My hand crafted, solid wood furnishings appeal to the tactile as well as the visual senses. I use a combination of hand tools and machines to create the custom wood furniture pieces. They are meant to be used and built to last using timber from responsibly managed forests or salvaged materials whenever possible.
Robert Zlomke
Owner
FURNITURE AS EXPERIENCE
FROM THE BLOG
The Further Adventures of a Hydrology Table
Six years ago we salvaged a piece of local maple which had seen better days and repaired it with bits of epoxy filler...
Wedding Coasters
This project was an unusual departure for me: making something small in quantity. Specifically, we needed coasters...
Winter Commissions
The aftermath of Open Studios 2021 kept us busy all winter, with a series of commissions that curiously all involved...
Mini-Slab Tables
About a year ago we started on a set of mini-slab tables, inspired by a collection of small slabs that had come our...
The Small Cedar Chest
Last June I got an email inquiry from someone in Ohio. She had a small cedar chest imprinted Zlomke-Calvin Furniture...
Some Local Claro Walnut
Northern California has its own species of black walnut, Juglans hindsii, which is commonly called claro walnut. It's...
Repurposing Rosewood
A pair of repurposed rosewood benches that we made about a year ago have found a new home. At the end of 2019, at the...
A Token of the Live Oak Tree
In July 2014 I returned from a backpacking vacation to find a telephone message from an engineer I know who designs...
Oak Woodland Table
At an Oakland lumber yard several years ago, Evelyn and I ran across a pair of California native valley oak boards...
The Live Oak Tree Revisited
I wrote about this live oak tree in 2014. I found out from a local engineer working on a project near Napa that this...
Good Karma Cabinet
Telling the story of the Good Karma Cabinet, which sold earlier this year: This mahogany cabinet combines antique...
Finelines Tables: Draw a Crooked Line
This is a detail of our first Finelines Table, made in 2014. I have been gluing thin pieces of wood between wider ones...