One of my best clients that we are building a modern home for has asked me to make all the furniture for her home....First I gave her addresses to the top furniture stores in Los Angeles....B &B Italia, Modern Living, Holy Hunt, Espacio, cassina, Herman Miller, Dakota jackson,.....Well it didn't work she came back 2 weeks latter and was even more convinced that she wanted me to design and build it! I have done a few pieces for clients ....not too often any more....never an entire house! The list , after talking her out of a few pieces is still long...Dining Table and 8 chairs, 2 Coffee tables, Master Bed and side units, Master bath Bureau, Queen bed , 2 night stands, Another queen platform bed , 4 barstools ...She wants no veneer only solid wood. That was where the designer stuff didn't compare. so I gave her high prices .....she is fine with them
So the house is just starting framing and I have time to get a jump on it....I guess..The woods....wenge whenever possible, cocabola, walnut for the dining chairs. I can't even find wenge now....I have a wood broker shopping for me...he just found me 100 bf of Burmese teak for a sofa I am building for my friend Ed Lorbach....it will be similar to the Schindler Kings road sofa...I tried to design something, but that was what Ed wanted...so my hobby that I enjoy doing as a relaxation has officially become work now I need a hobby to relax from my other hobby...what about hang gliding?