Take a Seat


Sit you down, father; rest you. - King Lear / I Am The Walrus.

This little piece was big fun

The seat portion is the last hoarded bit of the walnut slab used in the same clients' coffee table; careful removal of bark from the crotch's live edge revealed  constellations of figure. The Schaefers had warned me that some of their acquaintance who would be using the bench were large folk, so the base, like them, is stout.

Hover & click images comfortabe chair category

Sally chair

Sally chair

These chairs incorporate layers of flexible Italian plywood laid up over a mold in a vacuum press

Cherry dining chair

Cherry dining chair

The back splats are solid cherry, sawn into thin laminates and reassembled

Bubinga dining chair

Bubinga Dining Chair

he octagonal, tapering leg is an homage to, Emil-Jacques Ruhlmann

Josephine Chair

Josephine Chair

One might see in the dressing room of Josephine Baker, the sensation of Paris in the 1930s

Redwood bench

Redwood bench

The client brought in two planks of highly-figured redwood for the seats of these benches

Samper chair

Samper Hhair

The back of this chair would be visible down the length of the condo

Schaefer entryway bench

Schaefer entryway bench

This little piece was big fun.

Moon Bench

Moon Bench

A friendly little bench for the bedroom

Dining Chair

Dining Chair

The inspiration for this piece is....

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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