Outdoor Furniture

Superstition Chairs

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When asked to design and produce outdoor chairs such as the classic Adirondack Chair, I decided to go in a bit different direction. Adirondacks (named for the mountains in New York) I have always thought were too low, too far reclined, and having obnoxiously ground-parallel arms. Plus, anyone can get a set of plans to produce this long-running design – not a unique look.

The right inclined armrest has a place to set a drink securely.

Since these chairs are for Phoenix, the Superstition Chairs take the name of the local mountains. In a modern fusion of steel and wood, these chairs borrow from the language of the Adirondack chair but sit more upright and with a higher seat – making it easy to get in and out of. I built this set of ten for The Orchard project.

Furnishings

Toboggan Bench

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I found this toboggan in rough shape at our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore several years ago.  I had consequently stored it away both in and out of doors, taking up storage space between two moves and filed away on the mental heap of good intentions.

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I found it again a couple nights ago, which was good timing, because it seems fall in Prescott got short shrift (despite some long-lasting and glorious foliage for once) and we are off to the races for winter.  Cold temps and snows are upon us.

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I hope whoever purchases this bench (or long coffee table, if you prefer) will be able to enjoy this winter artifact all year round.  Stout black iron pipe legs make the sitting height very comfortable.

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To get the necessary rigidity for the bench, a piece of reclaimed scaffolding plank was added to the underside of the sled.  This piece is for sale now at Revised, in downtown Prescott.

Furnishings

SixTop Modular Table

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I was challenged to build a table that could seat 12 people at once or break apart for seating pairs at six separate sub-tables. This plywood and steel 6-foot square table now resides in the upstairs room at The Barley Hound, Prescott’s gastropub.

This white wall will be a periodically-changing canvas for different invited artists.
The assembled banquet table seats three to a side.
Clean modern sensibility meets funky old bones (including stained glass) of this historic home on Cortez Street in downtown Prescott, Arizona.
The table with one section removed. The square of tubular steel in the tabletop more than just aesthetic; it is a linkage circuit of sockets and drawbars to hold the assembled table together.
One stand-alone table for two – or more.
Beautiful distressed (semi-restored) wood floor in this very old house-turned-restaurant.
Offset L-shaped legs mimic the fragmented parts of the steel square in the subtables.
Edge-grain plywood with stain.
Kitchens

Schultz Kitchen: Spice Rack

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This spice rack for the Schultz Kitchen was built last year, as you can see the process here, but only recently did all the many, many spices get transferred by the homeowner into a coordinating set of glass jars, which brings a visual cohesion to the whole thing (and justifies the sidelighting!)  Here are some photos.

And, as the homeowner is a transplant from South Carolina, she got a talented signpainter to letter a “meat-and-three” menu on this existing pocket door which I skinned with a rustic piece of galvanized sheet metal.

Light Fixtures

Barrel Hoop Chandelier

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The client had purchased this orb created from four barrel hoops from Revised in Prescott (where I sell some of my work.)  I turned this into a dining room fixture with four Midwood vintage bulbs from Brooklyn Bulb Co. and brown rayon-covered cord.  The suspension armature for the four bulbs was something I welded up specific for the purpose.  This piece is similar to the Orb Lamps I made last year.

design. build. renew.