This is a desk I had to get out of my head.

Built from a red oak I cut and milled three years ago in Jimtown, Antigonish County, the desk features two full width drawers held by hand-cut dovetails and Danish Modern inspired firm lines.
It’s base departs from that style, with natural curves meant to plant it like a tree’s roots.
It is 50 inches wide by 29 inches deep.

The Jimtown Modern desk is meant to celebrate the red oak from which it is made through clean lines.

Quartersawn red oak six legged Stretcher table. 42 inches wide by 4 foot long, stretches out to seven foot long with leaves in. Leaves store inside the table itself, so no forgetting about them in a closet. Lumber milled by Phil Clarke in Lakevale.

At home and fully extended at Mahoney’s beach. The Mahoneys 7 is a recreation of a table around which generations of the Sweet family gathered.

Elm recycled from the pews of the Jimtown Chapel.

Elm recycled from the old pews of the Jimtown Chapel. Legs on sink pedestal spun with French curve. Countertop is a live edge yellow birch slab cut and milled by Phil Clarke in Lakevale, Antigonish County.

The Keppoch Trestle - This 8 foot by 42 inch table is built to counter height with a corresponding stool height bench. It is made from red oak cut in Antigonish Harbour and milled by Archie MacKenzie of Lakevale.

The Keppoch Trestle features wedged joinery and celebrates the red oak's character.

Red Oak cut in Antigonish Harbour. Wedged joinery with purple heart wedges. Adjustable mattress height.

This nine foot dining room table is built from 150 year old barnboards from Antigonish Harbour. It has a varnish over epoxy finish for extreme durability. A drawer with hand chiseled dovetails and an ash knob spun on the lathe.

The barn from which the boards came for this table was built 150 years ago. I counted 73 rings on one of the wider planks, meaning the tree germinated at least 223 years ago. 

Hand chiseled drawer with custom ash knob spun on the lathe. Drawer is wide enough to hold the table place settings.

This bar was built for Vista Bella Farm in Malagash. It is two tiered with a live edge red oak higher level for patrons. A red oak lower tier is in place for the bartender. It has a large end grain black locust cutting board. The bar measures nine feet by six feet. I did not do the concrete block work underneath.

This is the server’s view of the bar.

This desk was built to fit a very exact footprint of a space inside a spiral staircase. The nature of the space meant that after the test assembly in the shed, it was taken apart and reassembled underneath the staircase. Hand cut dovetailed drawer. Yellow Birch cut in Lakevale with legs made from sugar maple cut in Loch Katrine.

Hand chiseled dovetail drawer profile

Hakmatak plank cut in Brookdale and Big Marsh. Ash seats and yellow birch gunnels cut in Lakevale. Heart shaped transom. Lapstrake plank.

Recycled elm from former pews in the Jimtown Chapel. High and low storage for mits and hats and such.

Ash table cut in Lakevale. Heavy spar varnish for semi-exposed deck. 

Open concept kitchen cabinets. Yellow birch top cut in Lakevale. Lathe spun legs and shelves are hemlock cut in Antigonish Harbour. Through joinery with purple heart wedges.

Yellow Birch lathe spun centre-post cut in Lakevale. Elm top cut in Antigonish harbour. 

Custom Yellow Birch crown molding. Maple facing over birch plywood.

Black Locust cut in Jimtown. Purple Heart inlaid butterflys. Heavy spar varnish.

Six foot table is made from red oak cut in Antigonish Harbour. Lathe spun legs with a French curve. Benches are red oak with ash legs and wedged through-joinery.

Minimalist design. Legs spun on lathe with wedged through joinery. Ash legs cut in Lakevale. Oak top cut in Antigonish Harbour. Live edge.

Child’s teepee bed. Red oak.