My father was commissioned by many churches, libraries, and community civic centers to create large works, such as altars, conference tables, study tables, reading tables, lounge chairs, and so forth. One of his most prized commissions was the Mill Valley Library in Mill Valley , California, in 1966, where he made over 100 pieces. In 1997 another wing to the library was added that allowed him to make even more pieces. Since then I have continued with refinishing and maintaining my father's furniture.
In 2009 another remodel was completed and I was commissioned to build a number of pieces: a loveseat with two chairs, a fiction-room bookcase with benches, an information desk facade, a book drop, a 30-foot magazine rack canopy, a reference desk bookcase with drawers, three 8-foot tables for computer and study use, and much more. For me this was a huge project. What was so fantastic was that my father left me with some stacks or flitches of black claro walnut that matched his previous pieces. The library could not have asked for a better match.
|  |  | | claro walnut love seat, small table, two reading chairs. Mill Valley public library
| view of 2009 loveseat with view of father's 1966 reading tables in background
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