Dining room cabinet for Laura and Tim - August 2015

Bookcase

December 2014.

Oak bookcase for Frank Porter Graham elementary school that Jason Wares and I made. 4 feet wide 3.5 feet tall.

Desk for Danielle Oct. 2014 - maple with cherry trim

Magazine rack for Don's barbershop

Mahogany coffee table for Peter B. Apr. 2014

Dresser for Peter B. - Soft Maple, 40" high, 34" wide, 18" deep.  Full extension drawer glides.
December 2013

Icebox cabinet

 2013 "antique icebox" made by Jason Wares and me for his wife Amy.  Made of white oak, frame and panel construction. It's 42 inches wide, 40 inches high, and 22 inches deep.  We found photos of old iceboxes on line that we copied.  Jason ordered the brass hardware online.

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Table for Peter B.'s new wide screen TV.  Table is oak with walnut trim.

Oak kitchen stool with curved back slats and carved contour seat. The seat swivels on special hardware. All the joints are mortised and tennoned.

Jason Ware and I built this Morris chair for his living room.  It's made with soft maple and oak slats for the seat.  It will have cushions to be made by Amy Cogan Ware.  All joints are mortise and tennon, the bow arms are maple ply using a MDF bending form that that we made. . The legs are solid maple and the stretchers and rails are 1 1/4" maple with 1" slats.  The finish is a natural stain with a wipe on polyurethane topping - 2 coats each.

Jason and Amy Ware's king size platform bed.  Cherry wood and plywood.  May 2011.

Tim and I built these cubby's out of mahogany. Tim welded the end decoration to the metal angle bracket that attaches the cubby's to the wall. The finish is natural stain and Bree's mahogany wax. A fun project involving woodworking and metal working.

Solar oven with Peter B., June 2011. It didn't work very well, not sure why but it was a fun project to build - lots of angles! Guess whose thumb is in photo!

May 2011 - Book cases and cabinet for Jason and Amy W. Bookcase and cabinet are maple ply for the cases with walnut trim. The cabinet has a solid walnut top. The doors are maple with rice paper behind the maple wood strips. The book cases are 4' x 8' x 12" and the cabinet is 44" wide by 36" high by 22" deep.

A close-up view of the small table in our living room. It's next to my favorite chair. The legs are stained blue and the top is heart-wood pine from the 50 year old house that was being deconstructed.

This small table is made from 50 year-old wood flooring from a house that was being "deconstructed." Who's the weird guy in the photo?

Oak desk for Peter Balvanz