Here is a custom display unit I built to highlight the client's antique ceramic collection. The upper units are back lit with rope lighting and the lower units house their decorative-arts book collection. I also created a stand alone unit for their dining room which also features custom lighting. The lighting in both units is remote controlled for convenience.

Cherry and Birch Bed

Here is one of my first commissions from 2002. It is a cherry frame bed with birch panels in the head and foot boards. The cherry has darkened considerably with UV exposure over the past 8 years giving it a deep and rich color.

Office Cabinets

I wanted to share some photos of a set of office cabinets I completed last year. They are painted cabinets with an antique glaze finish. Will Jenkins provided the brown custom concrete countertops. The color matched the cabinets beautifully.

Log Cabin

Over Thanksgiving week Maeve and I got the chance to revisit an old log cabin I built while working for Museum Resources. I spent the greater part of a year living out of hotels working on this project and it was really nice to get to see how the work was holding up 2 years later.

We were approached by the owner to reconstruct an old log structure she had purchased and disassembled. She wanted to be able to use the building as a temporary home on her estate while her main house was being built. Later she would use the cabin a guest house and personal retreat.

Mantle Commission

A quick funny story.

I was commissioned to build a new mantle by a woman who was renovating her house. The painting and new trim was all finished and my piece was the last one to go in. She was so excited to finally have a "proper mantle shelf" over which she could hang a painting she wanted to display. I didn't ask what the painting was, but as I was packing up my tools I noticed this leaning up in the corner:

She was a prominent woman in town and I thought by taking the job it may lead to more commissions through word of mouth. However, After seeing her painting, I guarantee you when anyone walks into the room, no one will be looking at my mantle.

Mount Vernon Slave Cabin

I just wanted to add a link to a project I worked on at Mount Vernon a few years back. It was a reconstruction of one of Washington's original Slave cabins for a new exhibit.

http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/pres_arch/index.cfm/pid/938/

I also worked on the reconstructed Distillery. While at Museum Resources we supplied all of the lumber for the project, and installed the nearly 60 sq. juniper roof. I spent to better part of a week fanning the valley shingles in 100+ degree heat.

http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/pres_arch/index.cfm/pid/745/

Cupola Project

Cupola Project

A few weeks back I was asked to take a look a a cupola in a woman's garden to see if I could do some repair work on it. She wasn't sure where it came from originally, but I could tell that it was a genuine architectural piece, and the hand made copper roof definitly made this piece worth saving.

When I got it back to the shop I gave it a once over and realized that sitting on the ground in her garden had done a lot more damage than I had first recognised. The constant wicking of moisture had rotted out the four posts as well as the apron and it was missing most of it's architectural trim. I was able to rebuild most of the missing and damaged pieces and a fresh coat of paint really brought it back to life. All I have to do now is convince her to let me replace her old garden shed with one to match her restored cupola.