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Greene & Greene Aurora Desks

Project by mattsanf posted 683 days ago 1073 views 19 times favorited 22 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I have finally finished a matching pair of Greene & Green inspired desks for my wife and me. The photos are of my G&G desk #2, made based on the Aurora desk by Darrell Peart at www.furnituremaker.com. Darrel sells the plans for this desk at American Furniture Design website.

My desks are made from African mahogany and ebony. I finished this one with General Finishes brand Arm-R-Seal that I tinted with a little General Finishes “warm cherry” stain.

These took almost 2 years to complete because other small projects kept intruding and I would get distracted away from the desks. I am very glad to be done!

I started these desks before Darrell had his plans for sale, so after emailing him for permission, I made my own drawings to build my desk. During the two long years of work, Darrell’s plans hit the market and I bought a set of the plans. Boy would I have saved time if I had those from the start!!

My drawings were very close to Darrell’s dimensions, but were off just enough to make it impossible for me to follow his plans exactly. Since I had already started cutting parts to my dimensions, I stuck with my plans and only used Darrell’s plans for reference.

My shop now looks huge without these two desks sitting in the middle of it as they have been for a long time now. If you are interested in my posts from the construction of the desks, see my blog at http://www.intheworkshop.info/ .

-- -- Matt Sanfilippo, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.intheworkshop.info


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dennis mitchell

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posted 683 days ago

A matched set…sweet!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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Chris

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posted 683 days ago

Amazing Work Matt!

-- Chris

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CharlieM1958

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posted 683 days ago

Beautiful piece! And the finish makes me want to touch it.

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

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Paul

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posted 683 days ago

Very nice, congrats on the completion of these beautiful desks!

I know the sense of relief you feel after having something under foot for so long.

-- Paul, Texas

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GaryK

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posted 683 days ago

Very nice work!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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TreeBones

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posted 683 days ago

Very nice work. Well done.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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Nils

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posted 683 days ago

Beautiful pieces. I’ve been following on your blog – congratulations on finishing them! (And thanks for posting pics – we were all waiting to see how they’d look!).

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

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MsDebbieP

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posted 683 days ago

these are SOOOOOO beautiful.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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rikkor

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posted 683 days ago

Very nice pair of desks.

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Critterman

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posted 683 days ago

Matt, what a beautiful job, the top looks excellent and the cherry stain really leveled out the colors to perfection. Gorgeous Desk.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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mattsanf

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posted 683 days ago

Thanks all! They were fun.

Matt

-- -- Matt Sanfilippo, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.intheworkshop.info

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Keni

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posted 683 days ago

Great job! Nice details too!

Ken

-- Making Quality Homes Better!

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Marge

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posted 683 days ago

Nice desk, I like the open table-like structure.

-- Marge, Colorado

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gizmodyne

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posted 682 days ago

Nice. Great details.. Have you ever been out here to see the Gamble House?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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mattsanf

34 posts in 861 days


posted 681 days ago

I haven’t. I’d love to see it sometime though. I have not seen any G&G in person yet.

-- -- Matt Sanfilippo, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.intheworkshop.info

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Dorje

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posted 681 days ago

Nice work Matt – looks like you had some great wood to work with! The results are fantastic…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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Jeff

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posted 681 days ago

Fantastic, Matt! I stumbled on Peart’s site about a year ago and I’m a fan. Very nice execution and a matched set to boot. Thanks for the post. I’d like to build the desk or a variation that he displays on his home page. I don’t know if he sells plans for that work though.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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Karson

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posted 681 days ago

Nice set of desks. A worthy accomplishment. Great job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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mattsanf

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posted 680 days ago

Jeff,
I haven’t seen the plans for Darrell’s desk on his homepage, but email him and he can tell you. He is responsive.

Matt

-- -- Matt Sanfilippo, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.intheworkshop.info

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Jeff

997 posts in 992 days


posted 680 days ago

Thanks, Matt. Will do.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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Damian Penney

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posted 512 days ago

Wow, not sure how I missed this piece, really nice.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

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Todd Thomas

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posted 326 days ago

great looking table….like the coloring and design…...

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

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