The Mash-Up
I’ve been flirting with mashing up my rough acrylic painting with furniture for some time now. I decided to try it out on an easy affordable coffee table design. The table top is made primarily out of reclaimed lumber (actually house siding) The base is made from scrap plywood we had at the shop. Pop Culture art … Read more
Found Objects
Last saturday night we unveiled a new collection called “Found Objects”. Everything in this grouping was either 2nd hand or literally found material. Doing our best here at Urban to show you what can be done with a little creativity and good design. Upscale Upcycling! The benches are made from an old wood beam I found buried behind … Read more
Found Objects
Working on a showing of furniture made from found objects. The above pictures are a quick sneak peek. Finished photos soon to follow. Badassness
Proper Dresser
I think this piece pretty much speaks for its self. Solid Poplar lumber, dovetailed drawers, stainless steel hairpin legs…. We design and make cool stuff. Thank you Kerrie Kelly and Nicholas Wray. Do work…
Le’ Favour Table
Literally 2 years ago I’m sharing a cup of coffee with good friend Jake Favour from Romp Creative and we are talking about coffee tables. That’s the thing about Jake, you don’t sit and discuss the weather or sports.. you talk design. Jake loves design, He loves modernism. The dude really has a passion for it. … Read more
Get Bent Tables
Rock Star Designer Kerrie Kelly hit me up with a project a few months ago. She was looking for some cool one-off metal and glass tables for one of her clients. She had me collaborate with one of her badass’ Katrina Stumbos. This is what we came up with. Materials are Pickled and Oiled steel and glass. … Read more
The “SUGI” Table
Pictures really are worth 1000 words. Tonight I will let the pictures tell the story. But for the particulars… I made this coffee table for a friend. It is made from old reclaimed framing material and I used an old Japanese finish technique called Shou Sugi Ban. The finish is created by burning the entire piece then … Read more
The WhatNot Table
I absolutely love to make something, out of nothing. One of my favorite things to do. The boy’s at the shop were transforming a clients front doors into something super cool and as usual and I was digging through our scrap/trash pile. I found a piece of solid core door that had been cut out to make room for … Read more
Pieces…
About 2 years ago when we were making all the tables for The Press Bistro I accumulated a small stack of left over ash lumber. Nothing much, just a pile of small pieces. Stuff most people would throw away. I try not to throw away lumber, I have a firm belief that with enough ingenuity, skill and good … Read more
The B.F.T……
About two months ago Kerrie Kelly from The Kerrie Kelly Design Lab hit me up regarding one of her clients. They were looking for a unique dinning table for their home they are remodeling. Something massive and industrial yet refined. I played with a few concepts and finally came up with this idea. 5’6″ x 5’6″ concrete … Read more
