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1 Benham Design Concepts Custom Furniture By Brian Benham I Specialize in Building Unique Custom Pieces brianb@benhamdesignconcepts.com

I'm the furniture maker and artist behind Benham Design Concepts. I specialize in building unique pieces of custom furniture and functional art.

2 I'm the furniture maker and artist behind Benham Design Concepts. I specialize in building unique pieces of custom furniture and functional art. I enjoy the process of designing apiece just as much as I do building it, and bringing something new into the world. My main skillsets are based in woodworking; however, I'm a maker at heart and I am always looking to expand my skillset, to work with new materials, new ideas and come up with new designs. Brian Benham I started Benham Design Concepts to turn my passion for making things into a business that will support my family and allow me to pursue my art of creating beautiful things Design and Build Philosophy Many makers have become well known for their style, you can look at a piece designed by the Green and Green brothers and see their signature elements. However, when someone asks me what style of furniture I make. This question always stumps me, as my style is always evolving. I would rather be known as the guy who is able to figure out how to make his furniture design fit the vision or inspire a new vision, rather than be pigeon holed into a specific style. The next question I am asked is Have you ever built this before, and I can understand why this question is asked. Clients want to be reassured that I can pull it off. However, the fun for me is constantly evolving, and figuring out the next thing. I have found, all Skills are transferable, so whether I am making a new style door, bathroom vanity, or a bench for an entryway, I have the skills to pull it off, and the drive to learn. I am proud that many of the pieces I have created for clients are one of a kind pieces of art, and each one has a story of how they came into existence. The Back Story I am a third generation craftsman, who grew up in a neighborhood of makers. On the corner was Jeff a custom cabinetmaker working out of his two-car garage. Next door was Mark, who ran two businesses out of a shop, built in his backyard. The first was building false teeth, and gold and porcelain crowns. The second was building clocks and all kinds of other cool things out of wood. Then there was my father, a carpenter by trade who turned bridge builder. As I grew up, I worked alongside these makers learning their craft and their different techniques. My father took me with him on many trips to see how bridges where built and help me get a job in a welding fabrication shop, building steel earthquake restraints for bridges. However, it was woodworking that captured my imagination, and is where I chose to hone my skill set. I have been studying the craft as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was more excited about the PBS woodworking TV shows, than watching Saturday morning cartoons. Some of my best lessons were learned by watching, This Old House, The Woodrights shop with Roy Underhill, and the New Yankee Workshop with Norm Abram. I watch and learned with passion and spent my idle hours in the garage emulating what I had seen, and honing my craft.

3 Custom Front Door Concept Drawing Inspiration for design The design team told me they didn t want a boring track home style door. They wanted something that would go with the angled post and beam structure, and decorative steel support brackets.

4 Custom Floating Walnut Vanity with Live Edge walnut slab backsplash. Featuring ebony bowtie inlays, and a stone onyx sink and pedestal, backlit with LED s

5 Floor to Ceiling built in bookcase with custom trapezoid door Inset Mahogany Built ins with glass shelving and frosted glass background that is back lit with LED s

Solid wood doors with stainless steel accents.

I also veneered a 20 minute rated fire door to

6 Solid wood doors with stainless steel accents. I built this style door in your typical left and right hand swing doors, as well as a pocket door, and barn doors. I also veneered a 20 minute rated fire door to match this style. Bottom right is a custom hand forged steel pulls for the barn doors

7 Cherry Writing Desk Made from American Cherry, and accented with spalted maple curved panels on the sides and custom drawer pulls. The drawer pulls are walnut and maple. 30 tall 28 deep and 48 long

8 Black Credenza Made from ebonized oak, to operate as a bar for the clients to entertain and serve drinks from 36 tall 20 deep and 78 long

9 Japanese Contemplation Bench Made from walnut. Features through tenons wedged with mahogany 18 tall 12 deep and 36 long

10 Group W Bench Made from American Cherry and accented with Walnut bowtie inlays to add a decorative accent to the crack in the wood 18 tall 15 deep and 60 long

11 Oak Craftsman style bench Traditional craftsman style bench with storage. Finished with a honey oak stain. 19 tall 20 deep and 60 long

12 Walnut Modern side table This side table has been built with splayed a tapered legs. The legs are joined with exposed joinery. 30 tall 12 deep and 36 long

13 Japanese shelf Made from walnut and featured through tenon joinery with traditional Japanese style wedge to hold it all together 30 tall 12 deep and 25 wide

14 Whisky party box Custom fitted to your favorite bottle of whisky and number of shot glasses. 8 tall wide and 14 long

15 Green and Green Inspired Entry Table Made from white oak. Features ebony plugs and a steam bent walnut handle 30 Tall 10 deep 36 wide

201 DEMILUNE TABLE FINAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE MATERIAL QUANTITY LENGTH WIDTH THICKNESS USE Cherry 4 32" 1 3-4" 1 3-4" Legs (tapered) Cherry 1 60"

201 DEMILUNE TABLE FINAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE Cherry 4 32" 1 3-4" 1 3-4" Legs (tapered) Cherry 1 60" 3 1-2" 1 1-2" Apron (7-3-32 thick laminates result in a 3-4 thick apron) Cherry 1 37 9-16" 3 1-2"