Here we will gather


And on the table / A jug of punch. [Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo...] 

The room adjoining has a number of lovely Chinese pieces. I wanted to make something to complement those while keeping it practical, and expanding, for an expanding family, including grandchildren, for whom we made a sheltered nest, cozy in the crotch of leg and stretcher, to accommodate the birds on the chair backs.

Hover & click images careful cabinet creation

Scribe Cabinet

Scribe Cabinet

3/4 scale of a species of Chinese domestic furniture

Blonde on blonde

Blonde on Blonde

Liberal borrowings from Deco master Ruhlmann: silk corded pulls with ivory bezels & pendants

Kaj dresser

Kaj dresser

Curly maple front, wenge sides. I was sure I'd seen something like this in Burt Lancaster's room

DeWolf tansu cabinet

DeWolf tansu cabinet

Designed to sit in an entryway and provide a seat for removal of footwear

Schaefer TV cabinet

Schaefer TV cabinet

The stretcher, also wenge, seen here in the detail, is let into . . .

Schaefer spindle cabinet

Schaefer spindle cabinet

This low cabinet of walnut has a drop-leaf door on the right and a sliding door on the left.

Mahogany dining suite

Mahogany Dining Suite

learning a whole different design vernacular, in this case Duncan Phyfe

Cherry dining suite

Cherry Dining Suite

Beautiful table expands to accommodate additional sitter.

Ashley's dining table

Ashley's Dining Table

Ash favors a French Provincial look, which gave me the opportunity to make cabriole legs

De Wolf

De Wolf Dining Table

practical, and expanding, for an expanding family, including grandchildren

Hemsley dining suite

Hemsley dining suite

The material is African mahogany a good choice for furniture that is somewhat exposed.

Haygood dining suite

Haygood dining suite

The Haygoods didn't want a table that split . . .

About Kent Odell

For over 30 years we have designed and built custom furniture for private clients, designers, and architects in sleekly contemporary, Art Deco, traditional Chinese Forms, Arts and Crafts in the manner of Greene and Greene.

Fine custom wood cabinets, desks and offices, tables, seating, dining rooms, sideboards, buffets, chairs, beds and dressers, built-ins, bookcases, doors, mantles, jewelry boxes, toys, accessories, lamps, clocks, wood sculpture.

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Odell Furniture,
3001 Bayshore Road No. 10,
Benica,
CA 94510

Telephone: (707)888-77-88
Email: kent@odellfurniture.com 
Website: www.odellfurniture.com