Custom Furniture
Here at Avon Woodworking, I strive to make high-quality pieces of furniture to fit your exact needs. From the opening consultation to on-site visits and installations, we guarantee a smooth and easy buying experience. Check out some of my work below:
The Queen Anne Coffee Table
When designing this table, I wanted something simple and elegant but different from other simplistic style tables out there. Instead of selecting walnut that was already at a two inch thickness, I decided to laminate multiple pieces together resulting in the desired thickness of just about 1.5 inches thick.
I paid close attention to the grain patterns and color’s when laying everything out resulting in a smooth, integrated pattern. The legs are powder coated steel and offer a more angular contrast to the top resulting in a contemporary table that I think is, well, pretty sweet looking.
The Evergreen Entryway table
This piece brings in new concepts to some of my work. Curved pieces meet right angles and the bottom shelf is inset into the legs to provide some character as well as stability. You can’t quiet see it from this angle but the side skirts have an arched design that almost makes the point between the table’s legs look like a window.
This maple is highly figured, so I decided to book match the tabletop to give it a mirroring effect. Often times when you are dealing with highly figured maple, it comes with a lot of checks and cracks that need to be supported. I filled these cracks with a medium density epoxy that I died a maroon red which I think compliments the pale maple.
Like the bottom shlef, the legs inset into the top of the table which was a design change partway into the build. It brought on its own set of challenges and lessons but in the end, a nice tough to the finished design.
The Halifax bridle table
The Bridle Table was particularly fun for me to build. At the time, I wanted to practice my hand at bridle joints. A bridle joint is made up of two pieces, a mortise with an open ended slot, and a tenon, which has two extended sides. Both pieces interlock with one another creating a strong, and beautiful joint. This table has four bridle joints and four small half-lap joints that hold the maple legs square to the tabletop and at the same time offer a focal point.
The legs have a small taper to them which integrates a more slender, delicate aspect to the table. The top is built from a Mohagany from Africa called Sapele. It has a slight 22.5 degree bevel on the underside that to me, is a small touch that goes a long way in terms of design.
The rainier oak bench
This bench was the first piece I designed from the ground up. Being raised in the PNW I was lucky enough to always have a view of Mount Rainier. I knew I wanted to somehow incorporate some aspect of the mountain within this piece.
This bench is built from 100% red oak and utilizes mortise and tenoned legs that are directly attached to the bench top. The legs are supported by small 45 degree blocks and an angled stretcher that keeps the legs square with the bench top and offers what I consider to be the “mount rainier” aspect. Its a stretch, but I dig it.
THE DALLAS BOX SHELVES
Although this may have not been the most unique build, it reminded me of the importance of the basics. Someone once told me “Everything is a box” - and that, for the most part, is true. Similar to “Everything is a hammer”…kind of.
This project allowed me to sharpen my practises for building beautiful, strong, mitred boxes - which is truly the base of many builds. I paid close attention to the grain orientation as I wanted all of them to have a waterfall look (flowing, continuous grain from one side to the other). Eleven boxes were built in total, each a different size.
The Client these went to is, in my opinion, quite the interior decorator, and is using these under their open frame staircase as a type of floating shelf system to display their record collection, live plants, and other items to help brighten their living space.
