Murphy's Fine Woodworking

06/04/2026

Hi,
Really exciting evening last night..!!! There must have been a couple 100 folks there for the awards for the Design in Wood contest. There were 364 entries this year. One of the largest fields in years. Just stunning woodworking in all areas of design. I was blessed with 4th prize in chair design. Not bad for an old chair maker!! Needless to say the chair is for sale..! If you know of someone that needs one just let us know…
Cheers,
Brian & Nancy

05/15/2026

The Chair is back from upholstery and is just stunning....
This new design, which includes a bedroom group, establishes a new look for us. You will find this chair to be a stunning addition to your home. Using Cherry from Pennsylvania and Curly Maple from the Indiana area we have designed a contemporary rendition of our award-winning Bow Arm Chair. The Cloud Lift Detail of side stretchers in Curly Maple create a stunning profile for the design. The Laser Cherry side panels are a new design for us. All the pieces are assembled with mortise and tenon joinery This design set the standard established by the brothers, Charles & Henry Greene. The leather is from Italy and is a perfect match to the wood colours. Cheyenne is a premium leather coming from an Italian tannery. It was designed to capture the look of vintage wax/crackle leather while offering stronger protection for furniture use. The article has a wax crackle effect that gives it a distressed, aged character, but the finish is set so it will not continue cracking over time.
Each hide is aniline dyed and then given protective treatment through their Purely Protected® technology. This helps provide durability for higher-use furniture while still keeping a soft, silky hand and a subtle matte finish. The leather is meant to show the natural beauty of the hide, so markings such as scars, belly wrinkles, healed scratches, and insect bites may be visible. These characteristics are part of what makes genuine leather unique.

The back has a five-position adjustment. The chair includes the footstool. The California West Bow Arm Chair was among the top 5 designs for the Custom Business Magazine contest. CATEGORY: Residential Furniture-Freestanding
Size: 40” high by36” wide and 42” deep.

04/14/2026

Today we just delivered our California West Bow Arm Chair & Footstool to Manuel’s Upholstery, who has done all our work for the past 14 years!! The chair will be done in a week and will be our entry to the Design In Wood Show at the Del Mar Fair in June. In the past 3 years all our chairs have sold very quickly. If you are interested please let me know NOW.. Beautiful curly maple, cherry and a very Special Leather from South America…

02/04/2026

This was a 15' curly maple board that is 14" wide. Expand the picture to see that amazing grain. It has made 3 of our chairs and the material for the arm was stunning 6" wide 40" long cut to 1/4" thick and laminated

07/16/2025

Summer time here in California and we have decided to offer a very special sale pricing for one our famous Morris Chairs.. This Chair is Priced at $2900 which includes the footstool!! We will also pay the sales tax of $253!!! This Chair is finished and ready to pick up as it was built to display at the Design in Wood Show. It is made of solid cherry and curly maple and is really quite stunning. This is quality workmanship at its finest!

Ready to pick-up and take home!!!!The Curly Maple is Stunning..! I can send more pictures..

04/18/2025

This is a Spindle Arm Chair in leather and footstool that is the start of a 6-piece commission which includes a coffee table with cherry butterfly inserts, two end tables with inserts, our California West leather Couch, and our stunning California West Bow Arm Chair in leather also. Plus, we have 2 other Bow Arm Chairs in process. Really busy moving into early summer!!!!

03/26/2025

We have just released our Spring Newsletter, and it has HUGE SAVINGS on all our Famous Morris Chairs. Beautiful Red Oak, White Oak and Cherry Woods, Real imported Leather and all include a matching Footstool.. There are over 8 different designs to choose from Follow this link to see savings of $500 Plus on these Beautiful chairs https://www.murphysfinewoodworking.com/newsletter

01/06/2025

This is the 15th year that Nancy Murphy and I have sponsored this show!! There will be over 70 pieces of furniture and amazing wood art on display..

Please join us Saturday, January 11th at 4pm for the opening of the 15th annual Wood: A Furniture Show. This highly anticipated exhibition features some of California’s finest wood workers and wood artists, ranging from fine furniture to abstract art made in wood.

09/20/2024

Our Fall sale runs from the end of November thru the end of December!! Select any piece from our web page and we will pay the Sales Tax for you!! We will also discount your piece by 10% ... Just give us a call to save $$$ Hundreds!!!!

09/03/2024

Well we just finished a great dining room set. Beautiful sideboard to display very special glass collection, 6 special designed high back chairs and a dining table with cherry inlaid keys an a 18" removable leaf. Lori & Tim are true patrons of my work and we had the privilege of doing their complete living room a few years ago!!!!😎