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One of my favorite projects ever to come out of my shop is the John Hall Frame reproduction (mine is on the left and the original is on the right). Just as a quick refresher, John Hall was one of the famous Hall Brothers who were responsible for the construction of many of the best known Greene &#...
e plywood. This creates a shoulder for the glass and picture assembly butts up against. Doing this adds another level of interest to the center of the frame, instead of just being flat. Finishing up with 2 coats of Watco natural oil (I think this adds depth of the wood), then 4 coats of a wiping var...
A beautiful frame done in the Greene & Greene style and inspired by a Shaker photograph....
An elegant frame inspired by Greene & Greene and Darrell Peart....
This is an excerpt from the live Demo Night that took place 7/23/08. The topic was creating Greene & Greene style joint for the Gadget Station project. Its a long video, but lots of details were covered and numerous questions were thrown out by the chat room. This was our best turnout yet w...
A stunning Craftsman style mantle with a Greene & Greene flare!...
...cumenting every step of the process, but I do enjoy taking photos. So that’s what I have for you here: a pictorial that documents the process in pictures. I hope you enjoy. ...
o introduce the bevels. Once everything is sanded, the parts are then glued back together and the end result is nearly identical to the first version. Pictured left, you can see the “brute force” version on the top and the “rip & glue” version on the bottom. With the ap...
This Viewer Project comes from Margaret from Magnolia Works. Let’s hear what she has to say! I decided to answer your challenge to build a Gadget Station. I built one in Greene & Greene style, designed after a lantern in the Gamble House in Pasadena, California. My Station is made of ge...
This is a very interesting take on the John Hall Frame design. Submitted by Cory in Alabama. Check it out! I have attached some photos of my Wood Whisperer inspired, Hall replicated, Greene & Greene designed frame. I actually finished it a while ago but didn’t have a chance to get the...
This week’s question comes from Brad. He writes: Marc, I’m making a hall table out of lyptus and would like add a maple border to the book matched top. I think it’s called picture frame style or something like that…..with mitered corners…I have never done this before....
About 4 days before Christmas, I started making a nice little picture frame for a custom piece of art I had made up for Nicole. A gift for a special girl requires some special wood. So I pulled out my best sheets of curly maple veneer and a couple of sheets of home-sawn afzelia wood (thanks for lin...