CABINETS
Below you'll find an assortment of wood work
which, for convenience, I have bundled here under the "Cabinet"
heading. Beneath each picture there are smaller thumbnail photos
for you to click and enlarge if you care to inspect the piece
more closely.
The beautiful mantel I
designed and built below features 3 sunbursts I handcarved and a
dentil crown molding
which wraps
the left and right
pilasters as well as the center area. Generally dentil crown is
run
straight
across
to avoid having to match the dentils where all the corners
meet.
(click to enlarge smaller
thumbnail pics)
FAR LEFT:
The hearth before the new mantel.
LEFT: The
smaller handcarved detail
RIGHT:
The center handcarved detail
This custom entertainment center is made of gorgeous solid
quilted maple, padauk, and shop-made
ebony/padauk handles. The sides are dovetailed into a 72" long
padauk sub-base (top and bottom) and
the shelves between the drawers are installed with sliding
dovetails. Highlighting the maple top is an interior
pinstripe
border of 3/8 inch padauk. The door glass is held in place with
padauk 1/4 round and the black sliding shelves have
a highlight piece in front that contrasts nicely. It weighs in
easily at the 300 lb. range!
(click to enlarge smaller thumbnail
pics)
FAR FAR
LEFT: 22 inches of Dovetail Pins
FAR LEFT:
Sliding dovetails
LEFT:
Interior View
RIGHT:
Front Top
FAR RIGHT: Ebony Padauk
Handles
After a fire gutted the heart of the Rio Station Restaurant,
this oak entry
wall with its Bubinga custom round-top ticket window, was
designed
to create a new, welcoming entry for its returning patrons.
Above: Top view of entry
wall
Left: Close up of
the round top
Right: Bottom view
of entry wall
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This oak and walnut door was built to replace the 75 year old
door trashed by a leaping 90 lb pup trying to get at the mailman.
The 1/2 inch thick tempered glass should keep him on the inside
looking out now.
Below: Walnut pegs go thru the stiles to secure the
tenons
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A Special Box For Mark
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pics)
Far left -
Beautiful Birds Eye Maple
Left - 3 D View
Right - Bookmatched Ziricote in a Padauk
Frame
Far Right - Ebony Corner Accents
This cabinet was one of two commisioned by Davios, an upscale
restaurant situated in
downtown Philadelphia (www.davios.com.) It features all shop
fabricated raised panel doors
to match the ambience of the restaurant's home, the historic
Provident Bank Building (c.1880's).
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pic)
Here's a Mahogany mantel with a Padauk keystone in the center
of the mantel chosen by the client to represent Pennsylvania, the
Keystone State.
(Padauk is a naturally occuring red wood - no stain was
used)
Below left: Before Below right:After
(clik on pics to
enlarge)
Library with Raised Panel
Padauk Doors
It's easy to see the value of upgrading elements in your
home
such as mantels, bookcases, moldings, etc. Here's a mantel
top
replacement and new crown molding that depicts just that.
(click to enlarge
thumbnail pics)
Before and after viewed from the left:
Before and after viewed from the right:
