Some good friends of mine, Les and Dana asked for a walut door with a live edge slab down the middle. We hunted for a little while and found a gem of a board at just the right width. There is a sealed glas unit filling the full size of the frame and the walnut slab was resawn and installed on both sides of the glass. This door has become a touchstone on their street and many of their neighbors dropped by to ask about it after installation. Its great when a customer has a creative vision for their home and want to see it through.
This door was built with a solid wood frame, veneered panels and a sealed glass unit. The sealed glass unit fills the entire frame which lends this door a good heft. The gorgeous ebony veneer was saved from a previous project and had only 1/4″ of extra length. It is always satisfying to use of remnants so efficiently and create something so beautiful out of them.
This set of French doors was installed in a home in Invermere which had lots of Fir already in the colour scheem. The gorgeous Vertical Grain Fir has wonderfully tight and straight grain which lends a contemporary aesthetic to the mountain home. The transom allows for more light into the home and has muntins to match the glazing in the rest of the home.
Some good friends of mine, Les and Dana asked for a walut door with a live edge slab down the middle. We hunted for a little while and found a gem of a board at just the right width. There is a sealed glas unit filling the full size of the frame and the walnut slab was resawn and installed on both sides of the glass. This door has become a touchstone on their street and many of their neighbors dropped by to ask about it after installation. Its great when a customer has a creative vision for their home and want to see it through.
As part of a major renovation of the Legacy Centre in Medicine Hat a set of seven french doors and four singles was built to give the building an open feel. These doors incorporated a lot of glass in the design and were built to a custom height of 84″.
This barn door was built with a frame of Douglas Fir, a field of maple and one unknown board, and a decorative spalted maple live edge slab. It was installed at the Discovery House to allow the separation of kitchen and dining hall.
This acoustic wall was built in the music room at Masters Academy. It attenuates sound through the use of dead space, mineral wool winsulation, and gapped slats. The recreation of a sound wave was a great visual addition.
Such an exciting project to build! This sculptural room divider used a combination of steam bending and laminating to achieve the desired curves, twists, and splays. It is visible from all sides and many elevations so the room divider had to be interesting from all angles.
It was a real treat to help Brian and Julie with this wheelchair ramp addition in their home for their son. We matched the handrails, glass, and flooring to the existing finishes.
This Hammer Beam frame is 20 x 15 feet, and was built of Douglas Fir. It was constructed using entirely wood joinery and was pegged and wedged together.
This community barn was built in Pemberton, British Columbia. It measures 50 by 150 feet and is used for community events such as farmer’s markets, dances, and concerts.
This multifamily project in Southern Calgary needed trusses, support brackets, and posts. Everything was built using cedar and came out looking great! The trusses spanned 16 feet, everything was preassembled in the workshop and delivered to site ready to be installed.
Les and Dana are great clients. They get excited about trying new things and are open to suggestions. We were chatting about this design and wanting to mix stone with wood for their new coffee table. Adding in the counterweight satisfies a practical need while creating some interesting asymetry.
While traveling in Africa, I was taken aback by the beauty of the Acacia trees. These gorgeous trees that generally stand alone and provide shade and food for many of the species in the Savannah are often beautifully photographed, silhouetted by the sunset. Years later, while struggling to design a desk, I saw a carved piercing done by a friend and instantly envisioned this piece in my mind. The struggle had been to find a way to express the beauty in trees-both while living and when used to make furniture-and this is what I hope the piece has captured.
