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Adamvs Tasting Room Wood Wall Custom designed

Greg Hay blog January 22, 2019

10 Reasons Why You Should Choose Custom Wood Furniture

Custom wood furniture sounds expensive and only affordable for those with the time and money (hello 10%!) . So the rest of us are forced to seek out alternatives that lack in uniqueness, design and timelessness! Typically settling for the cheaper prefabricated furniture made popular in the big box stores. However, the extra money is well worth the investment. There is ...

Greg Hay blog January 13, 2019

Zaha Hadid Architects and Soho China Collaborate On The Worlds Tallest Twisting Atrium

This is an amazing collaboration between Zaha Hadid Architects and Soho China. Leeza SOHO’ is the most recent of four project collaborations between zaha hadid architects and soho china, totaling 1.4 million square meters of office and retail space. Anchoring the new financial district in the heart of Beijing, the tower is currently under construction where it is scheduled to ...

Greg Hay blog January 13, 2019

What It’s Like to Live in a California “Spaceship House”

This is a great read! Hugge & West Home: Design for a cozy life is a great book that showcases the transformation of cabins, townhouses, barns and bungalows into proper homes. I absolutely love the colors in the "Spaceship House" and this is an area that completely fascinates me. Perhaps the most intriguing of the book’s ...

Butterfly Wing Bridge San Francisco California

Greg Hay blog January 13, 2019

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lost Work Brought to Life

As a custom fine furniture designer and craftsman, I really appreciate the architecture brought to us by Frank Lloyd Wright. This article showcases the restoration of many past architectural styles. Everything from the rustic mountain cabin, to the many Victorian styles, to the Eichlers of California. These are rich for so many reasons. Of the more ...

Greg Hay blog January 13, 2019

Step Inside The World’s 9 Most Futuristic Libraries

I love books! Libraries are the most wonderful place to go! The bigger the better. Just looking at the books is akin to traveling so far away. I love this article about the 9 most futuristic libraries in the World. The architecture and design of these libraries is breathtaking. The library was once a silent sanctuary ...

Gregory Hay Designs Stave Table in Eastern Walnut

Greg Hay blog January 11, 2019

Why choose Walnut for your custom fine furniture

Working With Walnut In my experience, fine craftsmen tend to favor specific types of wood, much like a mechanic might prefer working on a certain make or model of cars. It is most often a matter of comfort and familiarity. The craftsman may have created a great custom piece with a specific type of wood so ...

Greg Hay blog December 20, 2018

The Variations of Mahogany That Bring A Project To Life

The Variations of Mahogany That Bring A Project To Life Striving to provide the highest quality products possible has always been my mission. The standard is that it will be durable, beautiful, made with the best materials available and be supremely functional. Hand shaping and hand planing are skills critical to the process of giving life ...

Modern Table Slate Steel and Douglas Fir

Greg Hay blog November 27, 2018

Custom Designed Wood Furniture

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my blog. As the holidays are approaching, I think it is more important than ever to remind the people we surround ourselves with of how important they are to us. This is a time to be cherished, a time we will never get back. With the holiday season in mind, ...

Greg Hay About, blog October 17, 2018

Welcome to Gregory Hay Designs

Welcome to Gregory Hay Designs! I’m Gregory Hay. I began working as a carpenter 39 years ago and found that I was fascinated with the work behind the designs. Quickly, I realized that not only did I have an eye for detail and design but I had a passion to build, as well. Now, I’ve ...

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