Mahogany

A client brought her dining room side chair into Frank, Jeff, and Sean’s shop. She had searched unsuccessfully all over Dallas to find a bench to match her set of…

Rob has been a general contractor for over 35 years, all the while dabbling in what he calls “casual door making.” He glues up 10/4 material and rough-carves with a…

“A Time and Motion Study” on the back cover of FWW #35 (July/August 1982) featured a desk by Jere Osgood. As Douglas tried to figure out how Osgood made the…

The origins of this piece are found in American Federal period furniture. From there, it was all about the wood: the texture, the color, and the fractal patterns in the…

Dennis had always admired the Studley tool chest, but didn’t want to replicate it exactly. Instead he chose to build an original interpretation, a furniturelevel, artistic tool chest with architectural…

This piece, a gift for his daughter, is the first box Spencer made. He was inspired by boxes he’d seen on the web, in particular those with secret compartments or…

The inspiration for “Corset Chair” came from the pattern on the mahogany crotch slab that Dana salvaged in South Florida. He built the back of the chair so you can…

This chair is Avrom’s version of a Duncan Phyfe chair at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He was drawn to its uncommon details, such as the…

Ken said while building this Federal period sideboard he kept “bumping up against the ceiling of my skill level.” But he was inspired and supported by his fellow members of…

This desk was inspired by a piece made by the French art nouveau furnituremaker Jacques Gruber, though this design is simpler and visually lighter. The legs are tapered, bent laminations,…