This is a chunky wood bench I made for our entry. It is made from a salvaged Douglas Fir floor joist that I pulled out of a dumpster at one of our project sites. The joist had a few rotten spots, which I've patched, and numerous nail holes. I planed the board (it was rough sawn), and carved the furrows into the top with a gouge. I added the bolt line at the back edge, and added the dowel shelf to double our shoe storage space.

This was a quick project that came about when the neighbors dragged a wood table out to the curb with their trash. I salvaged the legs from the table, and reconfigured them into a smaller plant stand. I also wood burned the pattern into the top and painted it to finish it off.

This is one of two matching tall shelves I made in college. Birch plywood boxes with birch face frames made for pretty simple construction, with decorative base and crown moldings to make it more distinctive.

This was a cajon (box drum) project that I still use regularly. The box is birch plywood, with the drum body being colored with purple wood dye. There are snares inside that I can engage. It sounds decent for a first attempt too.

I don't do built-in cabinetry much, but I had the opportunity to build these shelves in the product library of the architectural firm I was working for at the time. I was grateful they had the confidence in me to let me do the project.

This was just a small carved figure I made one day when I had nothing else to do. It is about 5" long total. He still sits in an inconspicuous corner of our bedroom to this day.

This project was mainly to explore hand cutting dovetail joints. I was told that maple would be an unforgiving wood for my first try at dovetailing, but it turned out okay. Since I was exploring joinery options, I also splined the lid corners and inset a rosewood panel. I learned a lot and gained an appreciation for dovetail router jigs.

This is a post finial I made for my 4-post bed that we still use. The whole bed is made from laminations of stock lumber that I glued up and doweled together. A few of the dowels are evident in this finial as well. Although I initially wanted to construct the whole bed without using any metal hardware, I broke down and used metal brackets for attaching the side rails to the head and foot boards.