August 5th, 2009. Published under AOS UPDATES, Custom Interior, Railings, Steel Landscaping. No Comments.
Hot Rolled Steel Fireplace Hearth, Built in place
Hot Rolled Steel Divider Panel, This was built from one sheet of 1/4″ steel so the heat patterns of the steel would travel through the panel.
A fresh coat of lacquer
Custom Structural Steel bracket,
Can you believe this backyard is only 9′ deep? The transformation was incredible. The poly gal fence conceals the once over bearing AC units.
This railing was built using 1/2″ x 2″ solid steel bar for the posts and 1/2″ round bar for the horizontal runners. It was capped in cedar.
I love the way this corner detail turned out.
We collaborated with Land Interactive on this project. They have fantastic vision. We installed the steel for them.
This is the same project as above. We terraced the courtyard with 1/4″ steel. We formed 9′ boxes that work their way down the property.
These planters were built for the “Mr Chow” restaurant that is at the new W Hotel in Miami Florida. We used Corten steel and added heavy duty casters so they could be rolled in during the severe weather. This is what 5000 lbs of steel looks like.
We are almost done with this gate. It will be fitted with frosted acrylic panels and our custom stainless lever latch.
This Ipe planter was built reclaimed Ipe. The metal frame was powder coated bronze.
We love this house. If you look at our “landscape” and “Doors” section you’ll see the rest of it. The “Coolest Screen Door Ever” resides here. This gate was powdercoated silver and built to last out of 10 ga 2″x3″ tubing. The panels are frosted acrylic.
We designed this latch, because frankly there just aren’t any cool off the shelf latches out there. This stainless latch automatically latches when shut. It rides on internal bronze bushings and is spring loaded.
We worked with a local Austinite who wanted to transform his lot into an organic farm with 4′x4′ square foot garden table. So we built 56 of them. It was a lot of work, but it turned out real cool.
The steel frame was simply painted and the wood is Angel’s heart
We built this steel privacy fence to mimic the divide panel on the inside of the house.
This automated driveway gate was a calaboration with the client. She came over and drew the gate on several pieces of steel and we cut it out. We actually welded a bead on the entire edge of the tree to give it depth. The branches were banded with hand hammered steel flat bar. The entire gate was was left natural to patina and the branches were hand painted by the home owner.
July 13th, 2009. Published under cnc. No Comments.
Austin Outdoor Studio now has added cnc plasma cutting to our list of services. A cnc plasma cutter is kind of like a printer for metal. The machine is computer controlled and can cut sheets of steel 5′x8′ up to 1/2″ thick. You use a drawing package like Illustrator, Corel, or Autocad, and create the drawing file, then we convert the artwork into a file the machine can read. Load up the machine and watch it run. It’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s the general idea. A CNC Plasma is great for artwork, Signage(letters & numbers), Brackets and dimensional parts, as well as just about anything you can think of to cut out of steel, stainless, brass, copper, etc….
We are very excited about this new piece of equipment in our shop and can’t wait to see what it will do for the items we make. Here’s a little tribute to South Austin. This was cut out of scrap 1/4″ steel in the shop.
We would also love to work with other businesses who need plasma cutting services. Please give us a call or email us for information.
Jonathan@austinoutdoorstudio.com
512 577 0988
March 10th, 2009. Published under furniture. No Comments.
With everything going on this year Austin Outdoor Studio has neglected it’s poor little blog, well no more. So far this year we have built a ton of 4′x4′ Square Gardening Tables, Steel Planters (of course), been to a couple shows like Le Garage Sale and The Austin Home Show, developed some cool hand crafted house numbers, and have dove right back into the landscaping work. It seems Austin is still alive and kicking in all this economic doom and gloom. We have been fortunate for the clients that keep coming back, the new relationships we have formed, and the constant referrals we receive. I once again must say Thank You!
Here are some more pictures of some of our recent projects.
December 21st, 2008. Published under Railings, Steel Landscaping. 1 Comment.
Here are some of the finished pictures of the railing I posted earlier.
December 18th, 2008. Published under Modern Planters, Uncategorized. No Comments.
Right now we are offering three of our Metal Cube Planters from our online store at 40% off. We are still offering free shipping too. Now is the time to buy these cool little cubes! We only have a few made, but have the materials on hand to crank them out if need be. Please visit SteelPlanters.com
December 18th, 2008. Published under Railings. No Comments.
Lately we have been working on several projects, both indoors and outdoors. Our services aren’t just limited to Planters, Landscaping and outdoor furniture. We love working in your home (especially at this time of year:) Some of our projects have included a custom 40″x 96″ steel dining room table, custom steel and glass floating shelves, Wrought Iron Handrail, Cabinet Pulls, a conference table, just to name a few. I’ll post some pictures later. If you have a project, give us a call, I’d love to hear about it.
December 2nd, 2008. Published under Modern Planters. No Comments.
Sketchup is a free program that allows you to create 3d renderings of just about everything. We use it to generate our models and wanted to make our products available there as well. They have a 3d warehouse where you can share and download models so everyone has access to them. We have uploaded all of our planters as a collection.
To access the renderings once you are in the program go to:
File > 3D Warehouse > Get Models
Then just do a search for “Steel Planters” and you
will surely find them.
If you have not tried the program, give it a try
Download here
It might be a little frustrating at first, but go through the video tutorials. They will help.
Have fun!
November 15th, 2008. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
This business has been a true passion for me and I am loving every minute of it. So far Austin Outdoor Studio has worked with some wonderful people, worked on many incredible homes, and gets to be a part of a wonderful community that truly supports local business. There are many things that keep me constantly moving forward. I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone I have worked with and let you know I truly appreciate your business and your help in making Austin Outdoor Studio what it is. Thank You!!!
Of course I have other motivations that keep me going and you know I can’t refuse an opportunity to post pictures of the cutest little man I know, my son Parker. To my loving wife Kristin and the greatest son, Parker.
Thanks again everyone!!
November 9th, 2008. Published under Modern Planters. No Comments.
That’s right, we are now going nationwide. We decided to create some standard sizes for our planters and various other products and sell them through our online store,
http://www.steelplanters.com or go to the products link at http://www.austinoutdoorstudio.com
The site should be finished up over the next week and we’ll be live and ready to accept orders next week. This also means Austin Outdoor Studio will now be accepting Visa and MasterCards. Our site will included dimensioned drawings of our planters as well. Over the next month look for a new modern bench design and also a couple of different firepits.
