Brackish

I really like the Brackish aesthetic — industrial, rustic, solid. Seems like these guys have put a lot of thought into where their materials come from and how to reflect the Pacific Northwest. I like their display space, too. Really interactive environment within a homegoods/​clothing store. The atmosphere is conducive to hanging out — eg. I first sat on a Brackish couch while watching a World Cup event in their space.

Following a «like» link on the facebook page of a local interior designer, I found Andy at Whitcomb and Company.
At the time I was pinning to my hearts content to my pinterest page planning for a kitchen remodel.
One of the ideas was a 4ft wide pantry that ends at the top of the stairs. What better way to cover it up than a BARN DOOR that slides out over the stairs.
The Pinterest images of barn doors were very basic, planks of wood. yawn.
I wanted something rustic, artistic and local to tone down the newness of everything kitchen that would be entering our 1920s wood tudor.
On Andy’s website was a dining table with an awesome top. I like to think I’m a pretty easy customer. I asked for a top like the table that would be hung as a door to the pantry.
We have an awesome piece of functional art hanging on our wall.
It is beautiful to look at everyday and every guest that enters the room is completely wowed by it.
He was on time and on budget. What more could you ask for.

After months of researching local independent woodworkers and lusting after the table that existed only as an indeterminate fantasy in my mind, I type with laptop and tiny glass of late harvest Muscat settled firmly upon the exquisitely striped, generously knotted and perfectly-​yet-​casually formed farmhouse table that I knew I would love if only one day I would meet it in the world.
Now, because of Andy, it lives in my little dining room.
My kitchen is my respite and retreat, which makes a dining table my canvas and showcase. So I was so excited when moving into our place in May at the prospect of finally, after years without one, having a table…
And not just any table, but exactly the one I wanted, if only I’d known exactly what I wanted beforehand. Two pre-​eminent requirements: simplicity, and reclaimed wood; in other words, a piece that looks effortlessly casual in the way that only an individually crafted table, with all its perfect imperfections, can appear. Around Seattle, that can run a fortune. But after having searched hours away, and waiting months for a table that didn’t appear, I looked again and finally ran across the website for Whitcomb and Company.
This is some beautiful work, people. The kinds of tables and custom pieces that are perfectly unified in their unmatched-​ness, created from old reclaimed wood full of stories and knots and age, mixed with a creatively modern sense of workmanship… Not only is Andy’s work just lovely, but he’s an excellent source of ideas and useful questions. Previously, we’d thought of a slightly different table size, but through his questions about how we actually prefer to entertain (from how we like to sit to whether I serve food on the table or plate it in the kitchen) we ended up with a better idea than what we began with. On top of all that, his pricing is less than many other places in Seattle: a wonderful option for those of us who care about using existing wood sources but don’t have multiple thousands of dollars to spend on such a table. Always prompt with email (and present for delivery literally right on the minute!), he was so easy and wonderfully professional to work with.
Word on the street is that he might be looking for a storefront or pop-​up spot sometime around the holidays on the Hill. If you’ve got ideas for furniture that you need, I can’t suggest strongly enough that you track him down.
I’ll be here, piling platters onto this beautiful wood (from the Packard Building down the street, no less — how local can you get?!) and marveling at how it matches the dog…

My husband and I searched high and low for the perfect dining table and struck out at all the major furniture chains and antique malls. We stumbled across Andy Whitcomb on Craigslist and decided to custom design our dream table — a rustic (yet modern) farmhouse table, made of wood salvaged from a barn in Oregon.
Andy came out to our house to meet with us, show us some sketches and look at our dining room. He’s very passionate about what he does, and really pleasant to work with. And his prices are totally reasonable — we bought a custom table for less than what we’d pay at Pottery Barn.
Andy uses reclaimed materials for all of his furniture making and we liked how environmentally conscious he is. Whitcomb & Co. specializes in rustic and industrial styles, with an emphasis on distressing and antique finish. In addition to our table, he was able to transform our old sofa table into a dining bench with rusty steel legs. It looks amazing!
Andy is definitely an up-​and-​coming designer and we’re thrilled to have a custom piece from him!
(**There was no Unilocal category for furniture design or custom furniture so I had to choose furniture upholstery, the closest thing!)