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mitted, especially in a showroom setting. “The problem is how to show it all. It is eclectic.”
That is one reason that part of the 20th anniversary exhibition is a house tour of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Darby’s home in Woodville. The Darbys have more than 30 pieces of furniture designed by Mr. Kramer, as well as examples of custom millwork produced by Kramer and Eiland Woodworking.
“It’s one thing to see the pieces in a showroom setting,” he said. “It’s another thing to see them in a house. It gives you an idea of how to mix up those eclectic pieces.”
Looking to the future, eclectic will apparently continue to be part of Mr. Kramer’s vocabulary. “I plan to continue on with it, with very few changes other than to stay free to flow with ideas.”
Furniture design, he said, “is a lifetime thing. There’s no retirement.” He mentioned that master craftsman George Nakashimi, who recently died, was still designing and building furniture well into his 80s. “Maybe you don’t go out and cut down the trees anymore — but you can still actively create. That’s how I see myself.”
“Recent Thoughts” opens on Saturday, Oct. 13 with a special preview showing. Mr. Kramer’s showroom, as well as Kramer and Eiland Woodworking’s shop, mil be open at the Washington Arts Building at Gay and Jett Streets from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Tours of Millwood, the home of Mr. a rid Mrs. Robert Darby in Woodville, will be conducted from l pjn. to 7 p.m. The exhibition will continue Oct. 11-21, with the showroom and shop open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no admission charge to any of the exhibitions, and all pieces in the show will be held until the show concludes on Oct. 21. For more information, call (703) 675-3625.
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