Florida Craftwood Blog

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Here is the profile at the upper corner.

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.

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.

Friday, December 8, 2017

Entertainment Center for Big Screen TV

This entertainment center was built for a big screen TV to mount in the center upon the back wall and wires to run inside a chase down to lower section where wire access is located. The doors below the center section have a decorative grating for both ventilation and guaranteed remote functioning if used. The following photo shows the cabinets freshly painted without the shelves or door knobs installed.


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The opening for the big screen TV is big enough for a 60". The base is built similarly to furniture with a decorative leg and toe kick since the floor here was fairly level to begin with.

The top has a solid piece so that the view of the top is more finished looking a seen from upstairs . (See photo below.)

The shelf above the opening for the TV is fixed and another adjustable shelf is made for above this.
All the doors are inset with self-closing hardware and adjustable shelves.

The base cabinet is 20 inches deep and 18 inches on the sides deep. The section above is 12 inches deep. The hole seen in the center section is the access to the vertical chase for wiring which is behind the TV.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Sunroom Office Cabinets

Here are some recent photos of a set of office cabinets built in a sunroom with French doors leading out the south side of a historical home in Lakeland Florida. The shelves and knobs are not yet installed in photos as the paint was still wet. The base cabinets are 16 inches thick to allow more space in the room for a desk which has access to an outlet in the floor.

The cabinets run around an inside corner continously with a corner cabinet that has a pullout below in the base for a printer. Each base section has a grommet access for electrical amenities. A matching baseboard is applied and crown moulding at top engaging ceiling.

The base cabinet doors are inset with flat drop panels and an adjustable shelf inside. Each cabinet has access to the next inside for wiring and access to outlets inside bases.

The paint color is Sherwin Williams Extra White in a semi-gloss finish.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Custom Cypress Table From the Bottom of the Withlacoochee River

In this recent project, a client had obtained a large quantity of cypress that was pulled out of the Withlacoochee river about 40 years ago located in northern Polk county, Florida. The river runs north then west into the Gulf of Mexico. Old wood such as cypress and pitch pine are often obtained from these sources, wood that did not make it to its original destination, and sank to the bottom of the rivers or bodies of water that saturated it.

Cypress is a Florida tree common to this area, much of the wood had been milled into planks some about 1 inch thick and some 2 inches thick of various widths. These rough lumber pieces were cut and planed further to obtain nicer pieces to glue up into larger pieces to make the parts of the table.

The table is approximately 40 inches wide and 30 inches tall, and has a beam under the center running lengthwise about 8 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches thick with a flat piece about this rabbited into the two end legs which are approximately 24 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches thick.

The table length is 14 feet divided into two sections joined together at 7 feet long. A lacquer finish has been applied without any stain to reveal the true colors of the cypress wood which has much character and grain patterns to enjoy.

The top section is planed to 7/8 inches thick and the outside edge is rounded slightly to make the table more user friendly. L brackets are added to the ends just inside the legs at the outside edge to add stability.

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