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How I Create Art – The Build Process

Building the Portal Table with Patinated Copper

March 13, 2023March 11, 2023
by Brian Benham
Building the Portal Table with Patinated Copper

I show how I built a hall table from start to finish. I started out by carefully selecting the materials for the table, including a gorgeous mahogany slab for the tabletop and Steel Disk

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Two Tone Mid Century Nightstand Build

December 23, 2022March 13, 2023
by Brian Benham
Two Tone Mid Century Nightstand Build

I built the two-tone mid-century modern nightstand with a custom match stain and an integrated charging port from start to finish. The nightstand is made from white oak.  The client wanted a two-toned look

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Building Mockups of Your Design for Clients

February 6, 2022March 13, 2023
by Brian Benham
Building Mockups of Your Design for Clients

Mockups of your design are essential to helping your clients to visualize design details.  I show how I built a mockup of the edge profile for a Mid-Century nightstand design,

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Building the Executive Desk with Copper Ring

January 23, 2022March 13, 2023
by Brian Benham
Building the Executive Desk with Copper Ring

This Executive Desk build was an ambitious project, to say the least, mainly because of its size and attention to detail needed to complete the grid work and segmented ring to house each piece of copper. 

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How to Build a Table Saw Cabinet to Store All you Table Saw Accessories

December 18, 2021
by Brian Benham
How to Build a Table Saw Cabinet to Store All you Table Saw Accessories

It is time to get the shop more organized and since the heart of the shop is my table saw, I decided to start there and build a cabinet under the wing to store all the things I need

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Setting Client Impressions with Genuine Mahogany Tree Stumps

July 25, 2021July 23, 2021
by Brian Benham
Setting Client Impressions with Genuine Mahogany Tree Stumps

Now that we are coming out on the other side of a worldwide pandemic, where many worked from home and got accustomed […]

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