Comments on: Natural Stone Furniture

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:55:29 +0000

Check this guys website out http://www.allan-lake.com/
his stuff would look great with the bath tub.

By: PeterR

PeterR — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:00:11 +0000

I have a friend who builds pipe organs out of stone! And they sound very good too.

By: DIYer

DIYer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:22:57 +0000

I want that stone tub in a house like this:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/video/vs?id=RTGAM.20070713.wvoffgrid0713&ids=RTGAM.20070713.wvoffgrid0713

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:57:20 +0000

The down side of having a stone tub and furniture would be they would act as heat sinks, trying to get a tub of warm water would be expensive and if you let the house cool off, the stone furniture would keep it from warming up quickly, although it would not cool off quickly either.. I guess you would have to have an engineer calculate the heating requirements… If you had to leave the heat turned up constantly or wait many hours for the house to warm up…

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:18:16 +0000

I love that tub! as a geologist, i would be very happy with ANYTHING made out of an interesting or pretty sort of rock (mm schists are welcome…) and it’s true, heat transfers really really slowly through rock.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:12:01 +0000

Ok Shannon, so what happened to those Russian nesting dolls you were working on? And, would you be willing to sell them, or make more to sell? I have been waiting to see them. I married a Russian man we plan on having kids one day. I would love to own a set.

By: tisonlyi

tisonlyi — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:38:01 +0000

Do you carve that from soapstone?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:09:16 +0000

You see a lot of sculpted furniture in cob construction. I’ve seen plenty of the sculpted stone sinks but that tub is AMAZING!

By: Allahkat

Allahkat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:12:21 +0000

tyger burning brght: FALLINGWATER! Thank you! This has been bugging me ever since I couldn’t remember the name. +10 points for you!!
Oh, and I totally want to live in that house you posted the link to.

By: tyger burning bright

tyger burning bright — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:07:57 +0000

Allahkat - It made me think of Fallingwater too ... and also this place, which was apparently built around an existing tree. It cost a whopping $3,400 -- the little studio, that is, not Fallingwater!