Honu Bench – Stained Alder We recently had a client who wanted a customized bench for his master bedroom. The client was born and raised in Hawaii and had an attachment to the Hawaiian hieroglyphic of the sea turtle, otherwise known as “honu”. He wanted a bench that was stout and sturdy, with angular lines, [...]
2010 Chair Affair Furniture Competition Entry Every year the Interior Designers of Idaho put on a furniture competition called the Chair Affair. Any type of furniture is fair game, not just chairs. So, I used this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. My wife had been asking me to build a buffet for [...]
About two weeks ago we were approached by a local company called Release Urns and asked to build some prototype pedestals and trays for them. The picture above shows the two models we designed and built. Each unit has a tray which sits on top of, and fits into, the pedestal below. Each pedestal is [...]
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 [...]
The most recent project we completed for a client is a perfect example of how custom furniture can be used to solve design and space issues in any room. Below you will see the SketchUp drawing illustrating the space: We needed to design a TV stand to hold their large flat screen TV, a receiver, [...]
Our most recent project is a simple dining table built from Alder for a client in Sun Valley, ID. The client currently has a 30″ x 30″ table made from rustic pine that seats four people and wants to replace it with a table that will seat six. The dimensions are fairly straight forward. 30″ [...]
One of the most unique projects we have had the pleasure of taking on is a wine rack that is to be built into an old English phone booth. We have no idea where the client picked it up, but it is a pretty cool find! I don’t know much about the phone booth, but [...]
To say I have been slacking on the weekly “At The Shop” section of the blog is a complete understatement! It has been five weeks since my last update! I will do my best to bring everyone up to speed on the latest projects and developments here at J. Alexander Fine Woodworking. Ranney Kitchen The [...]
This is Jared’s wife Mandi. I’m hijacking his blog in order to embarass him. Since I know all his usual passwords the hacking wasn’t all that hard… So a few weeks ago I saw a contest for the “Art of Manliness/Old Spice Man of the Year”. Of course Jared is amazing, incredible and very manly [...]
Our first combined “At the Shop” entry is due to the fact that we are so busy I feel like pulling my hair out at times! We have two dining tables, a kitchen, 115′ of bookshelves, a wine rack, and old wooden English phone booth refinishing job in the works! All for a shop that [...]