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susans treasury guarino furniture designs
  • Susan’s Treasury
    It has been my experience that the process of working with a client on a new design can be very rewarding.  Susan’s Treasury is a case in point.  The clients and I discussed what the design needed to have to be both functional and attractive. The cabinet needed to have storage […]
Guarino Furniture Designs Display_Cabinet
  • Display Cabinet
    This display cabinet in Black American Cherry and Wenge is a companion to two other of my earlier pieces I made for the same office. The cabinet utilizes the same intricate leg construction as the conference and reception tables already in place in the office.  It was both a joy […]
Allegro Deleware Art Museum Craft Exhibition
  • Allegro Music Stand
    Rescued Red Oak from a fallen tree was traditionally joined, then carved to create this piece. I designed Allegro for an exhibit of my work to be displayed at the state’s Performing Arts Center. To relate my work more to the site I wanted to show at least one piece […]

Artist Easel

  • 5th Avenue Armoire
    5th Avenue Armoire has many fine details. There are eight hand dovetailed Curly Maple drawers.  I bent and veneered the doors using a two-part mold. The Shedua sides are hand shaped with one of my many planes.  The interior of the armoire is veneered with Curly Maple. I choose to […]
  • 5th Avenue Nightstand
    5th Avenue Nightstand is very versatile; it can be used as an end table or a nightstand. The proportions can be customized to fit a special situation and can include one or two draws.  I designed the nightstand to complement the bed and armoire of the same design on this […]

Fifth Avenue Headboard

Shedua and Curly Maple

  • Showtime
    Showtime is a very striking cabinet with Zebra Wood veneer and solid stock.  The door handles are carved from solid Ebony. The upper cabinet houses a compartment for a DVD player and two drawers and the lower part has a large drawer to store DVDs.
  • Presentation Box
    For Presentation Box, I chose Ebony wood to dramatically show off the sculpted lines.I don’t often do boxes, but when I was asked to design an award for Women in the Arts, I designed and made Presentation Box. It was presented to the “Most Outstanding Woman in the Arts,” (1981).  […]

Flag Box

Curly Maple and Rescued Rosewood