we finished one up yesterday that weve been working on for a while. it was good to wrap it up since we first started with our design work back in april. there were delays along the choice while the stone was changed on the fireplace, which added to my work and required some additional site visits, but all in all, they look about the choice i imagined them in my photoshop paste up below ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
heres the before shot. the clients purchased this house last winter and remodeling started in earnest in the early spring ... sam made about 65 feet of new steel and wood railings for the stairs and the balcony; we made an expanding pedestal table in chestnut, and this pair of cabinets. nice job ....
heres my photoshopped mockup using a picture of a cabinet we built back in 2002 ...
the cad drawing showing the interiors of the cabinets
one of our first design issues was accommodating a tv that was wider than the space between the retracting doors. we made a couple of mockups using our standard sanus bracket, with different choices of mounting the bracket and decided on the sidewall approach, which worked fine ...
we also had some fitting issues as the client requested that both cabinets be identical in width. after they changed the stone on the fireplace, that increased the width of the space and thus the cabinets, and brought a twisted spruce beam into play that was previously not an issue.
the tops and molding backer boards actually slid into a slot created in the masonry
we also had to revise our installation plan from a grouted board against the existing stone to a slot created by the masons when they reset the facing. that made me define my spaces pretty exactly and while it was fussier to install made for an elegant look of the cabinets integrating into the whole fireplace surround ... looks great
while we were checking the twisted post, we also mocked up a paneled end, which is what you see when you come down the stairs.
tight fit; twisted beam; all ok in the end ...
we also had a kickspace heater on the job and had to integrate a design for the grill into our finished cabinets, as well as make the heater accessible from the top for later repairs.
so, a removable floor was installed,
and the drawers in the lower case are in a separate cabinet that slides in and out of the main cabinet.
lots of door parts, something like 85 or 90 pieces, plus the panels.
we finished and assembled everything in the shop before loading it up for the jobsite.
below you can see the choice we accommodated the 46" tv in the 44" cabinet opening with the retractable doors....
and yesterday, we installed the turnstyle hardware that arrived last week from england.
the finished interior of the left cabinet ... its a wrap ....
with the big windows to the right, this was a hard project to photograph so i have included these two other images. the sunlight sort of emphasizes the orange in the finish that is much more subdued in person. a challenging project, all in all .. below are a couple pictures of the original cabinets that inspired them, and here is a link to my website listing on them ...
this weekend is the first vermont fall open studio weekend .. saturday and sunday, october 1st and 2nd, 10-5 ... there are a few fewer participants than in the typical spring event, but there are still plenty of things to see. just in our area, bennington to west pawlet, there are 19 artistss studios you can visit as well as some incredibly beautiful vermont foliage. the peak viewing according to the foliage experts usually happens around now or a little later, and take my word for it, it looks pretty good and will be even better in a couple of days. stop by if youre in the neighborhood. look for the yellow signs and then pick up a map with a driving tour at the first studio you stop at ... for more background, heres a link from the spring event with more pictures and info .... the usual suspects will be here: kit will be showing her handmade jewelry, penny viscusi will have her local pastel landscapes, banjos by will, metalwork by sam, and ive got a ton of projects completed and in the works in the woodshop ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
in the shop now ...
an expanding cherry table with a curly maple and ebony inlay
a sideboard to go with it
a steel and black round expanding table
a recent fish in montana belt buckle by sam ...
iand will is making a new neck for a circa 1900 banjo using the original inlay design that he found in a picture on the internet ...
and these projects are waiting to be shipped ... a fumed, quartered, eucalyptus table base
a 17 elm slab table
and a 10 footer too ...
