Bed by Urban Woods

We share a few things with furniture company Urban Woods. We are both in Los Angeles. We both use reclaimed lumber. And, we are both in the “Plug-in Home” in Santa Monica, by Taalman Koch architecture that was featured on the dwell home tour on Sunday. We did the kitchen. They made this great looking bed. They were nice enough to mention us in their blog posting. I wanted to make sure I returned the good karma.

“The Dwell Prefab Home Tour on June 17 provided a self drive tour of several modern prefab houses in Los Angeles including the impressive “Back yard plug-in” house which showcased some amazing reclaimed wine barrel oak cabinetry by Cliff Spencer and a one of a kind Zuma Bed made by Urban Woods from 100% locally sourced, reclaimed wood.”

via Dwell Prefab Home Tours 2012 | Urban Woods.

New Address for Cliff Spencer Furniture Maker’s Blog

Please visit our blog and website at http://cliffspencer.net/blog/. All postings after today will be at the new site. Thanks!

Vote for Us! California Home + Design magazine

Please vote for tables #13 and #16, designed and built, by us, here in our shop in Los Angeles, CA, to help us get into the November/December issue of California Home + Design magazine. You can vote once a day until September 30, 2010. We are grouped with incredibly talented California designers, including the Tesla sedan! Vote early and often!

Vote #13 : Wine Oak Nesting Tables

Vote #16 : Wine Oak Melchete Table

Media Cabinet in Reclaimed Wood

This piece was customization to fit a clients needs in the best way. They liked our signature material, reclaimed wine oak, and the designs they saw on the website, but they had a specific space to fill and function to perform. We fit the specifications to their needs, like and open back for easy cable access. We integrated elements of our existing work they liked, such as the edge grain and curved legs of the melchete table and large box joints on the evolve table. The finish is a totally non-toxic, hand-rubbed tung oil. The piece is built to last for generations.

Chapter Two: Sanding the Slab

Several months ago, I was excited our client had picked a gorgeous walnut slab for their dining room table. It finally arrived, dried to perfection. They selected the section they want to use and we took it to our friends at Real Door to use their massive drum sander (and four guys).

Now that we have it back in the shop, I am admiring all the beautiful figure in the wood.

Just one of those days that I love looking around at beautiful, natural things around us.