Saturday, January 1, 2011

This is an Alder railing I did for a client at work. This was something new for me because of the double curved railings. Each riser and tread was different and the angle the risers met the skirt was different. It took a while but eventually I was able to get everything to fit together nicely. The niche in the wall next to the stairs was a prefab unit. just cut a hole in the wall the size of the back, glue it in and paint it.
This is a Cherry mantel I did for the same home owners as the wall of white shelves. This was fun because they let me have creative license. They let me know what they were picturing then I let loose. This project also included the brick, the fireplace, flue chase, siding, and roofing. We even had to go in and beef up the floor to hold the weight of the brick.
This was a project I did at work in 2009. This cabinet is made from a combination of Poplar and paint grade maple. I built this in our shop in Eden. Then had it finished with white lacquer. Then took it to the house and installed it. One thing I learned was white lacquer gets shows marks very easily. I have used white lacquer before with no problem. I think there was two much work that needed to be done on it once it was in the house. I ended up respraying it in the house. If I do not learn something today I wasted my day.

These columns are on both sides of the main room of the house with a big arch that connects them. The mantel and the columns and the railing posts were all made with traditional rail and stile panels out of rustic cherry. Beautiful wood because it has so much color and imperfections.



As requested here are some photos of the Neil home.
I built this railing in the home of a good friend back in 2003. Its made with rustic cherry with a clear polyurethane finish. I made the newel posts from rough 4/4 stock. The rail I had to purchase. In this photo I also laid the rustic Cherry floor with the help of Ryan. Well with Ryan's help we built this whole house from the ground up. This was definitely the longest project outside of work I have done. I will post more pictures of this project as I get them.