside and read! Two radically different, but equally wonderful novels, for this are The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett and Bloomability by Sharon Creech. I came at both these books from different roads, but both lead me down a path of …

The State of Dusty Delusions »

“When I grew up I learned the “heroes” of the Alamo were a bunch of drunks and crooks and slaveholding imperialists who conquered land that didn’t belong to them. I can truly state that I hate the place and everything it stands for.” – Rosie Castro, mother of the mayor of San Antonio, Texas Along …

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