The Kitchen Series

  Hello and welcome to my blog!  This series begins a build in which I’m creating custom kitchen cabinetry.  Kitchen cabinets are a significant departure from my usual work, but my shoji client, pleased with my efforts, has encouraged me to take on the job.  The homeowner in this case …

Tokonoma Plinth

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 …

Tea Garden Bench

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 …

Western Red Shoji -Complete

Hello and welcome to my blog!  This post completes a series in which I’m building a pair of tall shoji in western red cedar.  The previous post left off where I had been making arrangements to plane the kumiko for these doors.  These doors, being exceptionally tall, have encouraged even more changes to …

Western Red Shoji

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 …

Live Edge Tsuridana

Hello and welcome to my blog!  This post begins a short series in which I’m building a live edge tsuridana for a modern Japanese style home.  A tsuridana is a single shelf or set of shelves found in specific areas of the traditional Japanese home.  These shelves are normally supported …