Hand built furniture
Featuring some hand built furniture projects of which I’m particularly proud.
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Benches for a Wedding Venue
In 2021, we heard that the "Barnwood Builders", a popular DIY television show, had come to our area to assemble two salvaged timber barn frames. How exciting! I've watched that show for years and love their retrieval of antique barns. They filmed the episode and...
Two very different benches!
Due to our recent decision to move to Arkansas, I decided to clear out a couple of headboard sets that I've had stored. One is a very elegant antique with a curved footboard. The other is a very boxy student bed made out of very heavy solid oak. After assembling them...
Dining Tables
Through the years, we've built numerous dining tables. Some from scratch, others repurposed for customers and some for resale. Built from scratch! Repurposed from a dark wood table. I call this one a "Market Table." Built from scratch. Our first table to build out of...
Hand Scraped Table and Chairs
This is a beautiful "X" base style Farmhouse table set. The table top is hand scraped and finished to a silky smooth texture. The chairs are so unique!! They're farmhouse round top chairs with beautiful carved clawfoot front legs.
New Stock at the Powderly Antique Mall
Once every few months we completely rework our rented space at the local antique mall. Bringing in new items, moving other items around always helps to sell the things we have there. So, this is the most recent look in our space.
Hand Built Hutch
The inspiration for this hutch comes from several places. I've always loved open hutch design. The homey country style has always warmed my heart. So, I've built a couple of open hutches before, but I'd not built one with a closed buffet base. So, the...
Antique Twin Beds – Gorgeous Benches
When at an estate sale we found a set of beautiful solid walnut twin beds. With apologies about them not having the side boards, we assured them we could use them and got a great deal on them. They were so beautiful we could see the natural outcomes of building...
A Mudroom Bench With a History
After seeing some doors for sale in our local swap shop we drove to the address listed. Upon our arrival, it was revealed to be Larry's Aunt and Uncle's former home. The owners were remodeling and changing out the doors. We discovered they were all solid red...
A Coat Rack With a Bench
A friend who lives in Memphis asked me if we could build her a coat rack with a bench for her daughter for Christmas. She had tried to get one and the one she liked was out of stock. She said she really wanted us to build her one. Of course this would also mean we'd...
Stock Shelving for A New Health Store
One of Larry's cousins asked if we could build her some storage shelving for her new healthy drink store. As we consulted, obtained measurements and discussed design we realized we could use some family heirloom doors for the framing and trim. The doors had...
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