This burl walnut desk was designed for a classic home in The Avenues.  The fabulous wood was purchased at Austin Hardwoods, by chance, on the day it arrived from the saw mill.  The traditional frame and panel construction features book matched panel sides and has a top made from 2 boards edge glued and doweled from 2 sequential 16 inch wide boards.  The most complicated details were the mortised lock sets with skeleton keys for all the drawers.  No less a challenge were the 3 large filling cabinet drawers with triple extension tracks.

The pecan and cherry secretary is one of the earliest pieces in my collection — circa 1978.  It is now owned by Mark McKinnon.  It is a narrow sleek "back" desk for sorting magazines and mail.  It features all dowel construction and has a highly figured grain detail as a centerpiece on the the top.  Sliding raised panel doors reveal inner compartments.

This modern media console was designed for the Ad Agency, US Creative.  It features a remote control gear-lift for a TV and has multi-colored interior spaces. The exterior is black plastic laminate and has drawer and door hardware that both flips down and slides in.  The inspiration for the shape came from a clock radio I saw at the LA Modern in an industrial design exhibition.  The radio dated 1930 by Kem Weber also is pictured in the book Modern Design 1890-1990 in the Metropolitan Museum.

This black mantle was designed for Gary Little on Rivercrest Drive which was on the AIA home tour 2006. Starting with ideas from the designer, Chris E Dunlap, the project helped complete a formal sitting room with a grand piano.  With cross section details from The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director by Thomas Chippendale, the mantle was built with an extra large stack of moldings.  The families' traditional crest from England was stylized onto the top of the fluting.  The wood was finished with black aniline dye and varnished.