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new solid walnut table line features flowing grain

I finally complete the first two pieces of this new line featuring "Flowing Creek" flowing grain pattern.  Hopefully the next two won't take another two years to complete.

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"Decorating" & "Decor" editor Lacey Howard visits the Shoals

 

Architect Joey Leavitt brings "Decorating" editor Lacey Howard by for a visit of my studio and a private residence that Joey is completing (after five years).  Pictured are a couple of custom walnut pieces we completed this summer.

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local designer's work in White House - heading for Smithsonian

Keep up the wonderful work Natalie!

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almost there

 

I've had this one in the back of my mind for the last couple of years.  Sanded it down nice and smooth this morning, and it's first coat of tung oil is drying.  Hopefully I'll have some completed pics by the weekend.

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my sassafras timbers keeping bad company?

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planing sassafras timber

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natural edge low oak table

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second heart pine cut

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cutting 8 antique heart pine legs yesterday

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pecan and walnut

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beginning work on a 10' oak slab

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squaring pecan hollow

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nice day on the trace

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planing hollow pecan trunk

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installing first swollen straight stitched joint

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can you say "stitched bench" fast five times?

This dimensional "stitched" joint celebrating the "space between nature's crack" in this walnut tree has been in the back of mind for months.  Just applied (and removed) the last coat of our tung oil / linseed oil blend.  Organic walnut bench.

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Walnut and heart pine bench




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Getting photos ready for TODL - Trade Only Design Library

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Here's the completed, straight stitched walnut console

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straight stitches recently

This is my most recent revisit / remake of the traditional butterfly key.  Even simpler, but this one's really thick and took even more time.  Not necessarily a bad thing - that is unless profits are the primary reward.

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