Saturday, November 17, 2018

Entertainment Center with mirrors, lights, glass shelves

The following entertainment center was installed with mirrors on the sides in the back with lights and glass shelves. The wood is maple and stained with Minwax Red Mahogany color.

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There is still a small piece of baseboard required on each side that wraps the wall extension the entertainment center is recessed into. The lights are above the mirror sections each side and a dimmer switch is just inside behind the fluted pilasters. The recession into the wall was where a fake fireplace and space originally existed and was removed.

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The recession into the wall has a curved top which required a top section to match the curve in order to cover the existing recession. This gives the unit a unique look since it does not protrude into the room.

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Here is a closer image of the top.

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The recessed section has a minor extension into the room that reveals the entire unit.

This is a closer image of the base which is 36 inches high.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Pine Living Room Wall Cabinet with Sink

This is a pine cabinet with granite top constructed for a living room space where a small sink is utilized for serving tea, and any other refreshments where water is needed. The sink has been installed but not the faucet. See below.

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Here is a closer image of the base section.

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This cabinet has some grain matching that can be seen in the drawers which adds to the look for quality purpose. There are windows on each side which adds some glare to the photo.

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Photos again taken with my phone, so the quality of pictures are a little less than normally taken with a real camera. The availability of pine crown moulding has fallen off, so a different creation was used for the trim at ceiling. The cabinet is stained with a color named Hickory from Minwax and is a gel stain. Then lacquer is applied.


Thursday, August 9, 2018

Bookshelf Cabinet Ceiling to Floor

This bookshelf cabinet is upstairs in a room that is just at the top of the stair dividing the adjacent rooms. To build these, they are pre-fabbed in the shop in parts with one coat of finish paint on top of primer and then installed on site. Then a final coat of paint is applied after caulking is done. The following photo is shot from the top step of the stairs. The base section is 30 inches high.

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This photo is from inside the room in 3 parts so that one can see the cabinets engage the floor and ceiling by integrating the existing mouldings into the cabinet.

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The section to the right is recessed back on top to clear the opening to the hallway.

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These photos were taken with my phone and the last one is a little fuzzy for some reason.

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Pine Office Wall Cabinet with Bookshelves

Here is a pine wall cabinet that was built and installed finished to match existing pine trim that was already in the house. The existing baseboard was incorporated into the cabinet at bottom, and the wall shows through in the cabinet sections above.

In order to match stains as many as five stains are mixed to acquire the right tone to match. Fluted pilasters are dividing the upper section that continue to the floor on the base section. There is an open section under the top center so that the cabinet may be used as a desk also. The upper shelf is fixed, while the rest of the shelves are adjustable. All the doors below are inset into the frame.

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Friday, June 15, 2018

Entertainment Center Cabinet for Big TV

This is an entertainment center for a large screen TV that will set above the mantel effect about 48 inches from the floor. The wall had a 45 degree turn in it on the left where the cabinet was extended to the edge of the sliding glass door. The right section the wall extends out from the inside corner about 18 inches, so the cabinet is a couple of inches less that this in thickness to the face.

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The visible hole is behind the TV and is space so that wiring from the TV can drop down into the lower cabinet where the electrical outlet is and the cable hookup if used. The lower doors are inset into the openings and have an adjustable shelf inside each base cabinet. All the shelves are adjustable except the fixed shelf directly above the top of the TV section.

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This final photo is taken near the entrance to the house.

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Saturday, June 9, 2018

Nitch Red Oak Corner Cabinets

These are two corner cabinets that were designed and built of red oak. These photos were taken with a phone so they are not as good as usually taken with a real camera.

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The above is the left cabinet, and below is the right cabinet with a window in the middle.

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These have fixed shelves with groove for plates to standing inside the shelves.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Red Oak Desk

Here's a photo of a recent desk that was made with a top for storage. The desk is built in parts and is screwed together on site. This is finished in lacquer. It was stained to match some existing work that had been done years earlier.


The desk has drawers each side with a pullout above the 3 drawers. The top section has wide stock used and is rabbited together. The bottom drawers are sized for file folders and the top and bottom drawers each side have dividers built of solid red oak.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Red Oak Book Case Cabinet in Recessed Wall

A client had a recessed wall that did not have much use, so a cabinet was designed and built for the space to store mostly books. This is red oak finished with Minwax special walnut stain color and lacquer.

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The base cabinet has doors which are inset each base cabinet having an adjustable shelf inside. The height of cabinet is 9 feet.

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This is located in the foyer of the house.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Oak Stair Hand Rail on Vertical Glass

The following is a oak hand rail that was installed which has a dado or rabbit on the underneath side which is slid over existing vertical glass which serves as the baluster plane. The rail has been pre-stained but is not finished.

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Above is the lower section and below is the segment that creates the turn at the inside corner left. The vertical suspended section does not have the groove in the bottom which would be visible.

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The upper section is shown below. A wall board has been added to the long section for support.

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Here is the profile at the upper corner.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Custom Bathroom Vanity

Here's a photo of a custom bathroom vanity that isn't installed yet. This will have a counter top installed and a sink for a master bathroom.

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This vanity is built using birch plywood and soft maple facing and maple drawer boxes. An open shelf is below for storing folded towels. Each drawer has soft self-closing hardware along with the two center doors. The stain color is Minwax red mahogany.

I will post an additional photo of installation when ready.

This photo shows the installation unfortunately, the photo is a little fuzzy but otherwise shows the space it was designed for. The plumbing pipes and fittings are now inside the center cabinet area. There is also a mirror above which does not show in the photo.

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