preview of the displays i built and installed in NYC for Bern Unlimited

more to come soon.  STOKED!

This is where i spent the last 1/4 of 2011.  This is JAMONERA restaurant on 13th st. near chestnut in Center City Philadelphia.  These pictures do no justice to the amount of work that went into the project.  The space needs to be seen to fully appreciate it and the food and drink only makes it better.  If you go PLEASE try the red vermouth.  it changed me. 

When i started this Deck and fence project there was snow on the ground.  and by the time i finished plugging the last of the screw holes in the deck the ipe had silvered and we were carving pumpkins.  it was truly a labor of love…and it almost blocks the smell of dog feces wafting from my scummy neighbors property. 

i just don’t think enough people appreciate the craftsmanship involved in the simplest everyday things.  the perfect mortise…

geometric mind-melting maple cieling panels. i installed these over the living room of a home on Spruce st. here in PHL. i took the picture from a balcony.   this project exercised my flabby brain muscles. 

with the burn/scrape wound still fresh on my thorax…here is one of the two finished chairs that caused the carnage. 

these were made from two trash picked chairs.  when i got them they were covered in Band-Aid colored paint with burlap-esque upholstery.  the maple was all scraps and leftovers from the now defunct tweed restaurant here in PHL. since they were such small pieces i was able to use up some leftover finish that was getting old and otherwise would have gone to waste.  aren’t i GREEN?

these are 2 pieces of a cherry tree that was cut down to pave the way for the hideous purple and yellow Planet Fitness here in Fishtown which i nearly threw out my back trying to save.  originally they weighed over 100lbs each but now only around 80lbs after sitting by my fireplace all winter and enduring the summer heat wave.  they sit atop ball casters and glide effortlessly in any direction. i got the casters from the salvage room at Joseph Fazzio’s metal supply and salvage.  

as best as i can tell by counting the rings, the tree was about 45 yrs old, so it was planted around 1965.  i think thats pretty cool to think how they survived that long in a hot and dirty city uncared for and unloved. 

thought it would be fun to show the process…real pictures to follow. 

if i wasn’t so burnt out i would say this is the most awesomest,super rad and fun thing i’ve ever designed/built but i am fried and over work so i say. 

wow…look what i can do.  back pat.  start something else tomorrow. 

 farm table meets farm house.

installed this today.  the top was featured a few posts back.  the base is made from reclaimed hemlock studs from around the city of Philadelphia. i used my asterisk joint to make something classic a little tricky.  i’m into it. 

the bench seat with storage is made from distressed white oak (yes it’s a faux finish) and some old crates left in my shop from whence it was a glass shop many moons past. (theres even some old stencils that say FRAGILE and BELETZ BROS. GLASS

most important is that the homeowners are loving it. 

installed these maple counter tops on Friday.  they used to be the floor of the u-penn basketball court.