El
Dorado Woodworks manufactures by hand, one piece at a
time, high quality
custom
furniture designed especially for your living needs.
In 1993, I dreamt of a career
building hand made, custom furniture. After a couple of
years trying to find my "style", I happened
upon the
Arts & Crafts movement....it was then that I knew I
had found my calling. I immersed myself in the period,
learning everything
I could from the original masters like Gustav Stickley,
(and all of his brothers), to Frank Lloyd Wright, Greene
& Greene, Charles Renie
Mackintosh and Charles Limbert. With a background in art
and photography, which has given me a sense of size and
proportion, I was able to recreate originals from
photographs in my vast collection of books, as well
as use those originals as an influence to create new and
exciting designs.
A new chapter in my career opened in 2003 when I
was asked to create an Arts & Crafts environment in a
new home being built in the Houston Heights. I approached
this new venture with the belief that the same skills
that I had honed building custom furniture should be
applied to creating custom kitchen cabinets, built in
bookcases, crown molding and wainscot paneling. I was
responsible for every aspect of the project from the
design of all the elements, to milling, cutting, fitting,
sanding and finishing the quarter sawn oak. Today, I have
assembled a fantastic team of craftsmen who hold the same
beliefs in the construction process as I do...in the
immortal words of the master Gustav Stickley
himself,
"Als Ik Kan"...To the best of my ability!
The past few years have seen another shift where new
designs are being created not in the Arts & Crafts
style and this is attributed to our newfound
relationships with decorators and designers. So I invite
you to spend some time perusing the pages of my website.
Being a former commercial photographer, I have a tendency
to document everything as you will notice. There are over
300 images of art we have created over the last 20 years
of about anything you can imagine. When you are ready to
make the commitment and have something custom made, give
me a call, I assure you that whatever we create for you,
will be loved and cherished for many generations to come!
Thanks for your
time,
Richard Loper
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