Springhouse Shop & Studio

Campaign Furniture for the Nursery

Springhouse — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:55 +0000

This elegant dresser is equally at home in the nursery for a boy or a girl- or a master suite. The removable tray top can contain a changing pad…or use your imagination- customization available. The piece is built from solid Pennsylvania Maple lumber and constructed with dovetail joinery. Seven roomy drawers provide storage while the solid brass

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Antiqued Dry Bar Curio Cabinet

Springhouse — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:13 +0000

This recent custom dry bar/ curio cabinet was built for a client of Philadelphia’s J.Thom. On site, in a private residence, a granite counter, two glass shelves, and a light were added.

The back of the piece is painted BM Dove White, while the rest of the piece was painted grey, antiqued, glazed, and topcoated with dull waterborne lacquer.

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Hollywood Regency Vanity

Springhouse — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:03:51 +0000

White Vanity with Brass Details

With Glossy White Lacquer and shiny brass details, this custom vanity is all ready to ship to Los Angeles, California.

This piece features four dovetailed drawers on self-closing soft-close undermount slides, two doors (one with a cubby for storing a hair dryer) and a flip-down center section and flip up mirrored top.

Dovetailed Drawers on

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New Shop in Full Swing

Springhouse — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:30:25 +0000

Since the beginning of this year, we’ve been taking advantage of our new larger shop space. We welcomed a full time employee and with that the capacity to take on more work, and bigger jobs.

You are invited to come and visit the new shop! Come and see what we’re working on. Tell us about your plans, admire the old machines,

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Walnut Credenzas

Springhouse — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:42:19 +0000

Three Door Dining Room Credenza

Modern Walnut Credenza / Bar Cabinet

Here are two Black Walnut Credenzas being delivered to Manhattan today. They feature solid slab construction with veneered doors with no hardware visible on the exterior. The doors push to open. Drawers are constructed of dovetailed matching walnut.

The smaller Credenza (two doors) is for a living room and serves as

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Chelsea Murphy Bed and desk

Springhouse — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:57:50 +0000

White Murphy Bed with side cabinet

White Board transforms into a desk

Custom furniture maximizes small spaces

Counter pulls out for nightstand when used as bed

When space is at a premium, it helps to have built-ins that do double duty, like this white murphy bed with storage cabinets, a pull-out nightstand counter, drawers, and a fold-down desk with whiteboards. This

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Bunk beds for Four in Wynnewood, PA

Springhouse — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:24:20 +0000

A family with four children needed a new solution for sleeping arrangements and these bunk beds were the solution. It has a central ladder and is framed by a matching bookcase and simple desk with a drawer and shelves. Everything is painted in lacquer matched to Benjamin Moore

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Sketch for White Murphy Bed

Springhouse — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:37:45 +0000

Next up in the shop we have this White Murphy Bed going to Chelsea, NYC. This custom wallbed features two built-in whiteboards- one that flips down to become a simple desk surface. The cabinet contains four doors with shelves behind them, and three drawers topped by a pull-out counter. Progress photos

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Catalpa Dining Table with Leaf

Springhouse — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:32:06 +0000

Catalpa trees are native to our area, and Alderfer lumber had some gorgeous slabs available when the time came to build this dining table. The table is either 42” round or 66” long with the leaf in.

The design features curved legs on casters and a little shelf under the table top. The wood has been lightly stained, shellacked, and lacquered. This

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Demilune & Bedroom Built-In

Springhouse — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:34:13 +0000

We’ve moved the woodshop to a much larger, very well lit space. This Walnut Demilune and White Bedroom Built-In are the first of many, many beautiful pieces that will be created in our new shop.

There are a pair of these demilunes- one was comissioned by a client in NYC- and we have an additional identical piece available

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