mission_chair
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
N/A
 Mission-style chair
 Quartersawn white oak
 Unknown
 Unkown
Notes
This chair was designed by a friend, and I helped him construct it. I am not sure what finish he applied to it because I didn't help with
the process. The photo was taken in my shop in Tucson prior to the finish being applied. My friend had leather cushions made for it.
plant_stand
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
N/A
 Small table
 Paduak, white oak.
 Wax
 Unknown
Notes
This is either the second or third thing I ever made. The top is made of marble.
three_bookcases
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
N/A
 Three book cases
 Red oak
 Stain, wax
 Unknown
Notes
In retrospect, these should have been numbered, but I have never gone to the trouble of actually numbering the things I made for
myself, and by the time I formalized the numbering system, I didn't feel like going back and counting these. The cases have glass
doors, and the two tall cabinets have green stained glass panels at the top. All three cabinets have lights in them. I sold these to get
enough money to make my work bench, which is another thing that should have been numbered and wasn't.
walnut_chair
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
N/A
 Chair
 Walnut
 Watco oil, wax
 Unknown
Notes
This is probably the third chair I made. It is based on plans from a book. It wasn't that comfortable, which I'm sure wasn't the fault of
the plans.
No photo. Sorry.
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
005
 Large desk
 Quartersawn white oak, ebony
 Wax
 November, 1997
Notes
 
tw004
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
004
 Small writing desk
 Cherry
 Tung oil, wax
 August, 1997
Notes
Not clear in the photo are the through mortice and tenon joints, which are wedged with small pieces of ebony.
tw003
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
003
 Daybed with curved legs
 Cherry
 Watco oil, wax
 April, 1997
Notes
The daybed was inspired by a piece made by Arroyo Design in Tucson. I'll note here (in case somebody feels like suing me) that I
never sell anything that I have attempted to copy from another designer, or that is largely based on somebody else's design, and I try
to give as much credit as I can: when in Tucson, buy things from Arroyo Design; they make really nice stuff.
tw002
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
002
 Drop-leaf writing desk with upper and
lower cabinets
 Quartersawn white
oak
 Stain, wax
 March, 1997
Notes
This piece is a reproduction of a 1920s Lifetime Furniture Company design. A store in downtown Tucson kindly let me take
photographs and detailed measurements. Because I was living in an apartment at the time and had no shop space, this was made for
some friends on their back porch.
tw001
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
001
 Hall table with drawer; diamond-shaped inlay
on legs
 Maple, paduak
 Wax
 December, 1996
Notes
My intention was to be self-deprecating and a little ironic when I numbered this desk. I thought the person I gave it to would think it
was funny. The real joke was on me because I'm still counting.
tw010
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
010
 Quilt rack
 Bird's-eye maple
 Watco oil, wax
 October, 1998
Notes
The quilts in the photograph were made by my great-grandmother.
tw009
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
009
 Four slat chair
 Cherry, quilted maple
 Watco oil, wax
 September, 1998
Notes
This is the first chair I made for somebody else, but it was not the first time I realized that chairs are, by far, the most difficult things
to make well. The chair was made to match a desk (catalog number 004).
tw008
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
008
 Four-seat kitchen table with
"suspended" top
 Cherry
 Polyurethane, wax
 August, 1998
Notes
The first chair I ever made is on the right, and the second is on the left. Both were made from plans I found in a book, and neither
have entries in this catalog. Both were originally upholstered with 1" cushions, but they have since been reupholstered with 2"
cushions and are much more comfortable.
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
007
 End table (20"x"20"x21")
 Cherry
 Watco oil, wax
 July, 1998
Notes
This end table is pictured next to the daybed in catalog number 003.
tw006
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
006
 Display cabinet on stand with glass
shelves
 Walnut, black limba
 Watco oil, wax
 December, 1997
Notes
This project was overly ambitious considering my skill level in 1997. The inspiration was the cabinet work of James Krenov. The
proportions ended up being wrong; the base is too large for the cabinet. The lesson learned was that getting proportions correct
before I start cutting is critical to any project's success. Periodically, I relearn this lesson.
No photo. Sorry.
tw015
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
015 A and B
 Matching writing desks with
block-style feet
 Cherry, curly maple
veneer
 Watco oil, polyurethane,
wax
 December, 1999
Notes
The three drawers open with finger pulls cut into the bottom of each drawer front.
tw014
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
014
 Fern stand
 Quartersawn oak
 Stain, wax
 August, 1999
Notes
This is a reproduction of a Popular Mechanics, mission-style design from 1918.
tw013
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
013 A, B, and C
 Two pew-style benches with folding
seats and a kitchen table
 Cherry, cherry
plywood
 Watco oil,
polyurethane, wax
 May, 1999
Notes
This is a truly awful photograph of the table sitting in the yard outside of my old shop in Tucson prior to delivery to a customer.
There are no photographs of the benches.
tw012
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
012 A and B
 Matching end tables (19"x19"x21 1/2")
 Cherry
 Watco oil, wax
 January, 1999
Notes
These tables are very similar to catalog number 007.
No photo. Sorry
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
011
 Beveled mirror
 Cherry, ebony
 Watco oil, wax
 December, 1998
Notes
 
tw020
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
020
 Footstool
 Cherry
 Watco oil, wax
 March, 2000
Notes
From a design and execution perspective, this is about the best thing I've ever made. I wish I could say that about something more
interesting than a footstool, but it is what it is.
No photo. Sorry
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
019
 Small file cabinet
 Cherry, cherry plywood
 Watco, wax
 February, 2000
Notes
 
tw018
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
018 A and B
 Matching hall table and end
table
 Cherry
 Watco oil, wax
 February, 2000
Notes
Technically, these should have different catalog numbers because they are not exactly the same, but my catalog system is neither art
nor science. While it is hard to tell from the photo, the tables are made in a classic mission style, with through mortise and tenon
joinery.
No photo. Sorry
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
017
 Pool cue rack
 Mahogany
 Stain, wax
 December, 1999
Notes
 
tw016
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
016 A, B, C, and D
 Four small boxes
 Spanish cedar, figured bubinga, purple
heart, ebony
 Watco oil, wax
 December, 1999
Notes
 
tw025
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
025
 Coat rack
 Mahogany
 Watco oil, wax
 January, 2001
Notes
I made this as a result of my first job working in cubicle hell. It took me a while to figure out that only people who have offices get the
luxury of hooks to hang their coats.
tw024
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
024
 Hall table
 Cherry, curly maple, ebony
 Watco oil, wax
 December, 2000
Notes
This is the first time I used "live edge" lumber, which means that at least one edge of a board retains the same shape as the outside of
the tree; the board is, however, very much dead. These boards often come with the bark still on them. I removed the bark from the
quilted maple and textured the edge with a small carving knife. The "legs" are actually more like picture frames, with 45 degree miter
joints reinforced with ebony splines.
No photo. Sorry.
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
023 A, B, C, D, E, and F
 Curved table lamps
 Cherry, walnut, lacewood
 Watco oil, wax
 December, 2000
Notes
 
tw022_front
tw022_interior
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
022
 Hanging cabinet with four
drawers
 Cherry, spalted maple, curly
maple veneer, ebony
 Watco oil, wax
 September, 2000
Notes
The doors are bookmatched, as are the drawer fronts. The cabinet is not pictured hanging on a wall because I've never gotten
around to hanging it up; also not shown are the glass shelves that I haven't had made, but which would make this cabinet a lot more
functional.
tw021
Catalog Number
 Description
 Wood
 Finish
 Completion Date
021
 Writing desk with file drawers
and a pencil drawer
 Mahogany, quartersawn
maple, maple veneer
 Watco oil, wax
 May, 2000
Notes
In my opinion, this desk is one of the better looking things I've made. Originally, it was designed for a customer to fit a specific
alcove in her house, and it was designed to be lower than most standard desks in order to fit her. However, a measuring snafu
related to the alcove left me the proud owner of a desk too short for me to use comfortably and, frankly, too expensive for me to
own. My Mom, who, coincidentally and serendipitously, is not especially tall, needed a desk, or at least told me that she needed a
desk, and purchased this one from me. The drawer pulls--and much of the metal hardware I use--were purchased from Misugi
Designs. They offer really great stuff.