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Furniture Dressed for Success
If you find inspiration in your clothing, you can also express that vision through a fine custom furniture piece for your home.
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Purpleheart and Maple Box
1 commentI used purpleheart for the carcass of this box, with maple for the lid and maple for the featherslips. Inside, i finished the bottom with black velour. The toughest part was setting the 105 degree...
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"Box of Chocolates"
6 comments“Box of Chocolates” was designed to showcase the beautiful raw material Mother Nature graced us with…wood. It took over 300 hours in a six month period to design and build. It is...
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Violet
3 commentsThe Violet TableDyed Ash & Purpleheart28" tall x 13.5" squareSeveral months ago a few short planks of purpleheart followed me home from the lumberyard. I had no real plans for them at the time...
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Margaret Rose end-grain cutting board
3 commentsNautical theme end-grain cutting board made from tiger maple, hard maple, gaboon ebony, purpleheart and yellowheart. This is solid wood, 16 x 14 x 2 1/8. It weighs just under 12...
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End Grain Cutting Boards
3 commentsI made the first board to use when I cut up chickens to make cat food. My neighbor admired the board, and as she was going to take care of my cats and house for a few weeks, I made the second...
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Oval Coffee Table
This coffee table is made from Mulberry with a surround of Red Oak and inlay of Purpleheart and white oak.The table was actually built because of the Red Oak. I salvaged an old weather beaten fence...
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Blanket Chest
Black Walnut and reclaimed Purpleheart Blanket Chest with hand forged iron hinges. Walnut is from a local salvaged tree and Purpleheart is reclaimed from demoed park benches. Finish is a...
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Quilted Maze
2 commentsThis countertop is for an 8 foot long cabinet in my home office. This project took 14 months to complete. I used mostly 1/4" square dowels of Poplar and Oak, with 1/4" Scant in both Oak and Poplar...
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Curved Dresser
16 commentsSomeone told me that Walt Disney once said that furniture should look like it wants to get up and dance. I think this projects meets that goal. The project...
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Purpleheart vessel
1 commentHollow form vessel of purpleheart, maple, and African blackwood. 6"Hx7"Diameter
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Coachmakers Rabbet Plane
4 commentsI was inspired by an article in a 1987 FWW to build this plane. It is a reproduction of a type used by 19th century artisans. The body is made from Purpleheart and I ground the blade from a 34"...
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Elgin Keepsake Box in Jatoba & Leopardwood
Named Elgin for Elgin, Illinois, this keepsake box is made from Jatoba and Leopardwood with Ebony and Purpleheart inserts. It is 10” wide by 8” deep by 4 1/2” tall. Fitted with...
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2008 Christmas Gifts
I made 24 of these small desk clocks for Christmas gifts. Most are for my husbands employees, but a few went to family and friends. The clocks were my own design, made from maple. The majority of...
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Dancing Cross
1 commentI made this cross for a local church here in Barbados. The cross is quite large - 12 feet tall and almost 9 feet wide. The stained glass is my own design but was made by a local stained...
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End Grain Cutting Boards
3 commentsA few of the end grain cutting boards I have made. I mostly use hard maple and purple heart but I have made a few with cherry and walnut as well. For a finish I use mineral oil and...
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