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Jul 16
3 min

3 More Tips for Developing & Designing Multi-Family Housing Projects

Today, we are continuing our series on Tips for Developing and Designing Multi-Family Housing projects. Whether you are a commercial Gene...

Jul 16
4 min

2 Tips for Developing & Designing Multi-Family Housing

Developing and designing Multi-Family Housing is an exciting niche within the commercial design world- yet also takes a highly unique app...

Jun 30
2 min

Our Favorite Outdoor Furniture Pieces You Can Order Now

While we are a custom furniture studio at heart, we've found the following outdoor furniture pieces to be consistently popular in Denver ...

Jun 18
5 min

The 24-Hour Design Solution Behind Arvada's New Street Patio

On Friday, June 12th, in an unprecedented move, Olde Town Arvada closed its streets in order to reopen its store and restaurant fronts. T...

May 25
2 min

Introducing adaptable tables: TableLinks

Can you see the seams in the tops of these massive Oak tables? Look closely. ⁣ ⁣ Each live-edge table is actually divided into 4 differen...

May 3
3 min

Maintain Social Distancing with partitions and dividers

Black Hound Design Company's patent-pending mobile partitions and dividers for restaurants, co-working offices, hotels and more.

Sep 19, 2019
5 min

The Importance of Design Thinking

Here at Black Hound Design Company, we specialize in custom furniture and fabrication. That means that rarely do we build two things that...

Aug 27, 2019
6 min

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The average model train is a surprisingly heavy sucker. Depending on the make and model, you can expect at least 50 pounds. Now most trai...

Jul 30, 2019
1 min

How It's Made: Chevron Restaurant Tables

We make hundreds of custom restaurant tables each year for places all over the country. When we deliver the final product to a customer, ...

Jun 10, 2019
3 min

How to create killer surfaces for branding and photography

The humble tabletop has been thrust into spotlight over the past few years. What used to be an overlooked part of restaurants, breweries ...

Apr 11, 2019
1 min

Guide to Coffee Tables

It's no secret that we love making custom furniture. One of the reasons we are so passionate about custom options is that you can get exa...

Mar 25, 2019
1 min

Guide to Furniture Design Styles

We love making custom dining tables. From our big ol' dusty workshop in Denver, Colorado, our handcrafted tables can now be found in home...

Mar 14, 2019
1 min

Guide to Restaurant Table Sizes

Howdy! We make a shitload of tables each year for restaurants, breweries and resorts all over the country. We're constantly trying to rem...

Mar 7, 2019
2 min

2019 is the year of the Social

"Social" is all the rage these days. From January 1st, 2018 to the present day, over 55 restaurants opened across the country with the wo...

Feb 7, 2019
2 min

How to get millennial patrons in the door, and staying longer.

It used to be that restaurants wanted turn-over. More people in the door means more money spent, right? Not quite. Now, restaurants want ...

Jan 3, 2019
2 min

Three Common Mistakes When Using Epoxy

Epoxy resins have skyrocketed in popularity over the past several years by professional and novice woodworkers alike. The most instagramm...

Dec 27, 2018
2 min

The Death of Factory Furniture

The furniture industry has changed dramatically over the years. For decades, nearly all American-bought furniture was manufactured in Nor...

Dec 21, 2018
2 min

Meet the Maker

When you see the works of Andrew Lavey, you’d think he’s been in the woodworking field for decades. His work is simple and elegant, illus...

Dec 3, 2018
3 min

Three Critical Concepts for Restaurant Table Design

Tables are the bedrock of any restaurant. They literally anchor the entire guest experience, but also- can greatly add to the atmosphere ...

Nov 26, 2018
2 min

The Secret to Designing Exciting Restaurants

Here at Black Hound Design Company, we've created the furniture and FF&E packages for restaurants all over the country, including our hom...

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