I promised my wife Linda that I’d complete a king-size bed for Andy’s room before Andy and Lauren arrived home for Christmas. This was an interesting project. The idea was to make a mortise and tenon bed frame to support a plywood platform and memory-foam mattress – with fabulous stacked spherical posts. The spheres would […]
An Upholstered Bench with Eccentric Turned Legs
This month I built a bench for our living room. It’s 18 inches high, 55 inches long, 19 inches deep and is the only upholstered furniture I’ve designed. Linda and I picked out the fabric in advance and I intended my six legs to reflect the ovals design of the fabric. The six eccentric turnings […]
A brief ‘break’ to make a table
Several months ago, I promised my daughter, Allegra (Leggie, Legs, Lulu), I’d make a dining table for her apartment in Boulder… As she’s coming home for Thanksgiving, my wife has insisted that I postpone additional work on the big press to complete Leggie’s table… Mark Sfirri and I were roommates while we were teaching at […]
Max’s Stool
My son, Max, and I made this stool with it’s large turned seat. It belongs to Max and sits in his room. He and I turned the seat and legs as we learned how to use my new lathe. It was very fun. Max did most of the finishing, and we both think it’s kinda cool. Stool 20 inches […]