Over the past two years I have made quite a few benches, mostly my Bowback Benches, but also Shaker Meeting House Benches. The Bowback (Contemporary Windsor) Benches have included my standard in cherry with ash spindles and figured maple legs:
Several of the benches have been new variations on the theme, including a white oak Contemporary Windsor Bench with ash spindles:
I also made an oak bench with dark mission oak stain:
I happen to have two new slabs of wood, a 20 inch wide piece of cherry suitable for an eight foot long Contemporary Windsor Bench and a wide piece of walnut big enough for a 6 foot Bowback Bench. These pieces are special due to the width; usually I glue two pieces of wood together to make the seats. These pieces of wood will make one-piece seats. Here, along with a smaller bench and a chair, is a photo of the last six foot Walnut Contemporary Windsor Bench that I made:
I’ve had a photo of a 5 foot Shaker Meeting House Bench, that I made, on my website for 25 years without an order until this year when I got two orders in a two week period. One was just like the original in cherry with ash spindles:
The other went through two iterations, both adding a splash of color to the bench collection:
I also made one other Contemporary Windsor Bench out of ash but dyed walnut brown:
Please keep the orders coming; increase the variety!