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"Greene and Greene meet Rustic Barn Boards" --by RusticWoodArt

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"Greene and Greene meet Rustic Barn Boards"  --by RusticWoodArt  "Greene and Greene meet Rustic Barn Boards"  --by RusticWoodArt  "Greene and Greene meet Rustic Barn Boards"  --by RusticWoodArt  Click the pictures to enlarge them

Greene and Greene meet Rustic Barn Boards
....well, here we go!

After much thinking about this project, I decided to use some old barn boards that I had salvaged seven years ago off the side of an old barn. When I say old barn, well this barn was built in the late 1700’s, so go and figure what year to date the boards at. Anyway my favorite barns are English Barns and so these boards have a touch of ‘ye old English’ in them and plenty of ground in character.

I do admire Greene and Greene furniture….however that’s not what I build, so I had to think about this one and what I could do with a Thorsen Side Table design. The top is five year old pine that has sat and weathered with age, to which I used hemlock for the legs and such, while also riving some birch and throwing that in also. All joint work has been done by using mortise and tenon joinery, which has been done by drill, hand and chisel.

I debated about how to finish but have chosen to go with tung oil, while at first I thought I might not do anything to the barn boards, but in the end I also finished them with tung oil.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
www.frank.wordpress.com


....and when I had aged as well as fine grained wood, I saw that all my attempts at trying to become someone was vain, so in the forests of wood I have now found my place, were all is ‘very good’ and so I now give thanks….

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/


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scottb

2940 posts in 809 days


posted 496 days ago

Beauty

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Roger Strautman

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posted 496 days ago

Very unique look Frank. I like it.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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WayneC

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posted 496 days ago

Great table Frank.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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mot

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posted 496 days ago

Great table, frank!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Karson

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posted 496 days ago

Frank Congratulations on completing the challenge.

It looks great.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Skee

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posted 496 days ago

Excellent, and I love the re-used wood concept that has a story behind it. Talk about character!!!

-- -- Skee from MN

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Bob Babcock

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posted 496 days ago

I like it Frank…nice contrasts…great wood story…great look.. the panels add a touch more Asian character to it I think.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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scottb

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posted 496 days ago

ooh, good eye Bob. I’ll second that.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 496 days ago

Congratulations Frank.
A beautiful, but rugged ,& sturdy piece of furniture. The separation of the top and stretchers looks real nice, & very nice contrast with the staining.
All we need now is some of your poetry to go along with it.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Obi

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posted 495 days ago

WAY TO GO, FRANK !!! Beautiful.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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RobS

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posted 495 days ago

Great Work, Frank! Excellent use of hand tools.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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jockmike2

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posted 495 days ago

Frank again it seems you impress everyone with your handi work, it is gorgeous and its you, like Dick said rugged yet poetic in its way. It’s a winner in my book ole timer. I just noticed that burl top. that is really neat. very neat. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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Bill

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posted 495 days ago

Nice job Frank. I like the contrasting wood, and the way you raised the table above the aprons. Nice touch.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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CharlieM1958

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posted 495 days ago

Unique and very pretty as well!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Don

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posted 495 days ago

Frank, this is true to your spirit. Very nice work, my friend!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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frank

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posted 495 days ago

Hello Everyone;
—-I sincerely thank you all for your wonder-full comments here and am sorry about being late at getting back, it’s not that I’m ignoring any, but that I’ve been busily out straight here.

....and yes Dick, in answer to your wondering where the poem is, this to will come shortly once I have a poem that speaks from the heart of this piece of many assorted wood movements in the symphony of embracing ‘wood art’.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

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rentman

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posted 495 days ago

man that is unique i really like that frank

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

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furnitologist

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posted 494 days ago

Hi…..Love the space between the legs and top. Now I’m wondering…..what’s inside there???

Neil

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MsDebbieP

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posted 494 days ago

I love that space as well – and the boards. SWEEEEEEEET :D

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Bill

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posted 493 days ago

I bet it is where Frank keeps all his writings while he is working on them. Perhaps it is the vault of wisdom?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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fred

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posted 493 days ago

Frank, I really like your interpretation. The rustic look with the old barn boards are beautiful. Good job and well done.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

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David

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posted 313 days ago

Frank -

I missed this one so I am very glad it popped up on the Shuffle!

Very nice . . . wonderful way to save some fine old wood. I think the wood sprits were talking to you on that one!

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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