This post is a few weeks late, but the Vidar Chairs won Third Place Overall in this year’s Texas Furniture Makers’ Show in Kerrville. Also exciting: The Maple Shelf got an Honorable Mention. Congratulations to all the winners at the show - I hope to see everyone there next year.

By the way, should you find yourself in the Greater Downtown Kerrville Area sometime in the near future, I would highly recommend dinner and drinks at Grape Juice. Great food, and an unbelievable beer selection. My trip back to Kerrville to pick everything up might turn into an overnight stay…

The Vidar Chairs I built a year or two ago at College of the Redwoods (it’s hard to believe its already been that long) are featured in the Reader’s Gallery of the latest Fine Woodworking, alongside my friend George’s sweet End Table. George was working on his table while I was working on the Hemlock Wall Cabinet, and we were both doing our best not to just up and stab each other with very sharp chisels. Ah, woodworking. It’s always something.

Anyway, the new Fine Woodworking also has an excellent article by longtime CR instructor Jim Budlong on building showcase cabinets, and an article by CR grad (and FW editor) Anissa Kapsales on building Krenov-style sawhorses. Well worth a look, if you haven’t seen it already.

You can also see the chairs on FW’s site here.