bar cart by taylor donsker

another wonder from mr. taylor donsker

my friend said it best when i shared these photos with him this morning

this is great for 2 reasons

1.) that taylor designed and built it and he's awesome

2.) a reminder that friday is somewhere on the horizon

cheers to that!

wood slab dining table by taylor donsker

as promised, here are pictures of taylor's wood slab dining table 

again, a work of art 

claro walnut salvaged from the front yard of someones house in the bay area 

with a patina steel base

i can't wait to have our own home to have one of these in it!

for the love of walnut!

yesterday i came home to 10 huge pieces of walnut in the living room.

taylor has many projects in the works including shelves for our coffee table and a credenza for under the window.

he's been spending hours each night designing and rendering and i think he's finally found his final design (its awesome!)

he's been updating me through the process and i must say, i'm pretty excited. 

perhaps he's so good because he truly loves each piece of wood. 

he's a real sam maloof in the making. he's always showing me the little details in each piece and explains with genuine fervor how the tree was cut, its rarity, or anything else he finds interesting about it.

all his furniture is made with true passion

heres a little snippet of how much he loves his new walnut pieces. i found him laying on top of it last night as i was baking his cookies!

check out his blog: taylordonsker.tumblr.com and website: tdonsker.com

he's just updated with the completed concrete sofa!

lets eat!

taylor has just about finished our new dining table and i couldn't be more excited.

its a beautiful 6ft x 2.5ft piece of dark walnut with a steel metal base.

i'm absolutely in love and it fits wonderfully in our lovely kitchen.

he has about 4 more coats of oil to put on it and it should be good to go. we're thinking about getting 4 bertoia wire chairs, or perahps 2 and a bench?

i think taylor's stuff is pretty awesome. he not only designs everything, but he builds it all with his own 2 hands. i do get a some-what of a say in the design process... and i have to help carry stuff -_-

but in all, from the sketching stage to the finished product,

its all 100% taylor-made!

i'm really lucky to have such a handy-man. i think his next project in the works will be a credenza with a typewriter table attached for our living room

hope you all enjoy as much as i do! i can't wait 'til we get to sit down for our first meal. I think, too, i'm going to get a beautiful set of flowers to go in the center.

...happy monday!