More Mantels

This is a lower and upper fireplace surround I built for a customer made from poplar and finished in Ben Moore White Dove. The design is from an image in TOH. The fireplace brick was replaced by TF Figuerido Masonry who does incredible work and makes my job much easier. This was the last project of a 1st floor remodel , once the electrician mounts the two sconces the project will be complete and Anne,Greg, Grace and Eve can enjoy their updated space.

Carmel's Fireplace Mantel

I built this fireplace mantel from pine. My client asked that I stain the mantel to match the existing trim in her living room, the good people at Sherwin Williams mixed the color perfectly. I finished it with several coats of satin poly.

Medicine Cabinets

Here are a couple of recessed medicine cabinets I made for a customer. They are made from poplar and finished in linen white. This was a fun project, I really like the design and may make a couple for my home. Thank you for your buisness Cecilia, hope you enjoy.

Something Different

This is a closet built in I just completed made from poplar and birch plywood. Its hard to tell from the pictures but its U shaped, the front wall has a 28" wide cabinet with shoe cubbies and rods to hang clothes on either side, and each side wall has a cabinet with shoe cubbie  and closet rod for clothing. A top shelf wraps around all the cabinets to form a U. The cabinets all have adjustable shelves. A nice change from the projects I've been doing lately. Alyson and Ryan hope you enjoy. 

It Never Gets Old

I never get tired of building fireplace surrounds. This design is similar to one I did a while back. I made some minor changes with moulding, flute width and beefed up the mantle cap a bit to give it a slightly different look. My client asked that I expose as much of the marble as possible and that the reveal be the same on the sides and the top. A new inset and this will be the focal point of the living room. Thanks Kristin and Ed for your buisness hope you enjoy! 

Furniture for Us Continued

While I had a little down time after the holidays I decided to remodel our living room. The first task was to find a home for our tv. I've been tossing around ideas for a while, searched the internet for designs, found a couple wall units I liked and put together a drawing of what I'd like to do. But for some reason I just wasn't liking the finished design. Then it hit me, Wild Bill you are built in boy.... you've done lots of built ins for your customers, stick with what you know. I didn't have to draw anything but rough dimensions, couldn't be easier. Once the unit was ready and the tv installed I could concentrate on the rest of the room. I added crown, window/door casing, baseboard, and paint. What a difference from the old dark depressing brown we had for 7 years.

Finally Furniture for Us

A lot of times when I'm building a project for a customer I'll think to myself this would look great in our house, when I have a chance I'll build something similar. Unfortunately that has yet to happen, so when Lisa's Dad asked me if I wanted a 2 1/2'' thick slab of 25 year old pine I said Oh Ya. It had coffee table written all over it. Now we just need a good design to support this hunk of wood. I had a couple thoughts, but Lisa found a picture in one of my old woodworking magazines of a beautiful trestle table that would look right at home with chairs made by the late great Sam Maloof. The problem was downsizing the design of a 28" tall table to a 18" tall coffee table. It was impossible to get the same lines given the height I needed so I came up with a slightly different Wild Bill version. It'll take a couple of years for the new poly to catch up with the old. If there is someone out there looking for a custom trestle table I have a real sweet design that I'd love to build. Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's to all.