Come visit Farmhaus at the art star craft bazaar today and tomorrow. May 12-13

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Master woodworker Ben McBrien caught on film at Grain Surfboards.

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Farmhaus at Race St. pier Friday night. 

Farmhaus Kitchen

Latest kitchen install in center city and my first official kitchen as Farmhaus.  Thats a reclaimed heart-pine bar top and shelving.  All the handles are hand-made.  Steel handles on the walnut doors.  Walnut handles on the white doors.  The branded drawers make it official.  Stoked on this. 

Some new Farmhaus cabinets ready for delivery to their future home down in Rittenhaus.

Devil’s in the details.

Bern X Farmhaus

Custom store displays for 3 key bike accounts in NYC:  Paragon Sports, Gotham Bikes, and Bicycle Habitat.

MATERIAL:

Reclaimed Factory Joists - Distressed Steel - Plexi - Sapele - Barn Wood - LED lights

Big Ups to Cinematographer Kyle Pahlow for documenting the process and for the frame grabs shown above.

Captain’s Couch

Basically a low chest of drawers, i built this for NYC power couple Daniel Plenge and Lauren Gerrie, as a storage solution for their small apt.  It aligns with an existing brick ledge behind it so the upholstered cushion (not shown) covers both making a couch, a daybed, a guest bed, and a bench when they pull the dining table over to seat more guests.  i will re-brotograph this when the cushion is in. 

case: maple ply with a walnut frame

doors: walnut ply drawer faces with integrated steel handles. 

hardware: Blum soft-closing drawer slides

bonus:  Aromatic Cedar closet-liner on the inside back panel keeps the moths away and freshens up stored items. 

todays install on the 11th floor of the Cira Center.  so Nice!

here we have a total crap photo of my opus under construction….the new front door to 2548 edgemont st.

22 butterfly keys are the bulk of what holds this here massive 100” tall door together.  i averaged around 18 minutes per inlay.  not sure if that’s good or bad as i’ve never tested myself before.  much more to come on this project.  thanks for looking

scored these old wooden spoke shaves from Rudy, an old-skip who lives down the block.  he’s sold me almost all his old hand tools for a song.  think he’s just stoked that i’m into it. 

they both looked like the one on the left but i disassembled reconditioned and reassembled the one.  it slices like a dream.  now i need to start shaping more. 

SAT. DEC 17

we had a great day at the show today…good to be slingin’ crafts so close to home. 

come by tomorrow (DEC. 18) if you need some last minute gifts.

I just parted ways with this apple wood baguette board.  it was a commissioned piece from my friend and fellow woodworker matt pappajohn.  my payment will be a stack of wood that his shop considers firewood for me to make cutting boards from.  i wonder what i’ll find up there. 

FIREWOOD

these are candle holders made from the scraps and leftovers of old pine and hemlock beams that i have salvaged from around Philadelphia’s neighborhoods.  i use as much of the beams as i can to make furniture but there are literally tons of pieces to riddled with nails or to twisted to use.  i used to burn them to stay warm but now i make candles out of them so you can burn them to set the mood.  Hence: FIREWOOD.  you see what i did there? 

i try to use as much as i can from the boards so these are all shapes and sizes.  singles, doubles,triples, tall, short and more.  i am working on getting this into my web store as soon as possible but due to the irregular shapes,sizes and orientations of candles it’s hard to get a photo of every one.   if you need em for Christmas gifts hit me up and i can talk you through the process of choosing the right one for ya.  or you can go see some in ARTSTAR. 

Telefon Desk by Farmhaus