Hello and welcome to my blog! In this post I will detail the process of building a plinth for my laundry room. Occasionally in the process of building furniture for my clients I have to work a project in for myself to keep the house up and running, so I …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post completes a series in which I’ve built a Tea House garden bench of Honduran mahogany. This bench will be used outdoors and preparations have been made to help this bench endure the elements. I’ve detailed the steps taken to ensure that it …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building an outdoor bench for a tea house garden. I will begin to detail the process of cutting the joinery used to construct this bench. The main feature of this bench will be a Japanese …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post begins a series in which I will build a sitting bench of Honduran mahogany. The Tea Garden Bench will reside along a winding pathway of the tea house garden and will provide a place to sit briefly and take in the surroundings. My goal in …
Hello and Welcome to my blog! In this series I will detail the process of building sliding bypass doors, known as shoji, of western red cedar. Having detailed the making of shoji in the recent past, this series will highlight the challenges I’ve faced as I progress through this particular build, in …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building a low chair and table for installation in a tea house. The tea house table, a trestle table design which will reside outside, relies on wooden joinery without the use of glue. While I have …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building a low table and chair to be installed in a tea house. Significant progress has been made on the prototype and final chairs, and now they have been put aside to complete the table top. In this …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in a which I’m building a low table and chair, of Honduran mahogany, to be installed in a tea house. In the previous post the chair spindles were roughed out and placed into their respective locations. This post …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building a low chair and table of Honduran mahogany for a tea house. My progress in building the chairs has continued along, each stage requiring much consideration and often specialty tools. I’ve had little issue …
Hello and welcome to my blog! In this series I will detail the process of building a table and chair for use in an outdoor tea house. The seating arrangement will be partially exposed to the elements and so I’ve chosen to use Honduran mahogany, a wood that can survive the …