floating shelves that work

A client with a beautiful home in the east village wanted a few more shelves that matched their existing shelves which were made of white oak.















The catch was, these shelves would need to be floating shelves... but also be able to actually hold a shelf full of books.
















I matched them perfectly. and the shelves are rock solid.















I also installed the flatscreen tv...

work desk 'mostly' completed

This is a 'longer' term project. Lilly, a jazz musician, needed a desk that would work well for her specific needs. One of the ideas was to add curved elements to the room. We thought that adding curves would offset the otherwise very sharp square feel the room had. Also we liked the natural wood feel that was already there, so we went with more natural wood.
She moved into this space about 2 months ago. The plan was to first build the desk, and then move onto storage of clothes, and general fixing up.
Due to her hectic schedule, We're only able to meet once every few weeks. At this point the desk is mostly done...
(The desk has lots of cool curvy elements. I tried to show them as best I could)
Here are the before pix:



And here are the 'afters':