Naturally Formed Wood

Breitenbush Hot Springs in western Oregon

 has lots of beautiful use of free form wood,

and being in Oregon they have lots of wood.

Figueroa Family Woodworkers In Alamos, Sonora

We have been on the road recently in Arizona
(the more guns, less wi-fi state)
but I hope to get on a more regular posting schedule and...

...I was happy to meet Nemesisio Figueroa,

 who is part of a woodworking family here in Alamos.

Windows In Alamos, Sonora

This will be the third consecutive post in my trilogy

 on woodworking in Alamos.

Doors In Alamos, Sonora

Since my last post was on a woodworking shop in Alamos,
Carpinteria Rosas, 

let's look at some doors since that is the best access I have

 to some of the incredible woodworking they do here.

Carpinteria Rosas

Any walk around Alamos, Sonora will confirm to the casual observer

 that there are some excellent woodworkers here.

Sun Ray Kelley

I just became aware of Lloyd's Blog around the beginning of the New Year

and one of the first posts I saw was about SunRay and Bonnie 

who were on their way to Mexico.

Andrew's Windows

If you are planning on designing or building windows 

our friend Andrew has built several that offer an array of ideas.

Free Form Stairway

I want to get back to stairways and one of the coolest 

I have seen lately is one that Andrew has built.

Woodworking By Rob Stout

I have highlighted some of the work of Rob Stout in 3 previous posts:

 An Active Solar System on 6/15; 

The Attached Solar Greenhouse on 6/25;

 and his work was included in Door Handles And Latches on 6/24.

Now I want to show some of his woodworking skills.

Windows And Shoji Screens

     This post is the first under the new label of windows and I want to start with a window I wrote about on February 13th, Woodworking At 831. It brings up a couple of points.

Door Handles And Latches

Door handles are a great place to play, be whimsical, 

and use up some scrap material.

A Stairway

Years ago I built this stairway to the 2nd floor in an addition

 we built onto our 1st house in Santa Fe.

I am in the Thomas Jefferson school on stairways- 

make them as compact as possible.

Andrew's Doors

On May 31st I profiled Andrew and Katie's Solar House,

 and now I want to show you the doors that Andrew has built.

The rest of the posts on Andrew and Katie are:
An Adobe Tower,

Free Form Stairway,

and Andrew's Windows.

Doorway Thresholds

Having worked on two old owner built adobe homes

 in the last two decades we are often times confronted 

with adding doors or upgrading existing ones.

Bathroom Woodworking

A little over ten years ago we were finishing up an addition

 on our first house in Santa Fe, New Mexico

 and the last thing was a bathroom next to the upstairs bedroom.

Free Form Wood

We are back in New Mexico and as I am looking over what to do

 for the next posting I am distressed that I don't have more on wood

 to write about, but hey I guess that comes with living in the desert 

southwest and traveling in Mexico.

Woodworking at 831

     I am not a great woodworker but I have been at it for a long time and I like working with wood. And I have strong opinions about the use of wood.

Doors We Have Seen

     (To see a rewrite of this post with better photos please go to: Doors.)

     In our travels we have run across some pretty cool doors. Above and below is a door from Brattleboro, Vermont. This is one of my favorites because it is an eye catching door and very well made. It is in a protected spot which keeps the door in good shape.