Midcentury modern can be considered a subset of modern design, defined as the style that became popular in the early 1900s. However, when compared to the traditional definitions of modern design, midcentury modern design tends to be unashamedly retro and often makes use of bright accent color to emphasize this
This is my Pacific Northwest shop. I created it strictly for woodworking, unlike my San Diego shop where I can build just about anything…wood plastic or metal. After building out the shop with storage and benches, In 2022 I started building furniture for our home. I’m able to mill rough
In November of 2021 we sold our rental home in San Diego and purchased a vacation/rental home in Portland Oregon. A few images of our home in Portland. Built in 1954, with a daylight basement and still has the original cedar planking which has been preserved by a large 24″
Another couple trips in the books and we are still making updates to our van. I’m feeling pretty good about where we are with the build, we’ll be putting on some miles later in 2021. Doing a bit of maintenance on the brake system and adding some alloy wheels and
After making a 2,500 mile trip from San Diego to Lake Oswego, Oregon and back we found that there was a need for a few updates. Especially adding a toilet, sink and wash station. With the 2020/2021 COVID lockdown I kept busy for months updating our Ford E150 van to
In October of 2020 we made a 1,300 mile trip up to Lake Oswego, Oregon to visit our daughter. My goal was also to build out a basement bathroom for her. I spent 6 weeks down in the basement, mostly by myself, breaking out concrete, removing the old cast iron
This conversion has come a full circle. Back in the summer of 1969, during high school, I started my first business doing van interiors. My mother helped me sew the curtains and I did the handyman part. It’s now 2019, 50 years later and I just completed building an interior
This one has been on the list since the purchase of the house in 2005. When we purchased our home, this room was originally a family room, we converted it into a master bedroom. This is the door style used throughout our home, the wife wants to make the opening
My first attempt will be a robotic arm that will grab a bottle of water and hand it to someone in need of a drink. The robot is radio controlled and will also have the ability to be controlled through a video camera. This is known as FPV or “First
Last summer’s project is still in the works and due to be completed summer 2016. This was part of a total backyard restoration that we contracted out. We found a great landscape contractor, he had to be great his first name is the same as mine, that gave us a
RA/CAR is the rarest and most desirable 1/8 RC car of them all, these were the one of the first competition cars on the market. They were produced in the late 1960s by Ron Moody, RC car racing began in the USA in the late 1960s. This car was purchased
Our mother was a religious person and very involved in her church. She passed away in 2005, with my experience in woodworking I felt that it was very fitting for me to build her an urn. I designed the urn as a cross and built it out of teak, which
Imagine a house in which the living room is a giant cabinet drawer, the garage is a bed and the second level consists of a deck designed as a huge chair. Mike and Robin Morgan aren’t just imagining, however. They have a serious intent of building this extraordinary “House of
I met John Long and John Hynd (RIP 2019) back in 1983 through Michele Needel, an interior designer. Our first project with Michele was an edit bay for A&G Productions, a video production company owned by the Johns’. Since then, John Long has been my challenge customer bringing me projects
Back in the 80’s there were a handful of small wood shops located in San Diego and a high demand for custom built furniture. A good friends girlfriend, an interior designer, talked me into building some furniture for her home. My custom workshop became Wood Forms in 1982. We worked
Just out of high school, I started working for Jack Kelly Yacht Sales. They were located on Scott Street next to Kettenberg Marine. We outfitted 44′ yachts that were imported on a cargo ship from Taiwan to the Port of San Pedro. They arrived in poor quality, my job was
