This is a private residence Library we made from English Brown Oak. The Library has many architectural details along with hand worked surfaces and hand applied finishing techniques. We found this wonderful Brown Oak from the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo
The "eating nook" trim and wall panels were made from Romanian Beech. The table was an expanding pedestal design made from Old recovered American Chestnut. The Chairs were mixed woods with milk painted surfaces.
A Fancy Doorway leading to a drawing room in a private residence. The wood is very difficult to carve, it is a Southern Long Leaf Pine. The Knots add to the carving challenges.
This is the corner of our woodshop with a few current projects. The table top is a slab of Coco Bolo Rosewood from Central America, the base is a European elm. The corner cabinet is of Cherry, and the highboy is Mahogany.
This is a Mahogany high chest commonly called a highboy chest. These chests were a sizable piece of furniture requiring a fare amount of resources and time. There are 186 hand cut dovetails in this piece. The Carvings are a shell on the drawers and foliage on the skirt and knees. The ball and claw feet, flame finials, fluted corner columns and leaf scrolls at the top round out the carvings.
This is a display case for a mummy. The top rises up out of the base case to reveal a sealed glass case that is illuminated and operated by remote controls. The cabinet has tapered sides and carvings of Egyptian hieroglyphics on the inside display area.
This high chest or highboy is a Queen Anne style. Cherry is the primary wood for the cabinet with White Pine as the secondary woods for the drawers. This is a Portsmouth NH. design around 1760. Fan carving on the drawers and spoon slipper feet create a refined touch..
Hand work was the main focus with this study in a private residence. The materials are a European Pine that we eventually toned to the color of the mantle, also European Pine. There is an abundance of carving in this room from pinwheels to fluted and beaded details.