Gallery One

This is an example of craftsman style cabinetry. There are extra angles in this piece and you can see the evidence of a careful match of the material. The tight "reveals" (shadow lines) around the inset doors and the butt hinges are details consistent with this style of cabinet. What makes this style difficult is that the doors and frame must be perfectly flat and there is no place to hide even small variances. The slight variation in color is due to the cherry wood not yet having darkened completely when the picture was taken. This is a property of cherry. You can see that the doors are matched and are, in fact, from the same piece of wood.

This is a maple fireplace surround. The problem here was fitting the TV in (behind retractable doors to right of fireplace) and integrating the seating in a way that was consistent and symmetrical. All the previous attempts by the owner and his designers looked like cabinets stacked against the wall. Note that the inset drawers below the doors are aligned and matched to the adjacent wood that surrounds them. That's because they are part of the same piece. This requires great care in that there is one try at it; you can't find a piece to match if a mistake is made. This is a simple, elegant look that was designed by me after careful consideration of the clients requirements. Ending up with something balanced, without extraneous details is the product of good design.

This bookcase revolves around and is the entrance to a secret room. Closed, with a craftsman style cabinet to the left of the curved alcove it looks very convincing as a simple bookcase.

This is a hybrid cabinet a "flush overlay" cabinet inset into a door casing. The low bookcase was added after the original piece. Again I tried to incorporate the clients library requirements into a pleasingly proportioned cabinet. There is a large television behind the center set of matched doors.