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  1. Mid Century Inspired Nightstands

    After building the contemporary bed, the next step was to complete the nightstands! Continue reading if you are interested in the process I used. The nightstands started off with a trip to a local sawmill I found on Craigslist to pick up some walnut for the main assembly and some white oak for...
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  2. Reclaimed Modern/Retro table

    This is a retro/modern table inspired by Googie architecture style. I call it The Jetsons Table. I made it from reclaimed cedar fence boards. Please watch the build video here:
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  3. Z chair

    New chair for 2017. My Z chair is modeled after a chair orginally design by Poul Jensen in the 1950's . This cherry chair with maple back slats was built using some cherry lumber orginally sawn by my neighbor in 2001 . I had just enough to finish the frame of the chair but i did have to...
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  4. Mid Century Modern Clock

    Made this mid century modern clock this weekend from 2 inch thick maple and walnut. The time markings are walnut and Bolivian Rosewood. Finished in natural danish oil. Measures approximately 10 inches high by 6 inches wide. Video in the works.
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  5. Mid Century Modern End Table

    Hey guys! I made my first piece of "modern" furniture. The end table is made out of solid walnut and it was my first time using dowel joints as well as doing a continuous waterfall miter joint. Great skill builder! If you want to check out a full video tutorial you can find that an plans are...
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  6. Mid Century Modern Desk

    I built this desk from rift sawn white oak. I think my favorite part of the build was making the edge detail. Couldn't find a router bit that I liked so I used my table saw to create the profile. If you are interested in how it was built please check out my blog post or watch the video on...
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  7. Mid Century Modern ish Nightstand

    Made from all walnut accept the inner drawer sides and back, I used maple. The drawers are on Blum Tandum self closing slides. I threw some subtle angles across the front and on the feet. If you are interested in seeing it built please check out the video. I have a few more pictures on my...
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  8. Mid Century inspired End Table

    Mid Century Modern inspired, this End Table is made from one solid piece of 6/4 Ash (17" wide) and features a "waterfall grain pattern" where the grain 'flows' over the edges. The leg set is made from Walnut and is built to last. At 24"wide x 17" deep x 20" not only does this make a perfect...
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  9. walnut cabinet with sliding doors

    recently completed walnut cabinet with bypass sliding doors. the cabinet doors features spalted walnut panels.
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  10. Entry Table

    Mid century modern style entry table with kumiko sliding doors. Finished with 3 coats of Minwax "Tung" oil and a coat of paste wax.
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  11. Solid Walnut Credenza

    Here is a solid walnut credenza I made out of locally (Chicagoland) reclaimed urban wood for a local designer. Walnut is hot right now as well as mixing wood with steel. I believe this was about 80" long and 22"tall. Sorry the finished picture isn't better, I never got a chance to take pictures.
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  12. Step Stool

    The wood is white birch, the router profile is Roundover Ogee. The finish is Tung Oil.
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  13. Retro-Modern Sideboard With Bent Ash

    This is my favorite project thus far and first I'm posting to this forum. A lot of the questions I originally had were answered through reading discussions of others with similar questions. Everything from WHICH GLUE??? (my favorites) to tips on bending wood. Of all of the research I did, I...
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  14. Mid-Century Modern Clock

    The mid-century inspired clock is done! I love how this clock, or time machine if you will, was definitely not a time suck. This was a really fun build, and it was pretty quick after figured out the math for all of the angles. Normally I am more of a fan of the straight grain in wood but I...
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  15. Mid century modern style end table

    My daughter need an end table to fill in a spot at her apartment for college. Made from ambrosia maple and walnut. Not sure how to rotate pics so any help would be appreciated.
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  16. 2 Leg side cabinet

    This was super fun, (yes, I say that a lot, but the shop is me as a 5 year old going to the playground). I designed this after my amazing wife got me a Powermatic dedicated Mortiser for Christmas a couple years ago. It all started with the legs, I wanted to test the mortiser on joining legs...
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  17. Mid Century Modern Table/Desk Prototype

    This was a table/desk requested by my son who likes mid century modern furniture. He wanted a tapered edge, round legs that tapered and flared out, rounded corners and 8' in length. So… having never done any of that, I started with a prototype out of pine figuring I would make my mistakes in...
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  18. A Lithophane Frame

    This year I wanted to give my mom something fairly nice for Mother's Day and ultimately decided to use one of her childhood pictures and turn it into a Lithophane. The image in question After processing the image to clean up some of the grain I loaded a 6"x8" piece of Corian tile onto my CNC...
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  19. Electric

    I needed a credenza for my home office, so I made one. This is another one of my design experiments incorporating what I like from Mid century modern, and what appeals to me personally. I came extremely close to chickening out on the paint. I had the glue and clamps all ready to go and skip...
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  20. Writing desk

    This is a small, mid century modern inspired writing desk. I wasn't working off a plan for this (big mistake) so it took me forever and evolved a few times over the course of making it. It's designed to be opened from either side so the cabinet can be on the left or right side. I didn't have...
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