Echo Fir

This piece is the first to be completed in my Echo Park studio. The base is all reclaimed douglas fir studs narrowly rescued from a seemingly inevitable fate in the city dump, each sent through my planer to clean them up. The design was inspired by the iconic front porches seen on the Craftsman style homes in this historic neighborhood, many with graceful modern touches added such as steel cable handrails. The shelf is heart pine, nailed down to evoke the impression of an old deck floor. The joinery is blind mortise and tenon on the rails and stiles and tensioned steel braided cable tying it all together. The top is 1″ thick concrete set on a piece of 1/2″ fir plywood finished with penetrating sealer and beeswax coat for a soft sheen.

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One Response to “Echo Fir”

Heather Says:
March 9, 2009 at 9:22 pm | Reply
Hey Greg its Heather from corkbar. Well your work is awesome I must say! The Echo Fir looks like it could also be an island if you put a butcher block on it instead of concrete. Very cool!