wood + wax + copper I’ve had this piece of wood laying around the shop for years now. A slice of red oak covered in red wax. When a tree is cut down and ripped into rough lumber the ends of the boards are coated in wax (or something similar) to prevent the wood from […]
People ask me if I live in a happy bungalow. 95% of the time. Here’s proof: A mixing of the toy worlds! Not only are Happy Bungalow toys mixing with those rascally store bought toys, but if you look closely you’ll see cars taking a snooze on some dollhouse beds. So here are some castle […]
I just finished up a custom set of cabinet hardware for a client. All wood – the knobs are cherry with square walnut inlays and the pulls have walnut posts with cherry handles.
Continuing on the story-book theme. We’ve revised the Three Little Pigs story. I was able to use some of my architecture knowledge (you know, those two college degrees, professional licensures, and a decade of experience that is little used day to day in the shop. eek – but they still make me pay back the […]
The Bungalow was quoted in an article about toy safety along with a nice picture of our very own Rocket Rob. Read more about toy safety on the Consumer Products Safety Commission’s website.
I’ve been developing a story-book character set of people and animals. Red Riding Hood is needlessly violent and mean. I’ve reworked it with help from public domain images and text. Sort of like that Pride and Prejudice and Vampires. Except with no vampires and not a hint of Mr. Darcy. In a little thatched […]
I’m working on packing some of my animals and people into story-book collections. Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Old MacDonald, Ugly Duckling and the like. All the stories that are in public domain so there’s no worries about copyright infringement. So I found some older versions of the stories (thinking the turn of […]
The newest robot of the line – oh they’re so cute.
