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LOOKING FOR I T 'S FOR SALE AT THESE LOC ATIONS Ar t on the Aven u e B arnes & Noble B oo k s e l l e r s The B ird Store Cannonball Hou s e Chichester 's on Vin e v i l l e Chichester 's on Har tley B r i d g e R o a d F ountain Car Wa s h Frames & Ar t Hay House Ingles G ray K ro g e r Sto re s Macon and Warner Robins Law re n ce M aye r Fl o r i s t M a co n Ar t s M a r ke t Ci t y Ca fe M u s e u m o f Ar t s & S c i e n ce s Pay n e M i l l Ant i q u e M a l l Pu b l i x Macon, K athleen & Warner Robins S idney Lanier Cottage Wa l t h a l l Co nve n i e n ce Sto re s B olingbroke Macon Ma Arkwright Road at R iverside D rive Forsyth Road O R S U B S C R I B E TO DAY: 7 4 6 - 7 7 7 9 O R MACO N MAG A Z I N E . CO M referring to her eye-catching dining room table that features massive oak planks - gleaned from a condemned Victorian mansion - supported by metal pipe legs and a pair of decorative ball valves. There is also a sleek but sturdy television console crafted from the wood of a century-old pine that Buckner and his father removed from the fork of a river in Junction City. In addition to his commissioned works that now grace a number of homes in Middle Georgia, Buckner's work has also been featured at charity events like the Macon Museum of Arts and Science's Festival of the Trees, and will make an appearance at Historic Macon's annual Decorators' Showhouse event in April. "I've gotten to the point now that I am working on this stuff all of the time; I've got more than I can handle at the moment," Buckner said with a weary but grateful smile, undoubtedly thinking of his upcoming bar exam. "I'm not complaining. I just wish that I had more time to commit to it. But that's where we're at with it." But, obviously, the work is well worth it. "Not only had we heard so much about John as this master craftsman, but we also found out he's such a joy to work with," Regan-Porter said. "His work is exquisite, and he strives so hard to use all local supplies that have had other lives, (like the wood in) our table that came from an old plantation house that was about to be demolished. M "There are such stories, such lives that have been led, in those planks of wood. Now we have this phenomenal custom-made piece that will live with us forever, and then will be passed on to our children." 52 l Macon Magazine april/MAy 2013