February 2012
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 16th
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“The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.”
– Meister Eckhart (I’ve been coming across a lot of really wonderful, helpful quotes that all seem to involve doors. I think it’s time I made a door.)
Feb 16th
Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
10 posts
Jan 31st
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Euphemism of the day:
I don’t make mistakes. I make “learning opportunities”. And boy, did I make a lot tonight. If anything ends up being square on my “garbage table” I’ll be amazed. I feel like I’m about to learn how out-of-square something can be, and still stand. So many freaky, inconsistent angles on this old thing. Very challenging joinery. And, on a totally unrelated...
Jan 26th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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December 2011
1 post
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Dec 8th
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November 2011
3 posts
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Nov 13th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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October 2011
8 posts
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Oct 29th
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 20th
Oct 20th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 7th
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August 2011
2 posts
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WatchWatch
This is the kind of thing that makes me so happy I want to punch things. Sexy sunglasses made out of recycled skateboards by a company called VuerichB. They do have a website but it directs you to their facebook page.
Aug 23rd
Eames Lounger and Ottoman - Not Made from...
I did not even know that Herman Miller stopped making the Eames lounger and ottoman out of the original rosewood veneer, way back in 1991. Rosewood - from Brazil - is super endangered due to habitat loss. It is illegally logged for the wood itself as well as clearcut to make room for farms. So bravo Herman Miller! It is now made from sustainable veneer sources, including Santos Palisander...
Aug 8th
June 2011
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Jun 7th
Ecoholic - Are there any stores with locally made,... →
Adria Vasil touches on the importance of knowing what your furniture is made of and where it comes from. She points out that most furniture today is made of some sort of man-made sheet good that consists of mulched up trees (which may or may not come from virgin forests) and fantastically toxic binders such as formaldehyde, over which a layer of veneer is applied. I’m actually a fan of...
Jun 7th
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Cabinet I Made for Wedding Present
Carcass is made from ash. Frame and panel door made from cherry. Walnut splines. Congratulations Kel & Marty (only a year and a half late).
Jun 7th
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, How I Worship Thee.
Just three examples of this magician of form and construction. Makes me giddy when I see his work - a happiness that catches me by surprise every time.
Jun 6th
“There is hope in honest error. None in the icy perfections of the mere stylist.”
–  Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Jun 6th
Jun 6th
Mahogany deforestation and bribery.
Recently Brazil banned the felling of mahogany, but the effect of this action is controversial since most mahogany is illegally harvested in from areas in Brazil and Bolivia set aside for indigenous peoples where mahogany still grows. It is estimated that 80% of the trade in Mahogany is illegal. However, just a week after Brazilian president Cardoso signed the decree, the Brazilian...
Jun 6th