New pieces, to be shown Sunday, Nov 4 at Alameda, booths N-2,15

We will have these new pieces plus many more at Alameda on Sunday. First photo is a cabinet I made starting with an antique Beech-Nut display stand. I disassembled the metal shelving unit and built a cabinet that fit within the frame. Very tricky! The wood in this cabinet was salvaged from an old West Oakland victorian, beautiful colors and appearance. Antique brass and cast iron hardware, nice.

This is an antique steel medical wall cabinet from the St. Louis area. I made new shelves for it, otherwise left as is. Nice Patina.

Turquoise frame console, very beachy colors. The center embellishment is from an antique french table, condition was so far gone that I just disassembled it and used the decorative elements.

Here are several maple top coffee tables made from bowling lane stock. The shelf is oak boards salvaged from old lawyers cabinet.

Another maple top, steel drawer unit polished up, nice industrial piece.

Here are several colorful coffee tables. The two in upper photo have bases made from salvage pieces that came from a lot of salvage that I purchased from a St Louis area barn stash.

Rusty iron base coffee table, nice fall colors for top.

Here are a couple more wine racks I have been making from wine cellar racks purchased from a large estate wine cellar. The racks are zinc and cedar.

More pieces from the bowling lane stock. Very ornate cast iron sewing machine base for the desk ht. piece on the right.

This cabinet incorporates some very nice Deco architectural elements that came from the St. Louis area. They are copper clad cast iron, likely were embellishments from exterior of large commecial building. The hardware on this piece is all copper clad also.

New inventory, to be shown Sunday 9/30 at Petaluma Antique fair, Sunday 10/7 at Alameda antique fair. There are two posts here, be sure to check out the photos in the second post

Here are several photos of Dining table made from Maple slab of salvaged bowling lane stock. The legs are made from steel lintels found at urban ore.

Console table, maple bowling lane top, polished steel edging, base is vintage cast iron and steel machine stand.

Top photo is vintage steel dental cabinet found at SF flea. Pine bowling lane top. Trim is american cherry, I deconstructed some 100+ yr old church pews from Oklahoma, milled the wood into trim stock.

Very unusual steel and cast iron base was originally typewriter stand. There is a lever down below that raises and lowers stand, there are wheels inside the cast iron bells at bottom, lever allows stand to be wheeled around or be stationary. Very clever. Bowling lane stock for top.

Found this antique blue box at Sacto flea. Love the patina, colors. I added hardware, legs, nice as small coffee table.

Vintage yellow steel locker above, shelves added. Another locker below, all new shelves inside. Very pretty colors, laquered.

Another example of maple bowling lane stock with a metal base I fabricated. This one is a kitchen island.

Pieces to be shown at Petaluma, Alameda, part 2

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end tables, bowling lane stock for tops, legs are parts from victorian era doors. Bottom shelves are oak, salvaged furniture parts.

French Bench, modeled by Sascha, shop diva. Unusually large bench,
we sanded off top layer of ugly paint and wow look what we found underneath.

Next piece is kitchen island ht., on wheels, very interesting industrial cart thingie. No idea what it was originally but I really liked the curves, chipped green paint. Bowling lane top and bottom shelf.

Green tile table. Found several of these at local salvage yard. Very clever primitive fabrication, Mexico? The base is made from vintage rope spool, I took it apart, LOVE the graphics, color. This pc. has been varnished, ok for exterior use.

Got Color? Beachy blues and greens, double door cabinet.

Jelly cabinet, door is vintage sash window with very cool obscured glass. The cast iron medallion as decorative embellishment up top was found at Sacto flea, very old.

I found this steel cabinet at urban ore, very rough. Originally a fuel tank, very heavy steel, somebody welded hinges, cut and made doors, etc. We spent many hours polishing the steel then laquered. I added wheels, hardware.

I Beam coffee tables. Top one is pine, bottom maple, both from bowling lane stock. Steel I beams are polished and laquered.

Colorful small coffee table from vintage wrought iron base, old beadboard.

Couple more industrial pcs. Top one is an island made from vintage welding table, on wheels. 3/4" steel plate top, polished and laquered with a bottom shelf made from bowling lane stock. Below is steel shelf unit on wheels, polished, laquered.

Couple of colorful benches with lower shelves.

Wine cabinet, racks originally part of a huge wine cellar. I purchased several large arrays and cut them into smaller sections. The feet on this one are from antique stove, very cool zinc architectural fragments on ends, they are grape clusters.

Several more colorful benches. Very Beachy:)

Additional inventory, 8/4/12

Here are photos of a few more pieces to be shown at Alameda Antique fair on Sunday, 8/5. The post below this one shows the rest of our new inventory.First photo, wine rack from old painters ladder, weathered rough sawn doug fir sides. Top is also doug fir.

Next, another wine rack, white side boards salvaged from Marin horse barn. The bottom and top boards are from an old painters plank, 1 1/4 thick vertical grain doug fir.

Industrial steel base dining table from maple bowling alley slab.

Kitchen island, base is vintage steel machine base, note the levers that can adjust wheels to retract, clever design. Drawer face is chip carved redwood panel salvaged antique dresser. Top is maple, remnant of bowling alley slab. Trim is honduras mahogany.

Vintage institutional steel drawer unit, polished and laquered. Top is bowling alley stock, mahogany trim.

Jelly cabinet of repurposed wood. Antique cast iron hardware, door panel is architectural element from midwest.

New Pieces for August, Alameda on Sunday 8/5

Here are photos of many of the new pieces I will be showing on Sunday August 5 at the Alameda Antique Fair. There are several more pieces that will be completed before Sunday, additional photos will be added Saturday. We will be in our usual spaces, N-15,2.

This one was alot of fun to build. I recently acquired the carved oak feet in a trade with a dealer friend of mine, they were from an antique curved glass curio cabinet. I carefully deconstructed the piece and saved these, original cast iron wheels are included. Beautiful beveled glass windows were recently salvaged from Mill Valley estate, the frames are redwood and the glass is put together with copper instead of lead. Beautiful polished and laquered antique cast iron hardware. Top trim embellishment is nickel plated brass, an old National brand cash register drawer front.

Very nice industrial steel bench from the midwest, cleaned up and laquered.

Wine Rack. I bought the steel object this cabinet is made out of at the Sacto flea several months ago. I have no idea what it was originally, but it has an amazing patina. Wheels were added, then the wine bottle rack was fit to size inside, and then trimmed out. Cabinet body has been laquered. I recently bought these racks from an estate, they were part of a basement wine cellar.

Very nice steel institutional dresser, polished and laquered. I don't see to many of these any more, this one is in remarkable shape, even the wheels are well preserved.

Dining table from pine bowling lane stock, edged with polished steel band. The steel base was found at Alameda several months ago.

Coffee table with small steel I beams as legs. The top is maple bowling lane stock, trimmed out with Honduras Mahogany salvaged from antique dining table. Nice mix of industrial and repurposed wood.

Vintage farmhouse table base, distressed, with pine bowling lane stock added as top. Nice apt. size dining table.

Here is a pair of very simple end tables, the industrial polished steel bases are likely old sink stands. Tops are pine bowling lane stock.  

This chimney cabinet has door made from victorian 4 panel entry door, sawn in half. Very unusual glass half panel. Eclectic mix of antique cast iron and brass hardware, and a beautiful faceted spherical crystal door knob. The trim at the top was arranged from a vintage spoon carved cherry mirror surround I deconstructed.

Found the base of this table at Sacto flea, a wonderful vintage Pepsi cooler. The cast iron wheels were salvaged from an old industrial floor dolly, top is bowling lane stock. This table and cart below are currently being shown at Zonal interiors in Hayes Valley, SF.

Another kitchen island from green industrial carts purchased at Alameda a few months ago. Top is Maple bowling lane stock.

Custom vanity and mirror. The top of this vanity is rough sawn doug fir salvaged from deconstructed feed warehouse in petaluma. The grey colored faceframe boards are from the Ross Mansion.