Woodworking & ART Projects

Project 15

1800's Kansas Barnwood custom Dining Room Table & Benches

Final Table Dimensions: Length: 98 ½ in,  8ft 2in; Height: 30 ½ in, Width: 40in

Final Bench 1 Dimension: Length: 90in, 7ft 6in; Height: 18in, Width 12in

Final Bench 2 Dimension: Length 85 ½ in; Height: 18 in, Width: 11 ½ in

"History in the making, while into making history."

PROJECT 14

Custom Portable SKI Bench with Boot Storage

This is the epitome of a custom ski house creation to fit a space underneath a staircase as you walk into the condo from the garage. Wood is blue stain beetle kill pine, stained 50% red oak and 50% golden oak. 40" wide x 40" deep and mountain design backing with hooks for helmets, goggles, gloves, etc. It also features black iron pipe arm rests and pull handles. The piece is sitting on large swivel casters for portability to pull in and out from underneath the staircase.

PROJECT 13

live-edge Bookshelf and vintage beam entertainment table

A collection of local beetle kill pine and black iron create the perfect, custom bookshelf to a new condo in Keystone, Colorado.

The wood slab is sourced from Pug Ryans Brewery while the vintage wood beam was pulled from the shores of Lake Dillon for the same condo just down the road in Keystone.

PROJECT 12

Custom Dining Room Table

This 66" long, 36" high, 36" wide custom fir table is heading to a home in Keystone, Colorado. It was built specifically to the customer's taste and design preference to minimize bulkiness of the base and increase space.

PROJECT 11

Red, White, and Blue Stain Pine XL Bistro Table

48" x 40" Large Beetle Kill Bistro Table with Black Iron Pipe.

Top: (2) stunning 4ft long, 2in thick Blue Stain Pine slabs from Hesters Log and Lumber in Kremmling, CO

Finish: Minwax Wood Stain Pre Stain Wood Conditioner, Minwax 'Natural' Wood Stain, 2 Coats Helmsman Satin Spar Urethane

Project 10

Family-Style Dining Room Table & Matching Bench

This one of a kind 7ft beetle kill dining room table & matching bench is a product of the great minds of Heath Kirschner & Amanda Kirschner ...Their faith in letting me run wild with a vision and the ability to exercise creative freedom is a testament to the beauty of this modern classic. A special thanks goes to these wonderful people who merge unconditional love of food, family and friends all in one spot; their new home in Summit County. I couldn't think of a better project to fuel new skills through a myriad of challenges and to ultimately be able to have them join together at this culinary hub for many meals to come. The wood is nothing short of extraordinary: Three 12in wide slabs of beetle kill pine at 3in thick, seamlessly stitched together with twelve 1 inch dowels. The frame is comprised of top quality douglas fir 4x4's and the legs are insanely sturdy, hand-carved beetle kill pine 4x6's. The stain is completely custom; half Minwax Early American, half Minwax Driftwood lightly applied to ensure the integrity of the wood is not compromised. Finished with three coats and semi-gloss spar urethane & copious amounts of whiskey and high fives. Cheers to your new table and your amazing new home, my friends! Thank you again.

PROJECT 9

THE RESTAURANT

Imagine if you could Fly to the Moon under a Purple Haze singing Sweet Songs of Freedom.

…Well maybe not the actual moon, but with help of and the amazing folks at the New Moon Café in Keystone, CO, these hand-crafted pieces will be making the journey to a new location opening soon in Buffalo, New York.

(4) 31.5" x 31.5" Hand-Crafted, Hand-Painted Artist Tables. Aspen Wood & Black Iron Pipe: Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley

(2) 8ft Blue Stain Pine & Black Iron Pipe Window Seating Tables with Beetle Kill Backsplash

(1) 8ft Blue Stain Pine Bar Top with Black Iron Pipe & Reclaimed Pallet Wood Backboard/Backsplash

PROJECT 8

"The Thinker" inspired by Auguste Rodin's Classic Bronze Sculpture, "The Thinker"

Medium: Black Iron Plumbing Pipe with Candelabra Light

PROJECT 7

Jimi Hendrix Acrylic on Blue Stain Pine 

Project 6

20" x 25" Hand-Pressed Lake Dillon Quad-Print Transfered to Blue-Stain Pine.

This is a a Warhol-inspired vintage take on a popular overlook of Lake Dillon and a tribute to the amazing county I call home. The piece is a great size for any room and would be an awesome addition to any mountain home, condo, etc.
Supporting local artists not only helps with tangible aspects such as fixed costs, time, building materials, equipment, etc but more importantly it provides encouragement for the intangibles of an artist like creativity, inspiration, drive and faith.

PROJECT 5

My Latest Perfectly Imperfect Creation: 6ft Blue Stain Beetle Kill Pine Bar/Island

Reclaimed Wood with Industrial Steel Pipe Footrest on One Side
Blue Stain Beetle Kill Pine with Storage on the Other Side

Finished with Minwax Helmsman Semi-Gloss Spar Urethane

Handcrafted in Dillon, CO with Love

Project 4

Custom Order: This King Reigns Supreme

Project 3

This Is My Second Canvas Art Installation:
Reclaimed Pallet Wood, Distressed Wolf Gray Stain, Customizable 30x40 Frame Space With Cataract Skull Canvas Print, Headboard & Footboard Assembled w/ 4 Hex Bolts Directly Around the Frame. Hand Crafted in Summit Cove, CO with Love. Sold in less than 12 hours.

....I've also been told this is Art. That makes me smile.

Project 2

Last fall, a firearm-toting friend and I found a late 50's early 60's Chevy tailgate beat to hell in Colorado's Sheephorn wilderness one day while exploring a few unmarked squiggly lines on my phone's GPS. As we loaded the rusty hunk of metal I said, "Hell yes let's definitely do something with this!" When our high five lowered, it sat outside behind my house for damn near 8 months before the snow had all melted and my mind warmed again. I kept looking at this dented, vintage piece of American history and knew its character, its story, its life full of ups and downs (pardon the pun) had to be displayed as a relic of its time. I tipped a few back and talked up the idea of making it a bench. I framed it out with 2x4's and accounted for the mangled extrusion in the tailgate, but as it grew I began plugging away at the idea of turning it into a large western chest or... table or... giant cooler? Who the hell knows-  this could be anything. I got lucky finding a few really old, weathered pallets that broke apart with relative ease leaving mostly unbroken 4ft rips of disheveled pallet gold. To my surprise I was able to salvage nearly 2 entire wood pallets using only a wrecking bar at the time. Those perfectly imperfect boards became the trunk's top hatch and back side. Brushed with a batch of puritan pine wood stain, the 6ft long monster was coming into it's own. When my projects start coming together, they tend to also become extremely heavy. In order to move this deteriorating American muscle I installed 4 red casters with brakes to match the small amount of red factory primer peeping through its aged, chalky white exterior. It also needed a handle to lift the heavy hatch and chains to keep the top hatch ajar, but also to stop it from swinging all the way open and snapping the hinges. What became of this project is something of true value to mimic its pre-existing utility. It's a way to honor and finally rest this gatekeeper of a haggard truck bed driven by what I can imagine as a good ol' steadfast cowboy wandering the western wilderness just as I was one late autumn day.  Here's to you, old friend; rest easy knowing that I recycled your beat up Chevy truck bed in the form of a vintage wooden Chevy-inspired trunk. Hopefully one day you can share the story of how in hell that thing ended up all the way out there so I can put my myths to rest. Til then, Cheers. 

Project 1

A little over a month ago I posted an ad online in an online marketplace for a pallet bed that I made about a year ago. It was constructed with a hammer, a few nails, some spray paint and a dab of wood glue. Sure, it wasn't exactly a masterful creation but it was something I was semi-proud of that guests could sleep on for a week during a visit. The bed had been sitting in my garage after moving from Heeney to Summit Cove last August and I never really expected it to sell. 2 hours after I posted the ad, I was absolutely blown away to find 40+ people liking it, commenting, tagging friends, and sending me direct messages. After a quick bidding war, I delivered the bed to a nice gentleman in Dillon Valley who needed it for a child's room. When I returned home I promised everyone on the thread that I would make another given the overwhelming response. This is a thank you to all those who offered kind words about the project. This is also a post to let you know that I kept my promise and made another. Over the last couple of weeks, I kept thinking about a new project. . . A better project. Something truly unique. . . And here's what I've come up with. . .

A Customizable 30x40 Canvas Print on a Reclaimed, Distressed Pallet Wood Headboard with Matching Footboard & Bed Frame... I call it a fresh stART.

Size- Queen Bed
Dimensions- 7ft tall, 7ft long, 68 inches wide
Stain- Minwax Natural
Assembly- Headboard and Footboard fit around frame joined with 4 inch hex bolts, nuts, washers on the legs
Edges- Sanded, slightly rounded to prevent accidents
Finish- Polycarbonate Satin
Canvas- ½ inch thickness, space for 30x40 print, interchangeable via adhesive velcro

As a local, aspiring photographer and videographer in Summit County this IS literally a fresh START. One could say I've "put all my eggs in one basket." I feel strongly about this project in the fact that it's a new twist on everyday furniture because not many people change/alter/customize beds often, if ever. My theory is that a bed is one piece of furniture that our culture just hasn't added it's own customized, personal flair to yet. Society's take seems to be, "The bed doesn't change. If we have a picture or decoration it goes above the bed. And that's the way it goes." Why not infuse the two with the ability to change out pieces of art by the month, season, year, occasion, etc. Personally, I enjoy landscape photography but the days of just selling a print on it's own are surely numbered. The beauty of a custom print rests in the imagination of the bed's dreamer. It could be a shot of a loved one, funny pet, concert venue, desert adventure, rose petal, family portrait, dream car, musical instrument, ski event, evening on the lake, or any memory you want to preserve to last a lifetime. The possibilities are endless. I have a number of wonderful photographs that I've taken over the years but it's almost impossible to choose only one. If there's something you'd like to see as a custom print on this unique reclaimed pallet headboard please push me to shoot it for you.
The materials to make this project come together cost roughly $200. The prints usually cost me a little over a hundred a piece and the amount of time I've spent deconstructing, planning, sanding, constructing, fixing, painting, staining, staging is somewhere in the vicinity of a full 40 work week plus overtime but the amount of learning in that time frame is priceless. I truly mean that.

Thank you so much for the inspiration (& patience reading this lengthy post) and I hope you all have a great day!

Sincerely,

Kyle M

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