In addition to small objects, Studio Michael Sharf creates large-scale commissions, projects, and spaces all under the same ethos of presence, integrity and rigorous material sourcing. Inquire here.

Norwegian Wood | Design and build
Norwegian Wood | Design and build
Norwegian Wood | Design and build

Norwegian Wood | Design and build

We designed and built the cypress-lined dwelling set in a redwood grove. The space was architected to feel "separate but connected" to Daniel Liebermann's 1962 teepee-inspired main house by borrowing his design language rather than competing with it. Paneled in reclaimed Presidio cypress milled with local arborists and furnished in naturally felled claro walnut, the space uses thick cypress window jambs to frame the forest as the main work of art.
Sitting With Tea | exhibition, The Village Archive, Ojai
Sitting With Tea | exhibition, The Village Archive, Ojai
Sitting With Tea | exhibition, The Village Archive, Ojai

Sitting With Tea | exhibition, The Village Archive, Ojai

Following the tradition of the cha shi, or tea stage, I made Ojai the stage, with The Village Archive at its center: boulders from the local landscape, teapots with foraged handles, tables built from naturally felled trees, and seating in local sheepskin, all made to serve the tea. Over a few weeks, hundreds of people sat for tea, some with lifelong practices and others receiving tea for the first time.
Ojai Residence | Design and build
Ojai Residence | Design and build
Ojai Residence | Design and build

Ojai Residence | Design and build

Michael's home in Ojai, set in WWII Quonset huts that started out in the late 1940s as a church recreation center and became a residence in the 1960s. Michael designed the renovation, acted as general contractor, and built all the millwork, cabinetry and furniture. Barrel vaulted interiors bring the curve of the huts inside, with poured GFRC countertops and sinks.
The dawn wall | Design and build
The dawn wall | Design and build
The dawn wall | Design and build

The dawn wall | Design and build

Solid white oak wall unit with walnut pulls, built as the centerpiece of a Sausalito home that looks out on San Francisco Bay. The open shelving lets light pass through and keeps the view part of the room. The name comes from the height of the piece and from the client's morning routine sitting, when dawn light reaches the objects on the shelves.
Koan table four | Design and build
Koan table four | Design and build
Koan table four | Design and build

Koan table four | Design and build

A tea table created from a redwood burl whose outer edge was charred more than six decades ago by a Northern California wildfire, a natural sho sugi ban that sealed the wood rather than destroying it. The piece is one of two sequential slices from the same burl, set on a timber frame base and inlaid with brass symbols (sun, moon, hand, eye, serpent) as an invitation to return to a truth we already carry.
A compass to the sun | Design and build
A compass to the sun | Design and build
A compass to the sun | Design and build

A compass to the sun | Design and build

A dining table made from four sequential Bastogne walnut slabs, seasoned from a naturally felled Northern California tree, set on bases built from the slab offcuts and steel. Brass inlays follow the ranch theme of the client's site: animals that live on the land, a hand as my signature, and a compass pointing to the sun. The piece showed at St. Joseph's Arts Society in San Francisco before moving to a private residence in Woodside.
Pedestal Dining table | Design and build
Pedestal Dining table | Design and build
Pedestal Dining table | Design and build

Pedestal Dining table | Design and build

Dining table with an inset lazy Susan, built on a sculptural base of block-matched claro walnut offcuts, with a top and lazy Susan from naturally felled Northern California claro walnut.
Butcherblock kitchen island | Design and build
Butcherblock kitchen island | Design and build
Butcherblock kitchen island | Design and build

Butcherblock kitchen island | Design and build

A kitchen island designed and built for a San Francisco residence. The top is claro walnut end grain, laid in a book-matched pattern, and works as a surface for cutting and food prep. The base is solid black walnut with a brass rail.
3093 Broadway | Hospitality design and build
3093 Broadway | Hospitality design and build
3093 Broadway | Hospitality design and build

3093 Broadway | Hospitality design and build

A solid claro walnut dining table with matching floating shelves, alongside a sculptural shuffleboard table, designed and built for the common space of a former auto dealership in Oakland, now a luxury apartment building. Both the original building and the new construction return to the circle again and again, so each table stands on round columns that anchor the piece and tie it back into the room around it.
Burl side tables | Design and build
Burl side tables | Design and build
Burl side tables | Design and build

Burl side tables | Design and build

A pair of matching side tables built from a naturally felled maple burl sourced in Washington State. The backings are spalted sycamore from Northern California, with feet cut from the same slab as the tops. The design pays homage to the work of George Nakashima.
Roam Cabins | Design and build
Roam Cabins | Design and build
Roam Cabins | Design and build

Roam Cabins | Design and build

Five park model cabins built for a Park City development that Michael led from 2022 to 2025. The site allowed recreational vehicles but not permanent structures on foundations, so each cabin was built to ANSI 119.5 standards and certified as an RV.