PorticoStyle.com is born again

For the last couple of years i have been posting here to show the latest projects in the furniture and wood shop. This year i asked my webdesigner to redo our website porticostyle with new capabilities, so i could update the content myself.  That project has now been successfully completed. Hooray!!  I will be able to show so much more of what we do, and what makes the people connected to Portico unique.  So stay tuned to porticostyle.com    Where the action is.

Sedona Table

What do Arizona and Oregon have in common? Not much you think?

How about the color orange - rocks in Arizona, Douglas fir wood in Oregon?

Osmo polyx-oil made a beautiful finish for this sofa table.

Office desk

Mission accomplished! Customers asked for a 10 x 2 foot workstation desk to fill their home office wall. It was also important to be able to slide the office chair from side to side. Mouse holes allow the power cords to disappear. Again, as usual, all reclaimed Douglas fir wood.

Amsterdam table revisited

I love the contrast between the darker legs and lighter top. All the wood is Douglas fir. The thick legs show beautiful exposed end grain.

Wine Country Table update

Wine Country table and bench

Mortise and tenon construction

This year our customers allowed us to build several more Wine Country tables. Above you can see what traditional mortise and tenon construction looks like. After it is glued up, it makes one of the strongest joinery methods known. For larger tables I recommend m&t construction.

Amy Doan did a very nice write up of our work in the Oregonian. The full story is here:

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2010/02/portland_companies_create_hip.html

Thanks Amy!

Sofa Arm Table

For those of you with square armed sofas - the solution to rest your drinks!
Made in the Portico workshop - made to fit your sofa.

How to measure your sofa arm for proper fit of a custom sofa arm table:

1. Find a hard object, such as a pair of books or pieces of wood.
2. Place each book on the inside and outside of your sofa arm.
3. Measure the distance between your two books. This is the interior dimension of your arm table.

Philosophical question: Can this object still be considered to be furniture? Is it too simple too qualify for the title?