Rustic Furniture and Architecture
Dan works with major architectural firms, and clients, to help identify, find and install the right natural materials as structural and decorative elements. He is an authority on contemporary and historical rustic styles. He has written five books and can review design plans with a breadth of experience and working knowledge of techniques and materials. He offers design and consulting services as well as production and installation of rustic materials.
Current, September, 2010
for a Utah mountain top home: a 10' dining table from reclaimed vintage pine, coffee table, eight side chairs and two Gothic Rustic chairs. This was done with Bill and Barbara Olendorf of Twigz.
for a log home in Tennessee: a Cedar staircase leading to a forest-like landing
Just Finished:
with Centerbrook Architects and Planners, log columns for the new student center at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Other Recent Projects
the Lobby renovation of The Bear Mt. Inn
Lakewood House, Centerbrook, 2006-2009
Quaker Hill, Shope,Reno,Wharton, 2001-2004
Marsh Estates, Centerbrook, 1996-1998
Mohegan Sun Expansion, 50 major logs, 2009
The Farm and The Lake House, NJ client, 2000-present
Architectural Detailing:
Mack works in both new construction and the remodeling and refining of existing, finished homes. He can help identify key areas--often the Entry Way or Staircase -- which might deserve special rustic elaboration. He can offer alternatives at various budget levels.
- Interior Rustic Work
- ...ranges from one well-placed rustic chair or table in a contemporary setting to wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling natural materials. There's a place for each approach and it's testimony to the versatile quality of what's been called rustic. Really, it's the accenting with natural materials. The pleasant challenge is to discover just what natural materials are appropriate in what settings.
- Rustic Work at renovated Bear Mt Inn
- Pre-School area in a Chabad in Basking Ridge,NJ
- Staircases, Handrails
- Exterior Rustic Work
- is equally wide ranging from a modernist use of natural materials to a traditional Great Camp look to the sensibility of a Zen garden. The Big Question: Just how much of what materials does a project really need to "say" something?
- Rustic Work on modern loggish house
- Treehouse
Natural materials as columns, stairways, fences, benches, and even a 2-story treehouse.
PORTFOLIO of older work
