This is a photo of my girls room. The bunk beds come apart and make 2 twin size beds. I used construction fir for these to save cost. I had to let the lumber dry out for a while till it was usable.

Once it was dry I ran it through the planner and jointer to square it up. I put a few coats of primer and enamel on it. I made the bed about 5 years ago and it has held up really well. As a side note I made the chest next to the head of the bed as a gift for my wife for valentines day the year before we got married.

I made this dresser for my girls to consolidate stuff trying to save space. Its also made of pine but its all furniture grade pine. I wanted a smooth shiny finish but was not happy with the finish of bed so I used white lacquer from Sherwin Williams. It was very easy to use and I got the hand rubbed finish I wanted. This does hold a lot of stuff but doesn't really save on the space.

This is a Cherry mantel I did for the same home owners as the wall of white shelves. This was fun because they let me have creative license. They let me know what they were picturing then I let loose. This project also included the brick, the fireplace, flue chase, siding, and roofing. We even had to go in and beef up the floor to hold the weight of the brick.

This was a project I did at work in 2009. This cabinet is made from a combination of Poplar and paint grade maple. I built this in our shop in Eden. Then had it finished with white lacquer. Then took it to the house and installed it. One thing I learned was white lacquer gets shows marks very easily. I have used white lacquer before with no problem. I think there was two much work that needed to be done on it once it was in the house. I ended up respraying it in the house. If I do not learn something today I wasted my day.

These columns are on both sides of the main room of the house with a big arch that connects them. The mantel and the columns and the railing posts were all made with traditional rail and stile panels out of rustic cherry. Beautiful wood because it has so much color and imperfections.

As requested here are some photos of the Neil home.

I built this railing in the home of a good friend back in 2003. Its made with rustic cherry with a clear polyurethane finish. I made the newel posts from rough 4/4 stock. The rail I had to purchase. In this photo I also laid the rustic Cherry floor with the help of Ryan. Well with Ryan's help we built this whole house from the ground up. This was definitely the longest project outside of work I have done. I will post more pictures of this project as I get them.

This is a mantel that I built for my in-laws basement. I built up the top for a heaver look. I used Knotty Alder because of the similar grain to cherry and the ease of use.

The carving was done with a 3/8" box core bit. I used the bit in a palm router with the base removed. This has been a popular feature for some people.

To finish this off I used a mahogany stain from Old Masters followed by a coat of sprayed lacquer. Then I wiped on a glaze coat of Sherwin Williams Vandyke brown followed by three more coats of hand rube lacquer.

This is a set of book cases that it built this spring to go into one of the houses we were building in Eden, Utah. I used the same pine from the floor for the backs and the face frames around the front.

For the shelving I used some dried 2x6 framing fir. I saw this type of shelf support in a piece a few years ago and tried my hand at it. It gives the pieces an antique look. The finish I used was a tinted lacquer. I prefer the lacquer now because of the quick dry time. It was rather hard to work with because i'm use to touching up spots that didn't spray out heavy enough. with the tinted finish every time I went back over it it got darker. So i had to be careful to get the same amount of coverage evenly over the pieces.