This piece was built for a client who wanted a coffee table with a few nice, little details, but didn’t want to “bump into it.” The result is a table with a small overhang, curved and resawn stretchers, and a small drawer.

Dimensions: 42″ x 26″ x 16″
Materials: Cherry, Texas Ebony, Maple, Native Olive
Finish: Tung Oil, Wax

This deceptively simple-looking table is the result of a client’s request for a “5-foot conference table.” The table’s design was largely influenced by the Arts and Crafts aesthetic and traditional Chinese joinery, and seats six people comfortably.

Dimensions: 60″ Diameter x 29 1/4″
Materials: Cherry
Finish: Tung Oil, Wax

Simple. Elegant. Graceful. These are not words that are generally used to describe my friend Tom, who originally commissioned this table. They do, however, describe this coffee table, which features a bookmatched top, and twelve individually-shaped and polished wedged through-tenons.

Dimensions: 49″ L x 28″ W x 16″ H
Materials: Solid Black Cherry with Texas Ebony
Finish: Three Coats of Hand-Rubbed Oil, Three Coats of Paste Wax

Photos by Patrick Bertolino.