Custom Made – Guarino Furniture Designs

Presentation Box

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:04:53 +0000

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). I was very pleased with the end result.

Showtime

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:59:28 +0000

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.

5th Avenue Nightstand

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:54:06 +0000

5^th 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 site. I look forward to revisiting this design for you. You may also like to refer to the headboard and armoire on my page.

5th Avenue Armoire

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:44:50 +0000

5^th 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 do a clear hand rubbed finish to allow the beauty of the woods to take center stage.

Allegro Music Stand

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:32:49 +0000

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 that had a musical theme. It was a fun object to design so before long I had three designs that I liked and had to decide which one to do. Allegro’s rhythmic sense of movement compelled me to start working on it as soon as the sketch’s last line was drawn. On performance night the French Philharmonic played and before the performance the conductor was introduced to my work and me. He loved the music stand.

Allegro was recently shown at the newly remodeled state museum’s opening exhibit. It was the only wood piece displayed. Allegro’s appeal is that it includes many of the senses. Visually, it seems to be moving because the legs look like an animal in motion. The curves want to be touched and when someone is using it, playing music it is heard.

Display Cabinet

Guarino Furniture Designs — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:23:14 +0000

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 and a challenge to make the many components, using my planes, chisels and spoke shaves to shape the gentle curves and fit each part together. This cabinet is one of my most satisfying works.

Susan’s Treasury

Guarino Furniture Designs — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:32:45 +0000

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 and the ability to display the unique collection of books, in such a way as to allow the viewer to connect in a meaningful way with each piece of art on display. An aspect of this design is to have the cabinet play a supporting role allowing the art to take center stage. When the instillation was completed and I stepped back form the cabinet, I turned to see the clients smiling. Susan’s Treasury is very much at home in their living room.