Project Gallery
Here are some projects I made and the stories behind them.
This kiln-dried Ambrosia Maple was purchased at DCW Hardwoods and Slabs in Little River South Carolina.
The Pedestal legs were salvaged by the home owners. they were attached with threaded inserts.
The wooden pegs used to hold the breadboard ends in place were hand cut from the same material to match.
This kiln-dried Ambrosia Maple was purchased at DCW Hardwoods and Slabs in Little River South Carolina.
Ambrosia Maple Dining Room Table w/ Traditional Breadboard ends
I crafted this table to go in an Ocean Isle Beach rental property in North Carolina. It was my first attempt at traditional breadboard ends and at the time was my biggest undertaking as a woodworker, needless to say I learned a lot.
Walnut Upholstered Barstools & Matching Hightop Table
A pair of barstools, crafted for a wonderful client in Wilmington, NC. They were made to match a Walnut high-top table that I also made for her kitchen. This was my first ever upholstery related project. I lucked out and bumped into an amazing person at a hobby lobby who had 30+ years of upholstering experience.
Eastern Black Walnut; my grandfather had some milled up years and years ago and has just been sitting in an old shipping container on our farm down in North Carolina, this is the wood I used to make these barstools.
When I got to this point in the build, I started to question if 3/4" walnut would be sturdy enough. It just looks so skinny! but I can assure that it is VERY sturdy, half lap joints were used and the wood was selected for its grain to provide a very sturdy stool.
Eastern Black Walnut; my grandfather had some milled up years and years ago and has just been sitting in an old shipping container on our farm down in North Carolina, this is the wood I used to make these barstools.
This wood was purchased from a young man who was milling his own wood in rural North Carolina. The wood was not kiln dried so it sat in my shop for about 2 years to let It dry out.
This was after getting them freshly flattened, before I glued them up into a 7 foot long farmhouse table top, screwing up the table base, and cutting them up into 27" squares, then into rounds, and attaching hairpin legs. I agree, this would have made a beautiful farmhouse table but mistakes were made and this is how i salvaged the project. There will be a blog post about it soon.
Soft Maple Coffee Table
This started out as a farmhouse table and wound up being 3 round coffee tables instead. A house warming gift for a dear friend. This project had some ups and downs for sure!