Bathroom

Here is a bathroom remodel we took

on last fall. The homeowner wanted to

give their aged bathroom a simple and

clean look.

They were happy and so were we.

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Thematic Shop Calendar

If you like it, just print and hang to the your shop wall!

Of course, I hung the Italian version. The holder was made with a  cherry scrap.

You can download the calendar here:

http://www.box.com/s/e9tf0by6cin61pnckir5

Happy New Year!

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Basement Remodel

Over the winter we remodeled this basement

to create some much needed space

for a growing family. The existing basement was 

partially finished and had water damage.  We removed

everything and started fresh!

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Chattanooga woodworking academy

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House Flip Project

My dad purchased this house last winter and he and I

spent the winter and spring trying to rehabilitate it for sale. The

place was in rough shape. The water damage was very severe, so

we ended up removing the dormer, as well as totally replacing

the back 10 feet of the house. We also added a

front bedroom/office area, and completely

replaced the garage. My dad was the mastermind behind the

project, and it turned out great!

Here are some of the before and afters.

Front of house

Back Entrance and Garage

Upstairs Master Bedroom

Living Room

Kitchen

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the beautiful music all around us .. stephen wade stops by ....

we had a great event in manchester last wednesday evening.  the verrmont council of the humanities 'first wednesdays' program featured stephen wade, a grammy winning banjo player and music historian.  he is a stunning performer and great story teller.  he spent an hour or so describing his travels through the south, meeting and playing with the old time musicians in the 60s and 70s interspersing the story with song on about 7 or 8 historic banjos from his collection.  naturally, at the end of the show, will needed to buy his book, 'the beautiful music all around us ... field recordings and the american experience'.  more about that book at this link.  while doing that, he struck up a conversation with stephen and his friend sandy, a banjo collector.  next day, wouldn't you know, they showed up at the shop for a visit and to test out a few of will's banjos.  great music, great banjos, and a great time was had by all ...

sandy, with a new one, hot off the press

 

and will plays a tune for stephen ..

see more photos of will's banjos and their construction on his seeders instruments instagram feed.

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a cabinet mockup

ok .. the cabinet is done and in new york now,

awaiting the application of the antique papers.

i'm going to update this whole post eventually with more construction detail.

this was a deceivingly complex piece and we're happy to have it on its

way to its new home.

the original part of the post below i wrote back in april

as a 'information' post for the client.  there is more to this piece than 

meets the eye and we wanted to work out the proportions and

construction details before working on the real thing.

a full size 'model', if you will.

 shows a 3/4 view .. for bigger versions of these pictures, click them to enlarge them ..

overall dimensions of this mockup 58 high x 30.5 wide x 16.5" deep

 from the side a little more

 with the elbow catch

 interior .. drawer faces and shelves mahogany .. painted back?

 the top of the cabinet is below typical eye level.  it is also the only surface on the outside of the cabinet not to have the applied paper and frame detail

 showing the side hung runners for the file drawers.  we can use full extension runners on all the drawers if you like .. otherwide, the smaller drawers will run on wood and pull out only about 3/4 of the total depth

 side view with sample leg

close up

 designer pdfs

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