Full Bench With Backrest
Here are examples of hand crafted Benches. A Black Olive Entry Bench and a large Live Oak bench. Hand made right here is Homestead, Florida by Dave Sutton. Black Olive bench stands 48" tall by 58" wide and has 12" seating for two. The Live Oak bench is 56" tall by 68" wide and seats three. It also weights over 350 pounds… Our woods have been naturally curing for over six years and has wonderful colors, knotting and veining with live edging exposed. We finish our pieces with multiple coats of Spar-Urethane with hand sanding between all coats and hand rubbed wax final finish or a 100% Pure Tung Nut Oil, hand rubbed finish. This is a custom piece and a one-of-a-kind piece of furniture. Must be seen to really appreciate color of wood… Custom pieces like this one can be commissioned and built to your specifications, sizes and colors. You can choose the type of exotic woods and the finishes. You can even pick out the exact slabs we use to produce your piece at the sawmill during the milling process. Dining room tables, side bars, benches, coffee tables, chairs, bookshelf units, wall units, wall mounted shelves, custom made picture frames, kitchen & bath countertops can all be custom built for you out of exotic woods. One-of-a-kind pieces of wood art with or without live edges are what we do. If you can imagine it, we can build it.Thx Dave Sutton
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My name is Dave Sutton.
Retiring after fifteen years of being a professional flats guide here in South Florida due to the 2009 recession and the gulf oil spill.
I then worked at home for Hotel Vanities International and have a small, but very well equipped wood shop in the back yard.
I have now moved to the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina and am in the process of building my retirement home and new workshop.
For almost 40 years I have given my very best effort to create heirloom quality pieces for every one of my customers that will last a lifetime.
Almost 4 decades of wood crafting has taught me one thing. If I want it done just right…
I have to do it myself.
If I don't like it, you won't see it. It's that simple.
I am the designer, craftsman and woodworker,
I pick the log and the slabs, I do the shaping and all the sanding. All of the assembly and fitting ??? Yup…all me.
I also do the hand rubbed finishes myself as well.
I learned my trade growing up in Rhode Island building handmade strip-wood canoes, hand made cabinets, slab furniture and working in various shipyards on the coast of Maine till I moved to Florida in 1990.
Finding all of the exotic woods available to me here was amazing. I was like a little kid in a candy store.
I now have built and moved into my retirement cabin in Murphy, NC and have just finished my new workshop. I love the mountains and the people here …
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