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Rustic Style |
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Rustic Style |
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The pieces in my portfolio that fall into the rustic category are typically characterized by the following:
Designs that have a definite country-look, very little ornamentation or molding details, and joinery which may purposefully be made to look crudely-fashioned.
Lumber selection tends towards knotty wood, wormy wood, spalted wood, or reclaimed materials.
Some portions or perhaps all of the piece will feature "live edges", which showcase the original, natural edges of the sawn lumber and give the project a much more organic feel. This characteristic is often seen in rustic tables and fireplace mantel beams.
Finishes are often distressed to simulate years of use, and in some cases, no finishes are used at all.
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Rustic Oak Kitchen Cabinets These unique kitchen cabinets were crafted from 140 year old reclaimed white oak timbers, giving the wood a distressed appearance and deep golden patina not found in commercially available lumber. |
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Rustic Oak Harvest Table Created from reclaimed white oak timbers which were more than 150 years old, this harvest table is visually distinct and ready for another century of use!! |
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Rustic Pine Kitchen Table This simple, modest table was designed to blend in with the quaint, rustic decor of the client's kitchen. The bookmatched boards of the stained pine top are combined with painted & glazed round legs and a delicate engraving on each of the table aprons. |
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Rustic Oak Side Table Styled to match a larger harvest-style dining table, this small side table complements other furniture and cabinetry projects made from antique white oak lumber. |
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Oak Slab Coffee Table This rustic coffee table design uses a massive oak tree trunk slab together with a base adorned with handcut slate tiles. |
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Rustic "Live-Edge" Walnut Crotch Bench Starting with two stunning pieces of bookmatched walnut crotch lumber, this bench was constructed with boards that all came from the same tree. Every component of this bench still has "live edges", with the light-blonde natural edges of the boards blending into the rich, dark brown color of the walnut heartwood. The symmetrical "feathery" pattern of the walnut crotch makes this bench truly one-of-a-kind!! Available for immediate purchase. |
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Rustic Oak Sideboard Built to match a previously delivered harvest-style dining table, this rustic oak sideboard is made from antique white oak lumber and incorporates inset marble tiles to protect the serving surface from hot dishes. |
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Antique Cabinet with TV Lift This aged and distressed cupboard was creatively transformed from a heavily-used piece of antique furniture into a cleverly-concealed AV cabinet with motorized lift, and is now at home among the client's numerous fine furnishings. |
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Rustic Ambrosia Maple Jelly Cupboard Highly figured ambrosia maple lumber lends an even more rustic feel to this traditionally styled cupboard for storing and displaying jams, jellies, and preserves. |
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Pine Chest of Drawers Made with bookmatched white pine side panels and drawer fronts, this chest of drawers has dovetailed drawer boxes and a rich honey-amber finish. |
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Quilt Rack Designed to sit at the foot of a bed, this rack allows an extra quilt to be kept ready for use. |
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Antique Clocks with Distressed Frames These amazing clocks feature reproduction antique clock faces paired with matching frames that have distressed finishes and aged/patinaed metal accents. They range in size from a relatively modest 16" up to a stunning 39" in diameter. Several are available for immediate purchase. |
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Antique Mirror Clock Finished with distressed & crackled paint, this clock appears to be decades old. |
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Ambrosia Maple Frame "Wormy" maple lends a distinctly rustic look to this frame. |
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Spalted Maple Frame Spalted maple also provides a rustic appearance. |