July 5th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We recently were awarded two KC Magazine Design Excellence Awards. We were honored with a bronze award in the Specialty Room Category for the WDB Walnut Slat Bar. Our Custom Office Furniture for SBMAC took home top honors in the Craftsmanship Category. We were featured in KC Magazine’s July issue in a story featuring local craftsman. The July Issue is also the Design Excellence Awards Issue so we have several photographs of our work throughout the magazine ( the issue is available online click here ).
We want to extend thanks to all of our great clients. We would not be able to produce award winning work if it wasn’t for you. Allowing us the freedom to produce our designs and push the envelope on a daily basis is priceless.
June 14th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
Due to large cutting board demand Studiobuild has a newly formed Etsy Shop. Last week we finished up another batch of 30 cutting boards. Demand is high so I imagine these will sell out in a hurry. Most people requested larger cutting boards this time around so we had to bump the pricing up a bit to compensate.
We also had an intern for the week. Logan hails from Florida and is interested in architecture, he visited all week with hopes of learning a thing or two about the profession. A week later he learned that we aren’t really architects, we build more things than we draw, and that cutting boards require a lot more work than you would think.
June 7th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
We finally finished up DA’s bed. It turned out to be one of our favorite pieces so far. The pictures we have do not show the figure and amazing grain as vivid as it is. I’ve been asked a few specifics on the bed. It is a queen size platform bed constructed with curly cherry, black walnut, soft maple, sycamore, and flame maple. We finished the bed with 8 coats of hand applied oil / varnish blend to really bring out the figure.
May 26th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
Some in progress shots of Bed #3 in the finishing proces. The wood we were able to use on this one is stunning in person. Just wait till you see the headboard.
May 20th, 2010 | Author: jerad.foster
Studiobuild recently built a series of cutting boards for Mothers Day Gifts. Our initial run was successful and we sold all 25 in a matter of hours to family and friends. Today Apartment Therapy’s sister site The Kitchen picked up our work and the remaining boards are selling like crazy. Our cutting boards are made from the scrap wood our furniture shop produces. Species vary considerable and 90% of the wood is locally harvested hardwoods. Some exotic woods make it into the pile and ultimately end up in a cutting board or two but its mostly as an accent. Our cutting boards are individually unique since we make them using the scrap we have at the time. Our cutting boards range in price from $20 – $50 ( and up for custom large boards ) plus shipping. We do offer bulk discounts if you want to purchase them to give as gifts.
Here is a picture of the boards still available.
Some shots of the boards we made last week. Sorry folks these have sold.
