This bespoke sales counter was hand crafted from white oak and plywood. It was made to accommodate the specific needs of the company and includes five shelves that vary in size to oblige the varying size of sales items, as well as a pull out shelf for easy access to a printer, fax machine and computer tower. Not only is this counter fully functional and compact, it is a gorgeous addition to the sales floor.
Walnut and Oak Bar Tables
A client of ours wanted to surprise her husband after the renovation of their new party barn. They were looking for two big bar tables 3ft wide and 8ft long to help fill and accent the new space. They needed to be rustic like a barn, yet refined enough to celebrate important milestone events.
“Two oak tables coming right up!” I said.
The table tops are made of one inch thick oak glued together and sanded smooth, giving a very character-full appearance. The bases of these twin tables are made of solid oak and walnut barn wood 4x4s, fully mortise and tenoned together for superior strength. Similar to the tops, the stringers and center braces are made of solid sanded oak mortised straight into the base beams. The tables were all finished with two coats of durable polyurethane varnish.
I am very pleased with the contrast in the way they turned out. These oak and walnut tables were built to last and enjoy for decades to come!
Entertainment System with TV lift and Matching Fireplace Mantles
New clients of ours were in the beginning stages of living room renovation. They came to us early on and wanted us to design a modern entertainment center complete with a TV lift. After working with them on design over the course of a week or two we narrowed it down to a sleek Scandinavian design with inset doors and drawer fronts on spindle legs made entirely of native Oak and stained to a dark ebony finish.
The Scandinavian style alone is not hard to achieve. It is very minimalistic and simple, much like the American Shaker style. However, entertainment centers get quite complicated rather quickly, especially when they have a TV lift embedded in the heart of the piece. This one was no exception. We managed to fit a 55in TV, sound bar, TV lift mechanism, cable box, three pieces of bulky stereo equipment, and accompanying wires and cables into the smallest “box” feasible while still leaving room for storage drawers and shelving space.
With good design anything is possible, mission accomplished on this fun and challenging build!
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Soon after we were commissioned to build the entertainment system, it was proposed that we make matching mantles for the fireplace. The mantles were made with the same sleek Scandinavian design in mind, hewn of the same native oak, and stained to the same ebony finish. These four inch thick mantles really tie the room together, adding a sleek modernization to their living room renovation.

























