Pelicans At The Wharf
The head board and picture of the pelicans are combined in this price. The head board is made of poplar wood. If another wood type is desired, the cost will be updated. While visiting Amelia Island in northern Florida, my wife and I walked down to the wharf. The many types of birds, most of which are pelicans, gather on the docks, waiting for local fisherman to return for the evening. As fish are cleaned, scraps are fed and it creates many happy birds. I was able to capture the patience of two of these pelicans as they waited for their meal, as they stood on one of the docks.
Two very good friends asked if my wife and I would remodel their guest cottage with a fresh look. We discussed the paint colors and type of design they were looking for and decided upon a seascape motif. The picture frame is distressed to fit into this decor.
The headboard posts are made with a mock pelican on each of the corner posts, facing each other. The slats are intended to reflect upon the dock at the wharf, only upended. I used select poplar wood for the headboard and the frame is made of a hardwood. Both the photo and the headboard would be sold as a set or separately and the price would be reflected accordingly. The buyers were great to work with as was the design subject and I welcome working and designing with a buyer on this or other types of projects. I no longer have this photo in my file but if you have something that you would like to have made, please let us know.
Thank you.
Denny and Claudia Debner
Style
- Headboards
Meet the Maker
Denny and Claudia Debner
Debner Fine Art and Furniture
For over four decades, we have enjoyed making award winning fine art, including oil painting, custom furniture and leather work.
Claudia studied the old masters styles of drawing and painting at The Atelier in Minneapolis, MN. She paints with feeling and passion with a specialization in two particular styles of combined impressionistic and abstract oil painting as well as still life. Her style has a bit of a whimsical feeling to it and her goal is to show the joy that she feels when she sees how God has created nature that she paints.
Denny uses lumber from local suppliers and saw mills. He has chosen to fill a market niche by utilizing reclaimed or lumber from trees from his customers that they find to be sentimental or historical in their families.
He looks for opportunities to work with clients who desire a new and fresh design in their furniture and leather work. All of these areas allow for a way to fill a need that often is not available in the retail market. For example, the picture of the kitchen table made of oak and granite were not available either in size or of materials and led to the chance to develop them both for personal use as well as for availability to customers who are interested.
Leather and wood furniture are especially great projects to work on with our clientele and we look forward to each persons ideas and input as we build together.
Thank you very much for considering working with us on your Custom Made project.
Customer Reviews
William Drew
Jan 28, 2022Great communication throughout the process. The finished product was better than I could have imagined. Extremely professional. Thank you!
Mike giles
Jul 5, 2021Denny and the desk!!!! Man what an awesome couple to work with!! The whole experience was an absolute joy, and the desk turned out better than we could have ever expected!! Would I use Debner again for another project? ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Aaron Farris
Jun 29, 2021Crafter was professional and easy to communicate with. Initially, I was looking for one thing, but due to budget constraints i had to rethink my idea. Crafter took time to help me with my idea and was able to incorporate changes and additions in order to give me a finished product that i was happy with. The finish product is golden, and i would definitely contact crafter again for future projects. A pleasure to work with.
Jennifer Vance
Mar 19, 2021If we could give Debner Fine Art and Furniture 10 stars we would!!! We were in the market for an oversized end grain walnut cutting board. We had no luck finding this through big box stores. We did a search and found Debner Fine Art and Furniture. How lucky were we!! We reached out, got an immediate response, and described what we were looking for. We exchanged emails and inspiration pictures to get a quote. We then quickly went into production on our board. We were so impressed by the communication and collaboration. Our board was delivered today and just WOW!!! The craftsmanship and value are superior! This is truly an heirloom piece! Denny and Claudia were great to work with. Clearly they have great pride in their work, are extremely knowledgeable and talented!
Larry Bohrer
Feb 1, 2021I am extremely pleased with the work that Denny did to make my custom knife block. He was timely and professional in responding to all messages and more importantly, was proactive in his communications. I would highly recommend Denny for his work and wouldn't hesitate to use him again.
