The Collins Companies: CollinsWood® Millennium Award

Recognizing a commitment to sustainability, design and craftsmanship

Kitchen and Bath
Charles Shackleton, Designer/Builder
Charles Shackleton Furniture

In the Kitchen & Bath category, Charles Shackleton Furniture of Bridgewater, Vermont won with their “Kitchen Dresser,” an heirloom piece using 100% CollinsWood rough sawn cherry and poplar. Their design features sliding dovetail case joinery, dado and tenon face frame construction, hand-carved dentil molding in crown, half-blind dovetail drawer joinery, solid cherry adjustable shelves, door fronts with floating raised panels, and tongue & groove backing. As judge William Sampson comments, “The more you look at this piece, the more you are fascinated by the intriguing molding details and fine workmanship.”

To order, contact:

Charles Shackleton Furniture
Bridgewater, VT

http://www.shackletonthomas.com
802.672.5175
802.572.5177 Fax
shacklet@sover.net

Entertainment
Terrence E. Hall, Designer/Builder
The Joinery

The Joinery was a winner in the Entertainment category with “Lorelei’s Bed,” designed by Terrence E. Hall. “This ingenious design stretches the practicality of the bed from strictly a sleeping platform to a more ergonomically multipurpose leisure zone,” said CollinsWood judge William Sampson. Crafted with 100% CollinsWood cherry, the bed features a graceful, curved chair-like headboard and a simple, short-foot board at the end of the bed for sitting. It’s an ideal design as a space saver for a small master bedroom, yet enduring enough in its craftsmanship to be handed down from generation to generation.

To order, contact:

The Joinery
4804 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97206

http://www.thejoinery.com
503.788.8547
503.788.4608 Fax
info@thejoinery.com

SoHo
Tony Garrett, Designer
Architectural Forest Enterprises, Builder

Architectural Forest Enterprises of Brisbane, California was a co-winner in the SoHo (small office / home office) category with “Meeting Table” from their new line of office furniture fabricated with CollinsWood particleboard, veneers, lumber, and finished with a zero-emissions UV cured coating. The collection was designed by Tony Garrett of San Francisco, California.

To order, contact:

Architectural Forest Enterprises
Brisbane, CA

http://www.ecoforest.com
415.467.4800
415.467.0568
sales@ecoforest.com

SoHo
Christine Toupin, AIA, Designer
Peter Murkett, Builder

Co-winner in the SoHo category was the “Toupin Office Table” designed by Christine Toupin, AIA, and built by Peter Murkett of Monterey, Massachusetts. The table is constructed of solid lumber throughout, utilizing 100% FSC-certified CollinsWood cherry. Highlighting up-to-date technology, the voice/data and power cables are separated in the table and the electrical component is the Interact Module (UL listed) manufactured by ElectriCable Assembly Inc. The table can be shipped disassembled with easy assembly instructions and only an electric screwdriver with two tips needed for tools. The solid cherry tabletop attaches to the base with fasteners riding in grooves, which allows for seasonal expansion and contraction across the grain without warping, buckling, or cracking. An initial production run of twenty-five tables was enthusiastically received at the Bloomfield College library.

To order, contact:

Peter Murkett
Monterey, MA

http://www.petemurkett.com
413.528.9937
413.528.9938
r2m2@bcn.net

Millennium Award Jurors

• Kristin Ralff Douglas
Publisher and Editor, Environmental Design & Construction magazine

• William Sampson
Editor, CabinetMaker magazine