Oak & Steel Desk
2' x 7' Oak Desk with 1.5" square tubing welded frame and legs. Two 12" x 18" shelves suspended on 1" square tubing supports. Frame, shelf supports and legs were powder coated, or they can be painted or have a hot or cold patina applied. Stain and frame colors can be selected by client. All exposed wood surfaces finished with client's choice of either Danish Oil, or Beeswax and Linseed Oil. A hidden, removable pegboard was included underneath the top to secure cables, modems, routers, etc, with cable ties. A gamer's delight! Three screens to be clamped to back of frame.
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I started designing and crafting custom furniture for clients over forty years ago as a teenager in my father's garage. After thirty-five years in international business; I have returned to my roots. I work with a variety of hardwoods including; oak, walnut, maple, mahogany and metals including steel, stainless steel and copper.
My designs are not for everyone, but if you were looking for conventional, cheap and temporary, you'd be browsing the IKEA website.
My clients don't buy furniture, they adopt functional art. My privilege is to reveal the next life of the once living tree. I start with the wood and often use the pieces others would avoid. What others see as flaws that would slow production, I see as character that deserves to be celebrated.
I subscribe to the idea of "Japanese Quality" derived from Total Quality Management. In this context there are two kinds of quality:
Atarimae hinshitsu and Miryokuteki hinshitsu.
Atarimae hinshitsu（当 たり前品質） - The idea that things will work as they are supposed to (e.g. a pen will write). It is the functional requirement.
Miryokuteki hinshitsu （魅 力的品質）- The idea that things should have an aesthetic quality which is different from "atarimae hinshitsu" (e.g. a pen will write in a way that is pleasing to the writer, and leave behind ink that is pleasing to the reader).
I encourage you to view my designs while knowing I would love an opportunity to craft something especially for you.
- KL
Kathy Liptak
For Shabby Farmhouse Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table5.0I absolutely love the table and it exceeded my expectations! Dana was in consistent contact through the production, sent updates as promised, made suggestions and finished early. He was very knowledgeable, professional and clearly very talented! Everyone who had seen my table loves it as much as I do and some have asked for his information for projects. I would with confidence recommend Dana at Thubder Valley Art and hope to hire him again when I have need for another custom piece!
- KT
Kem Theilig
For Tansu Base5.0Dana was great to work with. He delivered by tansu bases exactly on time and was very professional. I would recommend him!
- JD
Janet Davidson
For Janet's Dining Room & Kitchen5.0Dana did a wonderful job with our bench. He kept us in the loop throughout the process and even now, writes to ensure we are pleased with the final product. He is a pleasure to work with and will definitely do more work with him again in the future.
ALAdrian L
For Walnut Two Level Round Coffee Table5.0Very happy with the custom coffee table Dana Valley has created for us. I can see the dedication and time he put into it. He is timely in responding to any questions or concerns via email or message through custommade.com. He delivered the table straight to our home as promised. The completion time was a little delayed by few days but it was still close to estimated date. He had a few other orders to finish before ours. This can be expected with any custom made orders, we would not want them to rush any projects and cut corners. I would rather have him put the necessary time and care to do things right, and we got exactly what we wanted. Thank you Dana Valley, I would highly recommend to you, 5 stars all around!
- BM
Brent Meyer
For Table Top1.7What started off a a great project ended terribly. Dana built a rustic table top for us an promised he would secure it to our base. The top was full of large gaps - it was made of thin wood and he did not secure it. In fact it could fall on any one of our children and hurt them (or worse). When we tried to discuss with him, he picked up his tools - turned off his phone - and left.
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