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  • fine furniture on Etsy.com

    Speaking of buying handmade gifts this holiday season, I took a quick look at Etsy.com, a site which lets all sorts of craftspeople market their wares easily, and found that plenty of talented woodworkers are selling some really nice furniture:

    • Surrender Desk & Apex Rocking Chair: solid cherry & curly maple
    • Curly Cherry Dean: maple legs & curly cherry top
    • square Mission coffee table: solid ash, great grain
    • Charles Rennie Mackintosh design king bed: solid ash. massive! – also in a queen
    • plant stands / tabourets: solid ash, lighter stain
    • simple Amish farm bench: solid butternut
    • small display shelf: pretty wood, fantastic price
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  • Charles Rennie Mackintosh(esque) kitchen remodel in W Virginia

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    Monongaehala PA cabinetmaker Pat Herforth recently channeled the spirit of Charles Rennie Mackintosh to build a new kitchen for client Carrie Russell’s 1920 Tudor/Craftsman home in Morgantown, West Virginia.

    Once in a great while, if you’re very lucky, you’re sorry to see a work
    day end so soon. Pat Herforth felt that way when he created a kitchen
    for Carrie Russell.

    "I was at work eight hours, and it seemed like 15 minutes," said the Monongahela woodworker.

    "I didn’t sleep at night — for excitement."

    The thrill was in building cabinetry, trim, light fixtures and
    furniture in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish
    architect/designer whose take on Art Nouveau jelled with the European
    Arts & Crafts movement near the turn of the 20th century.

    photograph by Darrell Sapp for the Post-Gazette

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  • Robert E. Koch custom woodworking

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    Robert Koch studied under John Kassay (author of The Book of Shaker Furniture) and continues that tradition of austerity and craftsmanship in his own work. His furniture is influenced by "Arts & Crafts, Asian and American Shaker furniture designs" – and in its smooth lines, deceptively simple framing, delicate dovetailing and use of several beautifully-grained woods, these pieces combine elements of all three styles.

    Robert lives and works in Diamond Springs, California (not far from my home in Sacramento), and takes commissions and may have other pieces for sale.

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