Hilton Head driftwood standing desk

One of the advantages of participating in the Florida art show circuit for the past 35 years is the opportunity to personally display my work in front of thousands of people who can see my furniture first hand. Although many times that results in  an immediate purchase, on occasion it leads to someone asking if I could custom create a special piece. I’m always willing to accommodate that request if I’m able. Sometimes I’ve had a customer ask me to make something that I’ve never considered. Such was the case when  Nikki & I were doing the Under the Oaks Arts Festival in Vero Beach, Fl.  At one point during the weekend we had a couple on vacation from Hilton Head, SC ask me if I could create a driftwood standing desk.

I was not familiar with the concept of a desk that was taller than the standard 30″ but I had already had a piece that I was planning to make that was going to be a very tall foyer table. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever have a customer that would want a foyer/sofa table that was over 36″ high, but it was such an incredible driftwood stump that to trim it to a lower height was something I couldn’t bring myself to do.

Several months later it was completely weathered with a customer requested 3/4″ glass with a 1″ bevel & 2″ rounded corners. It now sits in an  office on the 4th floor (a converted top deck) of a home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Hilton Head, SC