Bed

Jenna and I saw a bed at La Diff in Richmond that we really liked, but was very expensive and made using veneered particle board. I asked my friend to help design me something like it, and we created this. It is made out of red oak, stained espresso black. It is hard to see, but the headboard has a plywood insert that was installed so that the wood grain would point to the bottom middle of the bed.

Shelving Unit

With the help of a good friend, here is one of the first pieces of furniture I made. Its just shelves with a section cut out at the bottom for a subwoofer I had at one point. Most of the piece is made out of MDF, with the doors made out of red oak with frosted glass inserts.   It is stained espresso black.

Corks

We like wine,... a lot... I made a corkboard and trivets out of leftover corks.  

Slate Patio

Here is the patio I made using irregular shaped slate, which turned out to be a 15' x 15' jigsaw puzzle.  I planted stepable herbs in some of the larger spaces between the stone.  My dad and I built the shed in the back in about 6 hours.  

Richmond Kitchen

This was our kitchen in Richmond before renovation.  Everything was original to the 1950's house. Since the dishwasher was under the sink, it was only a 3/4 high dishwasher, which was very weird.  I thought about keeping it, but no, it had to go.  I was able to reuse the cabinets in the utility room.

The stove / range was weird also.  The burners actually slid out from the range, and it had a double oven above the burners.  I opted to let the seller keep it for sentimental purposes.

The floors were linoleum, but I had hardwood installed when the floors were refinished.  I installed new cabinets and appliances, and moved the kitchen sink to be under the window.  The kitchen was small, which was somewhat tight for 2 people trying to work in there at the same time, but the new layout created the ideal kitchen triangle, where the prep surface, sink, and stove are all reachable from a central location.  It also had plenty of cabinet space, which was great, since we had no pantry.