I am a home designer in San Francisco. In the past few months, I commissioned Jared on a number of furniture pieces for clients. Jared has been a fortunate find for me to serve my highly-discerning mix of clients. Not only he is talented, but he is also personable and responsible. Recently, one of my [...]
Sleigh Bed: Sides of the Headboard and the Footboard The first step to create the sleigh style sides to the bed’s headboard and footboard was to create a template. Using 1/4″ MDF, a pencil, a compass, and our mind’s eye, we began sketching the rough outline of the headboards pattern. After arriving at a design [...]
Hall Table Material: Quarter-Sawn Sapele, Eastern Walnut Dimensions: 120″Long, 14″ Wide, 26″ High A wholesale client of mine in San Francisco sent me this project. A very simple and very long hall table. The first step was to flatten the two 8″ wide boards on the jointer and mill down to 1.75″ using the thickness [...]
We had the pleasure of working with J. Alexander Fine Woodworking on our kitchen remodel. Jared couldn’t have been any easier or more flexible to work with. For an undertaking like a complete kitchen remodel, there is a lot of stress and problems that crop up. We had no issues with Jared. He was the [...]
Sleigh Bed: Feet and Rails I recently had a client from Reno, NV call me and request a custom sleigh bed for one of their clients in the Lake Tahoe area. Their clients have a sleep number mattress that raises and contours with a remote and this presented a problem when looking for a bed. [...]