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space saver bed

This Full-size bed frame has built-in dresser drawers and a storage area. The headboard is on the long edge of the bed to allow for more shelving and to keep the bed closer to the wall. It is built using White Oak that is stained gray, sanded to give a slightly distressed look, and finished with three coats of lacquer.
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Live edge maple disk bar table and stools

Maple bar table (42" high X 48"+diameter). Stools are 32" high.

tree trunk table

​I’ve walked past this tree trunk dozens of times in the woods and never really paid any attention to it. One day, while walking by, I stopped to look inside one of the hollow branches. To my surprise, as I stood on my tip toes, I could see all of the way to the bottom of the hollowed-out trunk.
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​I immediately realized that I could make an interesting table from it by placing a piece of glass on top of it. A few days later I took a chainsaw, and a dolly, out to its location and cut it off as close to the ground as possible. I strapped it to the dolly and proceeded to drag and pull it the 1/3 mile, or so, back to my Studio.
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​I considered making two short Coffee tables out of it but just couldn’t bring myself to cut the tree trunk in two pieces. I decided that one 42” tall “Bar Height” table would be the ideal use of this trunk. I rough cut it with my chainsaw and then setup my router sled to get a level surface on the top and bottom.
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I applied a wood hardening solution to it to stabilize and harden some of the soft and rotted wood. I then began experimenting with different types of lighting to highlight the character of the inside of this trunk including the remnants of the center of a branch where it was beginning to grow. The best lighting idea that I could come up with was LED side view strip lighting that wraps around the contours of the inside of the trunk. It shines a “warm white” light down into the tree trunk and is dimmable.
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​All that was left to do was to get a piece of glass to top it off. I ended up using a 42” diameter piece of glass that is 5/8” thick. The final product is a one-of-a-kind Bar Table that will be a great conversation piece when good friends are sitting, or standing, around it with a few cold drinks.
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progress photos of Limestone carving of a Magnolia Flower (30”high X 26”wide X 4”thick) 

wood wine bottle tags

                             Now with a new High-Gloss Epoxy finish that makes erasing the writing effortless.
Do you have any “Good” bottles of wine in your wine cellar? Hanging one of those paper or plastic tags on it just doesn’t feel right! Well…these reusable, solid Maple, tags are what you are looking for. They make those bottles look as special as they will taste while they sit in your racking! They even make a “Not so good bottle” look great! Actual size: 3 7/8"Tall X 2"Wide X ~3/16"Thick (1 3/8"Hole Diameter) with a High-Gloss Epoxy finish.
Maple Wine Bottle Tags (Reusable with dry erase markers)
Maple Wine Bottle Tags (Reusable with dry erase markers)