Wabi Sabi furniture blog

a blog by Patrick McKenna, furniture designer at Wabi Sabi joinery workshop

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Amazing Instagram blog of Portobello Home fitout

@the​_foxed_house in Instagram is a blog with images made by Wabi Sabi clients Rob and Mona.  Have a look at the link to see amazing images of their completed house project, but also learn a few tips to benefit from their years of research and years of collecting beautiful objects to complete their home.  They get an A+ Wabi Sabi rating and were an absolute pleasure to work with on their project.  The kitchen is a centre piece of Wabi Sabi joinery works. 

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Check out Rob and Mona’s house and story of their home refurbishment on Instagram @the_foxed_house.  Many thanks to Rob Fox for the name check and referral as “wonderfully talented” @patrickwabisabi.    I have had the privilege to work with some great people and help to see through a vision for their homes, but Rob and Mona are exceptional and so engaged in the materials and design process.  I could tell they connected with the built history of this old Portobello house and were deferential about adding their own design stamp - they really love to play house

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Friend, colleague, and Interior Designer, Sarah Chambers, is featured in her house in today’s The Gloss magazine in the Irish Times.  She has a lovely Wabi Sabi kitchen that is the result of our design collaboration.   I loved working with Sarah, as she has a great sense of style. 

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Lovely article in the Mar/Apr issue of @image_interiors and kitchen design collaboration with Studio M Architects.

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Flexi-ply is a fantastic product for making those solid timber faced curved drawers that creates a stable curve without kerfing, steaming, or layered lamination. It saves time and money, and no compromise on end product.

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Hello from Fumbally Exchange!  :)

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Here we are.  Working hard at our Tumblr blogging workshop.  Thanks to Melissa Doran @ GoRadiate for stellar instruction on blogging.  I step closer to becoming part of the bloggerati. 

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Here is the reference image for the solid oak trunk stairs due to be installed in Rathgar.  Click here to see more from Studio Rolf.  I have adopted the design to include understairs storage and wc. 

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Solid oak stair tread/risers almost fully cured and ready to be planed down and installed in a house in Rathgar.

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A friend told me I was on tv again the other day.  Here is the "About the House" episode that features Wabi Sabi at the workshop and my own house.    It must be on RTE's favourite list, as I think it has been on t.v. at least 9 times since it originally aired in 2010.   It was a great experience working with Duncan and Tanya Stewart and great production, directed by Karen McGrath of mountvenusproductions.com

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First Blog Post

Hooray.  I am happy to say this is my very first blog.  I will use this blog to post images and comments of projects as they are in progress.   I hope to chronicle  the daily happenings in my world of design, developments in the workshop, projects as they progress on site, new materials, new finishes, new joinery details.  Grab a bowl of popcorn, sit back and scroll through some lovely images. 

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Took these pictures of a project recently completed with Studio M Architects.