About Us

 This website is a showcase of some of the furniture I designed and built. Pieces were designed for a very specific interaction with other furniture, subject to the physical contraints of the space they were to inhabit.

Side table spooning with sofa.

 

 Furniture Design

In all furniture, I favor clean modern lines, organic forms, and a high contrast in colors. I always try to include several different reflective surfaces or materials, so as to maintain visual interest. I favor minimalist designs and see a good form coming from the interaction of interesting and well proportioned shapes.

 I prefer heavily figured or grained woods like Walnut , Oak , Wenge and Zebrawood . However, the uniformity of straight grained American Cherry is very elegant, and appropriate when there is a lot of competing visual textures. General I want a balance, too much figured in a piece looks Craftsman like, too little —Ikea like. Other materials I use, such as metal legs or enameled table tops, are uniform and smooth surfaces, so the figure in the wood imparts some ciaos .

Finish are very important to all furniture. I want a finish with luster and water white clarity . I build up may layers of finish for depth as well as durability and avoid finishes that warm the wood. Most people expect wooden furniture to have a warm glow simply because that’s how American furniture was finished for the last hundred years. All oil-based top coats yellow over time, especially if exposed to direct sunlight and this is something we expect to see . I try to keep everything very cool and favor water based finishes that wont yellow.