Hamptons Cottages and Gardens - Sinotique

One of the reasons I love exhibiting at the Bridgehampton Antiques show is because I get to meet so many interesting people, including designers, stars, and local residents. I met Doug and Lon at The Bridgehampton Antiques show during the summer of '06, shortly after they built their home in the Hamptons. They bought this daybed from me. I had worked on the surface for weeks, applying "butterfly" joints to stabilize two large cracks in it, the butterfly joints were one of the most appealing features to them. I polished the surface to a satin smooth finish. The wood is African ironwood. The base was inspired by Japanese joinery and I think the marriage of the African hand carved slab and the solid American Oak base looked great together.

I'm honored to have it featured in a double page spread in HC&G, their photography is always so beautiful.

Bamboo architectural tiles a big hit

I've been developing my handmade bamboo veneer, usually reserved for my furniture, into a wall tile marketed to interior designers and architects.

These 12" sq. tiles are available in a variety of stain colors as well as natural bamboo tones. Each tile is laminated, finished, stained, and polished by hand.

On this particular wall in the Sinotique Brooklyn Showroom I varied the thicknesses of each tile to add even more dimension and interest to the bamboo.

Orders have been coming in already, and we look forward to making this product not only a Sinotique Exclusive, but a mainstay.

Polo Ralph Lauren Madison Ave. store windows

If you have ever had the pleasure of working with the folks at Polo Ralph Lauren, you'd know how professional, courteous, and careful they are. I helped Brian at Polo to prop for the windows at the flagship store on Madison last year and he was kind enough to not only put my store name on the window as a source for the items they borrowed (see the lower rt. corner of the top photo) , he also sent me the professional photos of the windows once they were completed.

The windows were stunning. I lent them the solid wood barrel shaped stool/end tables, some faux hand painted apples, and some handmade oversized blank books from Thailand.