This formal dining room is one part of a whole house construction, built to complement antique oak furniture. The wood-filled interior is based on Scandinavian design. I can thank my Norwegian carpenter father for teaching me woodworking skills. The dining room features crown mouldings, wainscoating, and natural wood windows with extensive trim. There is one concession to modern methods. The curved moulding above the bay windows is a manmade composite material, stained to match the rest of the woodwork and chosen because it was considerably cheaper than a natural product. Beautiful woodwork is enhanced with the use of color on the walls; sage green in the dining room and yellows, blues, greens, pinks elsewhere; also a Scandinavian custom. The house is unusual in that it is built in the desert southwest, where woodworking is uncommon. Big thanks to my master carpenter, Chuye, without whom I could not have done such intricate work.
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