Current Project: Window Seat Bookcase
I have been looking at so much Greene & Greene furniture, my head hurts. I keep hoping I’ll see something that helps me break out of the design block which currently has a hold on me. What you see above is the current design idea for my daughter’s window seat bookcase. During the past week, it has become clear to me that my first design was just that: mine. My daughter, wants the window seat bookcase to be more of a bench with a seat back. So instead of viewing this project as a case piece, I really need to view it a little more from a chair perspective. So far I have gained most of my design inspiration for this project from Darrell Peart, a fantastic woodworker who specializes in the Greene & Greene style. Another design source: David Mathias’ book, “Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light”. Mathias’ book easily gets my creative juices flowing because it is full of actual photos of Greene & Greene homes and furnishings (as opposed …