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39 posts in 543 days
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.modmomfurniture.com
I'm a mom of two who left a corporate marketing job at A&E and The History Channel in 2003 to spend more time at home with my kids. In order to help make up for my lost salary, I started Mod Mom Furniture where I design and build modern, mid-century style kids' furniture. I'm a self-taught carpenter with a love for modern style (aka plywood furniture.)
I've checked out Lumberjocks many times for tips and advice and am thrilled to be part of the community.
My furniture is sold on my site, in few LA stores, and several modern furniture sites:
www.modmomfurniture.com
www.modmomfurniture.etsy.com
www.designpublic.com
www.modernnursery.com
www.spunkysprout.com
www.mahardrygoods.com
www.myurbanhome.com
www.capucinemaman.com (NYC store)
-- Kiersten, Los Angeles, www.modmomfurniture.com
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42 comments so far
Scott Bryan
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posted 543 days ago
Hello Kiersten,
Let me welcome you to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking journey.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
pyromedic602
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posted 543 days ago
Welcome, come in and sit awhile. Hope you enjoy.
-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood
trifern
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posted 543 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
GaryK
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posted 543 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks! Enjoy yourself.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
SM
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posted 543 days ago
Kierstan,
What fun! I love the Owyn Box; no smushed little fingers.
It is a lot more fun in the shop than the board room! (I was also a corporate refugee.) Come to think of it, one could make the analogy that a shop IS a “board” room.
Good luck and welcome.
SM
-- SM
darryl
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posted 543 days ago
I like the laren play table. my daughter’s would love it!
I like your website, it’s well laid out and easy to navigate.
welcome aboard!
-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com
Paul D
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posted 543 days ago
Welcome to LJs !! Glad you have joined us !!
-- Paul D, Atlanta GA
rikkor
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posted 543 days ago
Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
Chip
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posted 542 days ago
Welcome to LJs Kiersten. Your web site that you posted above needs and “i” added to furniture to make the link work properly. Great work and a pleasure meeting you.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
CharlieM1958
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posted 542 days ago
Welcome!
You have some really cool items on your website.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Tony Z
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posted 542 days ago
Very cool stuff. Greetings from Ohio.
-- Tony, Ohio
Bradford
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posted 542 days ago
Kiersten, you are at the right place to show your work, in the best community on the the web. We love when new projects are posted. We have everything from piles of lumber to the finest furniture in the world. Woodworkers from every country in the world are represented here. So post anything, and often. Welcome again.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
cajunpen
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posted 542 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Blake
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posted 542 days ago
Good to see another California woodworker in the shop. Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com
mot
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome to LJ! I hope you’re seeing some content and some projects that you enjoy! I’m certainly enjoying the content you’ve posted.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
ND2ELK
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive.
God Bless
tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
jeanmarc
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- jeanmarc manosque france
mgradwohl
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posted 541 days ago
OK you need to put up some pictures of your workshop now—after seeing on your blog that you were cutting some wood in a dress.
I saw that you’re looking for a new table saw. I have the powermatic model 66 with the router table built in, and it’s pretty nice. I’m having some problems with the wheel that raises and lowers the blade, it just it s pain in the butt to turn it. I also added an aftermarket splitter. My garage is my workshop to the saw is on a mobile base.
Welcome to lumberjocks, this site is my new addiction. My wife is glad I’m addicted to this site and not some of the others that are out there.
-Matt in Redmond
EdC
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome aboard, it’s even more entertaining than TV.
It’s a great group of woodlovers with a lot of knowledge, Enjoy
-- Ed - Milan, IN
Dusty56
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome to LJs …this is a great place with a bunch of talented people here , all sharing what we love to make.
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
Napaman
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posted 541 days ago
Welcome Kiersten!!! You really did find a great place…great wood working—-but even better community of people!!! I just checked out your web page and it looks fabulous…congrats on the venture and I hope you have continued success…as a father of 3 (14 mons, 5 yrs and 15yrs) I love your designs…
I grew up in Irvine…so so-cal is my home…
Thanks for adding me as a buddy…I will do the same so I can keep seeing all your great stuff!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
Karson
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posted 540 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Grumpy
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posted 538 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks Kiersten. This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
jockmike2
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posted 537 days ago
Welcome to LJs. mike
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
gizmodyne
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posted 536 days ago
Welcome to L.J. Another So Cal member! Excellent.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
FJDIII
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posted 536 days ago
Welcome and enjoy the ride!
-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----
TomK
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posted 530 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks !
-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke
gbvinc
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posted 529 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks!
suliman
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posted 514 days ago
Hi Kiersten, I just wanted to say hello!
-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,
Jayjaylove
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posted 509 days ago
I am so inspired by your work! Fantastic stuff!
-- crafty ladies love wood too!
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 509 days ago
Howdy!
Welcome to LJ, the best woodworking community anywhere!
I love your work, I am going to check it out some more.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Nils
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posted 509 days ago
Kiersten – nice to see you here on LJ. Your business is very inspiring – and I love your blog! I very much understand the 1940s garage workshop. That’s where I work as well – except I usually just move everything out to the driveway. It’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle to get everything back into the garage – bandsaw and drill press stacked on table saw, etc…
-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA
kjverlanic
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posted 509 days ago
Kiersten, Very interesting and inspiring work! It is very refreshing to see more Moms getting into woodworking.
Jolene
-- “There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper … and the buyers who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.” John Ruskin
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 509 days ago
Hello Kiersten,
Sorry I missed your entry into the site. I’ve been a little lax in keeping up with the posts.
Welcome aboard!
Lee
-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com
WoodGal
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posted 502 days ago
Yep, here’s another Mom welcoming you to Lumberjocks! It’s a great place to spend some time!
Super cool furniture you’ve designed and built!
-- What goes around, comes around.
Russel
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posted 498 days ago
Hey Kiersten, I just popped by your website again and while I enjoy your writing, there is a phrase you use, that may be accurate, but is somewhat troubling. That phrase is ‘mid-century’. The phrase sounds so old and having been alive mid-century, I feel old by association. So, while I don’t mind being old, it’s a bit unsettling to have my childhood place in mid century. ;-)
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
Alejandro Galo Moreno
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posted 469 days ago
I like your furnitures. I find them beautiful, luminous in its simplicity; only some reticence about the legs: I find them too “serious” in comparison with the whole (just a humble opinion,:D ).
-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS
MichaelB
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posted 277 days ago
Hi Kiersten, I love your designs. Very cool and creative stuff.
Bureaucrat
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posted 182 days ago
Happy Anniversary! By my calculations, you will have been a Lumber Jock for 1 year on May 26. Thanks for being a part of this.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
ErikB
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posted 135 days ago
Hi Kiersten. Just checked out your Web site. Very cool stuff!
Erik
ken90712
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posted 67 days ago
From one So cal to another welcome and love the designs!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
janice
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posted 19 days ago
Wow is all I can say right now. I will be back to check out everything.
-- Janice