If you've seen pt. 1, apologies for the extreme wordiness! It reads like I was on something. Deep breath. Less verbiage.By 8pm the second day, Monday, the three of us had gotten to a point that promised the work would be completed on time. There was some staining and final finish for the Stink Tree table and mainly just final assembly for the island.
I had to drive back to Grass Valley that night to get ready for the election, but Tom decided to stay a couple more days to help Dylan finish the furniture, deliver it and get him ready to hop a plane Wed afternoon. All of which he was able to do. As I mentioned in the last post, Tom is a terrific organizer and an amazing dad!!
They rented a van and delivered the pieces to the house in Los Gatos on Wed morning, well ahead of the deadline. Tom reports that the Designer Guy and Sunset Lady (again, no name) LOVED the tables! I suspect that they will be fairly prominent in the Idea House spread in the magazine in October. Of course, we'll send out a notice beforehand. It should be a rather nice piece of advertising for Dylan. And, we hope, someone also buys the tables. That would also be nice.
It's difficult to get a business like Dylan's up and running from scratch. There are so many moving parts, not the least of which is making the right connections with the right people. From his first year (he's in his third, now), he's impressed folks with his designs and developed some very good relationships. Now, he needs to find a good partner to help him build the pieces faster and keep on top of the all the paperwork/email/scheduling (not his strong suit). That person might not be so easy to find.
But, for now, he and Emi are roaming around Italy for a couple of weeks, eventually attending the wedding of Emi's close friend in Tuscany, somewhere. The furniture design biz can wait, but he has a stack of orders waiting for him upon his return.
Photos: 1--Dylan and Tom inspecting my (flawless) staining job at the end of the day on Monday. The island is in the foreground, nearly completed. (The shelves, which appear white, are covered with a protective membrane that the Sunset folks will peel off just before the show to reveal the stainless steel surfaces.)
2--The assembled island (no finish on the legs or top, yet). The drawers pull out in either direction and have stainless steel bottoms.
3--A close-up of the island table surface to reveal a hidden butterfly embedded (after finishing).
4--The Stink table in Los Gatos, sitting on a furniture dolly.
5--The island coming out of the van in Los Gatos.
