Desk For Two With Shelves And Matching Stools
This desk was designed for two and features a full-sized drawer on each side of the work area with two customized stools. The clients wanted to be able to have the option of standing while working, so the desk was designed to a custom height. The asymmetrical divisions of the shelves provides for an interesting book storage solution. Shelves are adjustable and made of solid wood. The desk and stools are built from sugar maple that has been iron-buffed to a deep golden brown. Iron-buffing is a natural wood dye that does not obscure the graining but rather brings out what is already there in the wood.
Material
- maple
- oak
Type
- wood
Finish
- brown
Base
- metal
Function
- storage
Meet the Maker
Daniel Dunbar
AP Woodworking
Your treasure as the tree’s last story . . .
TEN YEARS AGO, I moved my family off the grid to an 80-acre homestead in the woods of northern Wisconsin. It was always a dream of mine to build from trees that I knew personally. You might wonder what a person can learn from a tree. You’d be surprised. Bullet wounds, lightning strikes, knot-holes and rain damage - I build around the stories I find in the wood, to honor the character and graining of every board.
IN BOTH MY WORK AND DAILY LIFE, I am drawn to the patient tradition of hand tools, the harmony of glueless joinery, and the soulful approach of the Japanese. As a self-taught woodworker with a BFA and a background in studio arts, I look to this live material for guidance, because I believe a useful object can be art. I am known for the complexity and integrity of my joinery. I believe that if you can see how the piece holds itself together, how the separate components cooperate, then joinery serves as both function and ornamentation. Because we live with a conscious effort to conserve electricity and resources, I employ as many hand tools as possible. Working this way in my opinion also produces the most structurally sound and aesthetically beautiful results.