We were given the opportunity to salvage some walnut stumps from a tree taken down earlier this year near Nieman and Johnson Dr in Shawnee, Kansas. The owner of the property was incredibly nice and was interested in making sure that the stumps were re-purposed into something more than mulch or firewood. Most of the…
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 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 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…
The Live-Edge Elm Desk
The process started with an Elm Tree that was standing-dead in southwest Johnson County, Kansas. We milled the log at Tom the Sawyer’s mill on June 3rd, 2016 and let the wood air dry for over a year. The color and grain pattern were amazing even as it came off the mill. This mirror image effect is…
The Executive Office Reboot
Our first big project as a newly formed business was the redesign of a CEO’s office. It was a large project that put our new business (and our marriage) to the test. We designed several pieces that addressed the client’s desire to have a modern feel as well as bring some warmth and functionality to…