Wanlnut Bed

About a month ago I was lucky enough to acquire a load of 100 year old walnut beams out in rural PA. After going back and forth with a client we decided to use them for a bed I was designing for him. I'm really happy with the turn out on this one.

I re-sawed the beams down to 2" thick planks them finished planed them down to 1 3/4". The entire frame is constructed of 1 3/4" walnut. All of the supports are made of 3/4" walnut with a 2"x2" center support. I finished the bed with 3 coats of Danish oil with the first coat being wet sanded in with 400 grit sandpaper. After that dried I wet sanded the entire bed with mineral spirits and xxxx steel wool.

A lot of change

I know I haven't written anything on here in a while, that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy! A lot of changes have been happening. In the past few months I've taken thoughts and turn them into actions. Then used actions to drain my bank account with the hopes of starting a new chapter in my life.

I've gone on a buying spree of new (well new to me) equipment for my workshop. I've also bought a ton of really beautiful wood, mostly walnut slabs and ambrosia maple. I can't help myself, it's taken over my life. My goal is to be settled into a new larger workshop in Brooklyn by the end of the year. Then the goal will be to make enough money to keep that workshop!

And so it goes...

So, this is it. This is the start of my movement. This is the first day of the rest of my life. God, that sounds so silly hearing it but it's true. This blog is going to be a journey, a tale of a guy who went after a dream. That dream is building furniture. It's something that I've always longed for. The goal, make a living doing something I love (well, at least survive).

In the past few months many changes have happened. Commissions just started rolling in. I've built beautiful shelves with steam bent flamed maple trim for Louis, a wine bar in the East Village, a walnut bed the measured 9'x5' for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. The headboard was so massive in size that the final glue up had to be done in the apartment. And just this last week Some good friends at "The Poeple's Pops" asked me to build their kiosk at the Chelsea Market. With the budget and time frame I had to work with this thing turned out amazing! This has to be one of my favorite projects since it reunited a group of old friends.

Thinking about this whole ting I realize that I've jumped the gun a bit since I don't seem to have any photos on hand for your viewing. This is a task that I'm going to to something about right now.... See you soon, hopefully with pics