Recent Furniture and Unusual Projects

My sister in San Jose wanted a coat hanger like the one my Father built for the family in Medford Oregon. We still have this in the house and I believe we've been using it for 30 years or so! I built my sister one to fit on her wall, but she insisted it be just like the one my Father built. We only added a shelf on top for keys, etc. It is made with Black Walnut I got from an old wood carver I found here in Denver. The dowels are also Walnut. I provided mounting holes in typical wall stud locations and included molys, screws and wood screw hole plugs when I shipped it so my sister could just mount it with no fuss.

Somehow either my feet or the cat are in a lot of my photos.

I built a beer tap handle for a guy that resembles a sports stadium he had seen in Baltimore. I made it out of Jatoba ( Brazilian Cherry ) one of the hardest and densest woods I know of. 25 times the hardness of Red Oak! I  bought a nickel plated beer tap. We painted one side of the large section with blackboard paint and on the other sides a replica of the clients tattoo and his last name. He has a man cave.The intricate fabrication of the top piece was definitely a challenge. I made a prototype out of Black Walnut that turned out so well my client kept it for another tap. I never even imagined I would some day make a beer tap handle!

I built a dining set of three chairs , two benches and a 5' square table with the corner "cut off" so there was ample room to walk by into my Aunt's kitchen. I used 2" high density upholstery foam and some quality upholstery fabric my mother in Oregon had on hand. My Aunt just loves it. I made it out of regular 2 x 4's planes down and I painted it at least six coats by hand with an excellent high-end paint. We added some wood balls to the chair legs to give it a little character.

Here I am at the Legion Post in Mitchell, Nebraska. I had wrapped the table, chairs and benches with green bubble wrap and stretchy plastic film so the set wouldn't get even a scratch as I drove it up from Denver. The new ratcheting straps I bought did a great job and I was never worried about losing it on the road!

A horse veterinarian had this medicine set of drawers mounted in the back of his truck when he was hit by a semi. It tore loose from it's mounting bolts and was racked so the drawers wouldn't open. I squared it up, installed new slides and I had a guy fabricate a new stainless steel face frame. The owners were very pleased with how easy the drawers worked and how well the new stainless latches worked.