This is our first project for a new client and we are super excited because of the collaboration on design approach and the slab of wood we decided to use for the project. The table will have a live-edge walnut top roughly 21″ x 26″ and a clear-coat metal base to highlight the patina of…
The Box Frame Coffee Table
This project is a study in contrasts… metal vs wood vs glass… sapwood vs heartwood. The project was built using some walnut that we acquired from another client looking to clean out their basement from a tree that was milled in 2014. We liked the idea of highlighting the different hues that exist in walnut,…
Twin desks that are more than desks
A past client reached out to us with a follow-on piece of work to come up with a way to create two small desks that could double as side tables when they were entertaining. They shared a rough sketch with us and after several back-and-forths we came up with the idea of using a large…
The Office Upgrade
Our friend Travis from Exercise Therapy of Kansas City https://exercisetherapykc.com/ wanted to add a custom piece of furniture to his wellness studio that would both be functional (provide additional storage and a standing-height writing surface to use while helping clients) as well as decorative (add a touch of flair to his working environment). In working…
The Furniture Upgrade
Jen and I were approached by a client that wanted to upgrade some of the furniture in their home to reflect their unique personal style but also stand up to daily use supporting their active hobbies. The three of us sat down and roughed out the art of the possible and then went through a…
Walnut Mid-Century Modern Tables
A client asked us to custom build a set of matching walnut hairpin-leg tables. The walnut was sourced from downtown Kansas City just south of the Missouri River and has been used on several of our projects. It’s great that these majestic trees were able to find new life in a variety of ways. The…
The Restaurant Job Part II
This is the story of the final set of products for our restaurant client. The last component of their order was some natural tree slices (cookies) to further add to their service options. The wood we settled on using is honey locust which grows in abundance in the Kansas City area. This particular tree came…
The Restaurant Job
We were approached by a restaurant here in town to build some prototype buffet serving items to bring a local organic feel to their corporate events. We were excited to showcase our concept of “products with a story” and also use locally foraged materials. There are several components to the order ranging from serving boards,…
The Walnut Round-Slab Table
This project developed slowly over several years. We were gifted a few walnut cookies (live-edge slabs) from our good friend Mark that he rescued from his property in south-eastern Kansas. We coated the pieces with a sealant to help slow down the release of moisture (with the intent of stopping cracks from forming). Once we…
The BauBuche Experiment
We came across a stockpile of this very interesting manufactured lumber called BauBuche at a going-out-of-business sale in KCMO. Originally, we purchased the wood to build a new table saw out-feed / assembly table for our shop, but once we saw how beautiful the wood was our minds started racing with ideas of what we…