Jillian Northrup's blog

You are in luck! We have some unwanted items from moving, and from some old projects. Please take them! First off, the ladder. This is a 10ft 2in tall ladder on a nice slant with knock in pin construction on the sides. The decorative railing is beautiful and functional. The ladder is 27in wide with 8" deep steps, making it very safe to climb up and down. Originally made to be connected to a rolling track at the top, but can easily be modified for what ever you want to use it for. Made of certified sustainably harvested Birch with water based black dye and durable laquer finish Cash sales only. Local pick up only. $100 _______ Shelves! These shelves are great for a peaked roof, or under the stairs, or just to look cool and an angle. Use them both side by side to create interesting dynamics. Shelves are 3ft 8 1/4in wide x 4ft 1in tall x 10in deep Made of certified sustainably harvested Maple with a natural oil finish Cash sales only Local pick up only. $50 each or $80 for both _______ Solid wood door. 94 inches tall x 3ft wide Some minor scratches that can be sanded out. Comes with door knob assembly and hinges attached. Cash sales only. Local pick up only. $40 Please email to schedule a time to come get em!

One wonderful thing about having a robot that makes things is that it's pretty effortless to create for just the shear joy of it, and share that ability with others! A sign for a friend's wedding. A small detail in this beautifully picturesque landscape. A quote picked by the bride & groom welcomes the wedding guests and sets the tone. Sometimes it's the little things...

One of the best things about working for Because We Can is that we get to meet great people at great companies all the time. Most recently, we have been introduced to the wonderful company Bookrenter, who rents books to college students, saving them tons of money. What a great idea! Their website has a Tiki / tropical paradise / Polynesian Pop theme to it. So in helping them out with their office, we thought we should carry that theme through. Thus, the birth of the Tiki white board.... A staple in every Tiki themed office! A white board on one side, and a pin board and sound wall on the other. Covered in a fun decorative thatch, on red and white locking swivel wheels. The base of the Rolling white board is at an angle such that one can arrange these in any number of configurations up to a 90 degree turn. And the tray for markers and erasers is functional, and filled with cool wood joinery details. The thatch on either side is sprayed with a on-toxic fire retardant, to help prevent the wrath of the Fire Marshall gods... These can be used as partitions between desks, or just as rolling white boards within the office. This is the first round of Tiki-themed elements, there is much more to come!

Hey everyone! Thanx a ton for the great Open House. Lots of people came to see our new studio and Franks new set up! It gave us the inspiration to get the studio all pretty-ed up. And it was great to see you all milling about, enjoying our new space as much as we do. This is by far my favorite photo from the night: Thanx again everyone! We'll be starting up our Eat Food Talk Shop events again. So we'll see you all again real soon! Sign up to the EatFoodTalkShop events newsletter on the right hand bar of our BLOG!

A decorative carved gate with a ocean theme. Both sides of the gate are carved, so there is interest as you walk up the stairs. Done as a two sided carving, one piece of wood is flipped on the CNC machine within a jig to assure accuracy. Also, check out the awesome pirate ship: We got inspiration for this from this old router template form. Totally great!

A pair of brothers share this play room. As they get older, the play room requires a pair of desks. That is where we come in.... Meeting with the boys, we discussed what their perfect desk would look like, and then we made them. A desk for one side of the room, that cantilevers off the wall: And a desk for the other side with post legs: The edges made of layered, high end Europly (a sustainably harvested, no-formaldehyde added wood) There are secret compartments in the desks, of course we cannot tell you where. And more elements will be added to this room. So more on this one soon!

If you went to Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA last weekend, you know it was awesome. This year we did not do Art Golf, and thus actually had time to walk around and check out the faire first hand! We saw too many amazing things to list them here. If you want to get an over view, go here It was really cool to see some stuff that we had made years ago still in use and going strong. The mic stands that the Phenomenauts use, we made about 3 years ago, and they still look great! ClifBar was there with a booth for their kids brand snack bars. We had made them a booth with lots of components about 2 years ago, and there it was! In full use and loved by the kids! Then, of course, some good friends of ours over here in West Oakland brought their Rocket Ship. An amazing piece of design and fabrication, with it's own website! See more photos from this years Maker Faire here. There will be Maker Faires in New York and Detroit this year. As well as several "mini-maker faires" all over the country. Check out the website for more details. And get yourself to one of these if you can!

It's summer time and it's wedding season! We recently did some fun wedding signs and photo props for an Alice in Wonderland theme. We made some signs to hang around and let guests know where to go. We made these seating charts and custom easel stands. The seating charts were made to look like large books, and the name tags like book marks. We made a whole table of props for the Magnolia Photo Booth. The Photo Booth was also themed in Alice and Wonderland colors. And the props were a hit!

We went to the opening night of the Oakland Museum of CA, and it is totally awesome! After being under construction for years, they are finally done with the renovations and expansion. The sculpture gardens are awesome. The new galleries are spacious and go on forever. The whole place is huge and filled with great exhibits. We wandered around for a couple hours and did not see the whole place. And... it is free this weekend. Go now! (5/01 - 5/02) Here is a view from the top of one of the sculpture gardens on the roof, looking out over Lake Merrit in the evening.