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William Gourlay Anaheim, Calif. This classical guitar was inspired by “La Emperatriz” (the empress), an 1884 Spanish guitar by Antonio de Torres. Gourlay replicated it from detailed photos he found…

Thomas S. Stockton Montgomery Creek, Calif. Like much of his work, Stockton says, this walnut buffet was inspired by federal furniture. “I really enjoy the shapes and proportions they used…

Doug Lawrence Nashville, Tenn. Inspired by his work as an environmental conservation volunteer for the Peace Corps in Paraguay, Lawrence carved this table and chair set to look like trees.…

Bob Tuttle Tehachapi, Calif. When the tool chest company Gerstner & Sons produced a special chest to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2006, Tuttle bought one for his wife. Then…

Federico Mendez-Castro Vancouver, B.C., Canada Mendez-Castro combined two powerful design philosophies when making his desk. The lines are Mid-Century Modern, he said, while the shopsawn veneer parquetry was influenced by…

RICHARD CIUPKA  Mont-Royal, Que., Canada When Ciupka saw a table by Belgian Art Nouveau furniture designer Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (1858–1910) at a Paris museum, he was inspired to build a…

THOMAS SCHLACK Glen Gardner, N.J. This chest was designed for an entry hall, to set the stage for a client “whose residence is more of a museum of modern art…

DAVID BEKER Philadelphia, Pa. Beker took a traditional dresser shape and wrapped a live-edge slab around it to create this piece, which he calls a modern tallboy. “I wanted the…

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A wardrobe of solid walnut with panel and lock tenon construction