Category Archives: Design / Build

a Platform bed with easily adjusted laptop tables

Some of us like to work in bed, and here’s a perfect solution. The laptop tables slides up and down on the side rails of the bed frame, and work perfectly as laptop, iPad, or drink stands. In African Mahogany … Continue reading

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A solid Walnut ‘X’ base dining table…

Made from very carefully selected and matched Walnut boards, this round dining table is finished with a water lacquer which brings out the violets, grays and greens present in a wood that is usually stained to a generic dark brown … Continue reading

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a Modern Pivot Entry Door

Made from more than 400 pieces of solid Mahogany, this pivot door contains 64 panes of laminated glass. The sidelights are switch glass, which at the touch of a button goes from clear to opaque.

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“Floating” Reading Chairs

I made the first pair of these in select White Birch for an executive office at Santa Monica City Hall.

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Woven Redwood Fencing

          We just installed this Woven Redwood fence panel yesterday. Worked out great. It even allows the client’s dog, to peek out through strategically placed knot holes. The drawing shows how the 3d Drawings we make, … Continue reading

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A new Pivot Entry Door for a home in Brentwood…

We built the garden pivot gate & fence from old growth Redwood years ago. Happy to say it is still in good shape. On the right is a ‘mock-up’ of a matching entry door we are designing for this Brentwood … Continue reading

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A good year

Looking back on some of my favorite projects from 2012…

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Light + Space Art inspires furniture

These luminous panels and doors were inspired by my longstanding interest in Light + Space created by people like James Turrell.

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WYSIWYG (what you see, is what you get)

All of our projects are developed in 3d drawings. Unlike typical two-dimensional construction documents, these images give a much better sense of how the project will look upon completion. The 3d software allows for quick revisions to both dimensions and … Continue reading

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A curvaceous desk

I design and build my furniture ideas. Sometimes this seems crazy. But it allows me to stretch in new directions, since I don’t have to engage in the struggle to communicate my design to a craftsman. This piece is composed … Continue reading

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