Pair of Night Tables: 22" h. x 22" w. x 18" d.

as Shown - $2250

Here's a design that I've done several times, always to a different set of specified dimensions. This time the woods are walnut and curly maple. The front is actually a drawer front and you can pull it open from anywhere along the bottom.

---

Shoe Cabinet: 22" h. x 44" w. 46 1/2" h. x 15" d.

as Shown - 3200

A simple cabinet designed to do just what its title suggests, made of cherry with wenge pulls - no frills. The drawers won't hold shoes, but who ever had enough drawers?

---

CD Storage Cabinet: 50" h. x 38" w. x 12" d.

as Shown - $3300

Designed to fit exactly into an awkward space, this cabinet will hold CDs and other odds and ends. The padauk is the last of several boards I bought about 20 years ago in an estate sale and have been using judiciously ever since. The curly maple is officially my nemesis - I love the way it looks but absolutelty hate the way it behaves when you try to do anything with it.

---

TV Stand and Cabinet: 52" w. x 28" h. x 17" d.

as Shown - $2700

This is a variation of several pieces I've been asked to make in the past few years (I've even made one something like it for myself), due to the passing away of the cathode ray TV and the advent of the flat screen. This type of cabinet can either support the new TV on its stand, or can go beneath a wall-mounted set. The spaces below the top can be arranged in any number of ways, to accommodate the components that are connected to the monitor above, and the drawers hold the inevitable stuff that comes along with the modern home media experience (or nightmare, as some might say).

---

NEW CHAIR DESIGN

Back in 2004, I found an article in Antiques Magazine about a collaboration between two seemingly unlikely people - the architect Edward Durell Stone (the GM building, MOMA, the Kennedy Center) and Senator William Fulbright. Both were from Arkansas, and had long been friends. Fulbright's family business was in lumber and in the manufacturing of wooden farm wagons, and by the 1950's it was pretty clear that the wagon part was an economic dead end. In an effort to keep his business alive and keep his employees busy, he asked his friend Ed Stone to design a collection of furniture that could be made in his factory. Stone did him one better, and came up with a set of designs that not only employed Fulbright's woodworkers, but required the services of a family of Ozark splint weavers as well, giving lasting employment (they hoped) to two groups of craftsmen whose skills were being left unappreciated in the modern, post-war world. The line was launched in 1950.

Alas, it was not to be. I spite of a prodigious effort that involved the opening of showrooms in New York and (I recall) a couple of other cities, the furniture was not a success, as it was seen as too casual for formal dining rooms (still a feature of 1950's life), and not durable (weatherproof) enough for outdoor use, where it seemed more suited. The enterprise lasted only 2 years, and has been just about completely forgotten.

I, on the other hand, felt an immediate connection to the designs, since at that period (2004) I was working with woven splint a fair amount, and almost all of Stone's pieces involved this material. I also responded to it as an example of the best design of the 50's, the decade in which I opened my eyes to the idea of design, growing up in a Bauhaus house with Eames chairs and the art of Paul Klee and Mondrian in the walls. So I saved a part of the article on the Stone-Fulbright furniture - Stone's drawing of the dining chair from the collection - and knew that some day I'd have to take a crack at updating it. This winter I finally pulled out the drawing and scratched this itch, and the story of how well I succeeded is below:

---

This is a photo of the dining chair in question. As you can see, the two woven parts are rectangular, as is the chair's frame. The legs and back are pure 1950's, a little clunky, but it still looks pretty comfortable.

---

On the left is the drawing I copied from the article, possibly by Stone himself. With a little computer wizardry, I was able to get the chair's dimensions, especially the critical angle of the back, which makes or breaks a chair. On the right, in blue, is what I drew directly over the original drawing - no changes in dimensions or angles, but an updating of the lines more in keeping with my own sense of design. I also made some changes in the parts of the chair that can't be seen in the side view, specifically to the shape of the seat and back panels, which can be seen in the pictures of the finished prototype below. I also made the front legs farther apart than the rear legs, which is much more graceful than the original.

---

I also chose to use Shaker seat tape in place of the splint for the seat and back (please ignore the choice of colors - they were the only two colors that I had enough of to make the prototype without ordering more, but you get the idea that other colors are available which opens up a lot of design possibilities). Also, please notice that the seat and back are slightly curved for more comfort, and they really are quite comfortable.

So, right now, I am the only posessor of one of these beautiful, comfortable chairs, of which I am quite proud. I am planning to make set of six for our own use sometime this year, so if anyone besides me would like to own a set of these, I'd be thrilled to make them some as well. Call me anytime.

---

Writing desk: 28" high x 27" deep x 54" wide in cherry and curly maple.

As shown - $2700

This desk has two drawers. The middle front is a solid panel, but could be another shallow drawer or even a pull-out keyboard tray for a slight increase in price. The top is inlaid with a 1/4" curly maple band about 3" in from the edge all the way around.

---

Pair of end tables: 26" high x 17" x 17" in figured cherry

As shown - $1700

I made a pair of these for our own living room, and decided to make another pair at the same time They're yours if you want them. The grey surfaces are honed natural limestone - very beautiful, and the cherry was selected from my dwindling pile of figured boards so the wood is very pretty, as well.

---