The wood
Chosen board by board.
I select solid hardwood for color, grain, movement, and suitability for the piece. Each board is milled in the shop and arranged so the grain works across the entire design, not simply one part at a time.
Furniture and companion pieces · Made by one person in California
I design and build solid-wood furniture for a particular room and the people who use it. Traditional furniture-making principles meet modern precision, and when the material allows, the same wood continues into companion pieces made for the room around it.
Scroll ↓The person who designs the piece is the person who selects the boards, builds it, finishes it, and delivers it.
One maker. One room. One continuous idea.
Dining tables, cabinets, seating, desks, and occasional furniture designed for a particular room and use.
A principal furniture piece accompanied by related objects made from the same wood and design vocabulary.
Furniture made from a client's own tree, reclaimed material, family timber, or wood with a personal history — when the material is suitable for the work.
Final pricing depends on size, material, complexity, finish, delivery, and installation. Every project receives a firm written proposal before work begins. Begin a commission.
A commission often leaves small sections of exceptional wood — too good, and too connected to the principal piece, to be treated as waste.
When the material allows, I use that wood to make related pieces for the same room: a serving board, tray, frame, box, coasters, cutting board, or another useful object. The details are drawn from the furniture so the pieces belong together without looking like a matching set.
Some companion pieces are included in the commission. Others can be added during the design process.
The furniture anchors the room. The companion pieces carry its story through it.
Available works are identified individually. Please inquire for dimensions and pricing.
Available studies · Inquire for detailsChosen board by board.
I select solid hardwood for color, grain, movement, and suitability for the piece. Each board is milled in the shop and arranged so the grain works across the entire design, not simply one part at a time.
Built according to the work it must do.
Joinery is selected for the demands of the piece. Mortise-and-tenon joints, floating tenons, housed joints, dovetails, and carefully fitted mechanical connections are used where they make structural sense.
Traditional principles. Modern precision.
Modern machinery provides accuracy and efficiency. Hand tools are used where judgment matters most — fitting a joint, shaping an edge, refining a surface, and making the final adjustments that give the piece its character.
The tool is not the point. The decision is.
The maker's mark
Each principal piece receives a small solid-brass nameplate, set flush into the underside or back. It records the maker, piece number, and year of completion.
The same number appears on the signed design record and in my workshop archive, linking the furniture to the drawings, material notes, photographs, and decisions behind it.
The design record
Every commission begins on paper — with measurements, proportions, sketches, material notes, and decisions made along the way.
When the piece is complete, the client receives a signed design record containing selected copies of the original working pages, the final specifications, photographs, and care information. I retain a matching record in the workshop archive.
The pencil marks, revisions, crossed-out dimensions, and notes are left visible. They are part of the history of the piece.
The furniture carries the maker's mark. The design record carries the thinking behind it.
Begin a commission
You do not need to arrive with a finished design. Tell me what you need, where it will go, how it will be used, and any preferences you have for wood, size, or style.
I review and answer every inquiry myself.
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