09-12-2019 02:36 AM
by Steve |
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Over the summer one of my instrument building customers told me he bought a restaurant. It seemed out of the blue but I wished him well.
Then I realized that he was not telling me this coincidentally. Rather, he wanted the restaurant’s interior to pay homage to the exotic instrument woods he uses to build guitars.
I invited him out to the warehouse to take a walk and see if something inspires him.
Unfortunately, there were some limitations. Not the least of which w...
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06-07-2011 04:21 AM
by DavidH |
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The final wall of the formals along with the study are complete! Now, its time to get back to the shop and start working on this project list! Woo Hoo!!
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12-12-2010 07:01 PM
by DavidH |
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This is a photo progression of the wainscot project in our formal living / dining area:
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12-04-2010 02:23 AM
by DavidH |
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Those of you who follow the blog on twitter know that I have taken a couple of weekends off from the slant front desk to complete work on a home improvement project that has been on my to-do list for most of the year. At the beginning of this year I laid hardwood floors throughout the house and have been steadily (but slowly) working on the trim work.
In our formal living & dinning my wife and I decided to put up frame and panel wainscoting. Wainscoting in its traditional definitio...
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10-09-2009 02:40 AM
by Greg Salata |
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It has been a while but I finally finished the living room.The last of the trim has been installed.
The baseboard proved to be more challenging than I had hoped for.The house over the last 100+ years has settled so every bit had to be scribed and planed to fit.
There are still pieces to build for the room but at least it is finished.
I plan on adding a period correct light to finish it off.
thanks for looking.
Greg
Here is the finished product finally…....................
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