Completed Chairs

2025 - Anarchist's Design BookThree-legged backstool

Photos are pre-paint. You can see the painted result further down. I love the form of this stool and I would totally make another one but steam-bending the backrest instead and some slight changes in width of the backrest. It has a very thick seat. Visually, this is one of my favorite builds.

2025 - Brian Boggs Berea Arm Chair

Mine is on the right. I made this in a class. It's incredibly comfortable for a wooden chair and surprisingly light-weight. I learned a lot about using a drawknife and spokeshave to round out parts. It was also my first steam-bending experience. My first un-aided steam bending experience was with the next chair. I added tung oil later on to give it a slightly darker look.

2025 - Anarchist's Design Book Side Chair

I enjoyed painting it in a matching set with the backstool but giving it some slight differences like the green accents and I shaped the chair and leg tenons differently. It was also my first successful try at steam-bending and it made a big difference in comfort. The outer sticks and the front left leg were rived from red oak logs. The rest of the oak was kiln-dried.

2025 - "Build a Chair from Bulls%$t" Chair (BS Chair)

The chair from a small book called "Build a Chair from Bulls%$t" with the intention of making chairs accessible via home center materials. I built this one with my father and it is kept at his house.

2026 - Leitrim Chair #1

Named after a style of chair found in country Leitrim of Ireland. A documentary in the 1980s documented John Surlis building this chair without any machines, and so it is also known as the "Surlis Chair." I was drawn to how chunky it is.

2026 - Leitrim Chair #2

My revised version of the prior built. Seat and back sticks tilted at more of an angle to make it more comfortable and backrest shortened in thickness. Less stable when leaning back on two legs though.