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Sunday, February 23, 2014

WHAT IS A DOERNBECHER pre WWII desk

I found a Doernbecher desk that needed my help.

Doernbecher was a furniture manufacturing company established by Frank Silas Doernbecher

in Portland Oregon from 1900 until WWII.

I found a nice little write up that I thought you may enjoy reading.

My step-grandfather started working for Mr.Doernbecher when he was nine years of age. The factory had just been built and put into operation. My grampa started as a sander which ment that he worked twelve hours a day for six days a week. He made 50 cents a day. When he retired at age 45 he was the superintendent of the finishing department and one of the highest paid emploies of the company. He had made enough money working there that he never had to work another day in his life.

If this man started when the factory opened and continued to be there until he retired,

the likely hood that he touched this desk is huge.

You can find a side by side before and after pic here.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

What Im working on at the moment

This project is in Sylvania, Ohio. The customer had some water damage in the basement of the home. The lower 4 of drywall in the entire basement has been replaced.

The following 2 pictures are of a display area that Im making out of birch plywood. It will eventually be stained after all of the trim work has been completed.

The kitchen in the basement was completely torn out, along with the masonite on the walls. Ive installed new Kraftmaid cabinets. They are a middle of the road cabinet, and very nice to work with. All doors and drawers have self closing hardware - nice!