Dimitri Designs Art Furniture

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Dimitri Designs Art Furniture

My world of furniture and woodworking. This is my journey in woodworking, especially furniture, which began in the mid 1970's. Thank you.

My influences and likes are many which translates into an eclectic approach. Fine craftsmanship coupled with designs that both look good and function properly are my intention. Curiosity, humor, and surprise never hurts either. Open "PHOTOS" then go to "ALBUMS" . Scroll to the album titled "4 DECADES" to see my work.

10/08/2026

The Girl With Long Hair
Port Orford Cedar - 10” x 10” x 32”H with oil
(Base - 10” x 10” x 19”H)

Several weeks ago I posted a brief video of some carving I was doing. Well here’s the final outcome and the story behind it.
Almost 40 years ago I had a series of commissions for carved support columns for a wealthy residence.
The wood was Port Orford Cedar from the Northern California and Oregon coastal area. The cants measured 10” x 10” x 10 ft. With one of the leftover wood ends (see photo) I decided to attempt a sculpture. I can’t do figure drawing and perhaps I did some crude sketches. But mostly I just went at the block with large chisels and power tools to get the basic form I was striving for.
After a couple of weeks I stopped (other photo). Probably because of a combination of the need for paying commissions; thinking I took too much wood off; lack of confidence and losing sight of what I wanted; and of course my ultimate nemesis- lack of motivation and laziness.
So I dragged it around for the past 4 decades with the thought that maybe I would attempt it again but that was looking less likely as time went on.
Fast forward to about a year ago. I sold some small pieces of equipment on marketplace and when the buyer came with his adult son to close the deal pick them up, his son saw this roughed out piece in the corner where I kept it and said to his father that it looked like something he did. The guy told me he also sculpted and that I should get back to it.
It was a busy year of back to back mostly cabinet projects for me. But by mid summer things were slowing down and for some reason I decided to take a long serous look at this abandoned and forgotten time in my life.

So this is the result. I have no clue how to judge it. Unlike the dimensional furniture and cabinets, I have nothing to measure it against. It certainly is not my comfort zone. There are things that I think I got right from wherever my original concept was. Others I’m not too sure of. I also included a picture of the back.

What I mostly ask for is honest critiques - positive and not.
Thanks for taking the time.

09/18/2026

I forgot how much I enjoy old school carving.

04/03/2026

Well the flurry of work of the past few years is still continuing. No retirement yet for this soon to be 72 year old.
Here are some of the latest just completed this past week. Shown is about a 1/3 of the entire job. The rooms are being lived in and getting good photos may or not happen.

The book shelf wall unit is about 17’ long and 8’ high. It was made in about 8 sections that fit tight like a giant puzzle. It has 3 desk areas where the doors flip down and the upper ones flip up and slide into the cabinets.
At the end under the window is the cover for the metal and ugly HVAC unit. The mid panel is removable do as to access and service the unit.
2 other rooms have similar covers.
I also made 2 wall hung bath vanities.

The woods are white oak and walnut.

03/21/2026

Finally got the doors delivered and installed today in the 1890’s brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

The first 2 pics are the new door replication. The other one is the refinished and modified original.

02/17/2026

I’m kind of proud of this one. Hopefully I’ll get some pics of this installed and with its home surroundings.
The back story is I did a bunch of cabinet work (master bathroom and walkin closet) this past summer and fall for a client who owns a beautiful Park Slope Brooklyn brownstone (ca. 1890’s) with all original interior woodwork.
So I was asked to make a duplicate door for the living room that was missing or badly damaged. He also had a hall closet door that a neighbor who owned a similar brownstone gave him, that had a different finish and about 2 1/2” too short.
So after figuring out (with the help of my son) what the original wood was (American Sycamore), I made the duplicate door with traditional mortise and tenon joinery etc. and added the 2 1/2” to the closet door and refinished it to match.
I’ve attached some accompanying pics to show the joinery and the original that I was matching to.

The door on the right is the refinished and lengthened hall closet door.
The door on the left is the new one I made
Thanks for looking.

11/22/2025

Some recent work to show for a Park Slope brownstone.
The first is a walk in dressing room in maple.
The others are the vanity and medicine cabinet in the adjacent bathroom. Still waiting on the special order k***s for the vanity. This was in solid white oak with a clear water borne finish.

11/02/2025

This weekend’s challenge: replicate some baseboard molding for a 130+ year old Brooklyn brownstone.
There’s a wall in one of the room missing the baseboard. The original wood is a mystery. Age and use are factors.
The replacement is Spanish Cedar which I bleached. I started with an 2” thick x 11”W x 11’ plank. I made about 14’ linear ft. And still have 4’ of the original plank left over.
The original was done in 2 pieces - the 6” flat plunth base and then the 3” multi profile cap molding on top. I had to do it in 5 pieces. Making each individual profiles with separate router bits plus some hand shaping.
This was fun.
The pictures show the original up against the new; the cutaway side profile of the new; and the left over cedar plank.

02/15/2025

Just completed: A Wee Bench
Walnut with oil - 18”H x 16”W x 30”L

01/19/2025

Another project just completed. This one has special meaning as it was for 2 wonderful old friends. They had direct input into every aspect of the entire kitchen design and choice of materials. A job truly well done for a most beautiful home.

My contribution:
Solid walnut countertop bar - 1 1/4”T x 21”D x 120”L x 66”W.
Walnut Floating Shelves with Brushed Aluminum detailing - 2”T x 12”D -varying Length & Width.

The overall kitchen remodel was expertly done by others.

11/07/2024

Just completed. Mudroom Cubbies in tinted white oak (plain sliced and rift).
My humble and minuscule attempt to add some beauty and logic to a truly screwed up world!

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Thompson Ridge, NY
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http://dimitridesignsny.wordpress.com/

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