Baseboard, Chair Rail, and Crown

I of course do plenty of standard finish carpentry work - baseboard, chair rail, and crown molding.  Here are some extreme examples of some of the work I've done.

Baseboard and Shoe installed in a house with rounded corner bead.

 

Here's some crown molding installed in the same house with the rounded corner bead.

Here's some second story crown installed over a stair well. 

This crown molding was installed on a vaulted ceiling.  A lot of carpenters have serious trouble making the cuts necessary to work with a vaulted ceiling, but I know the secret!  I also cased the windows in the picture.

And finally, here's some chair rail, but instead of installing it on a wall, Mark Warring had me install it as a ceiling application.

Stained Trim

Here are some samples of stain grade trim I did years ago while I was working for Tommy Hunt. 

Stop and Drops

Here's a couple of Stop-and-Drops I built for Mark Warring.  They have cubbys for children to put their shoes, hooks for coats and back packs, as well as upper storage space either as cubbys or cabinets.

Wainscotting

Here's a sample of some wainscotting I've done.  I incorporated the top edge of the application to meld into the window sill to give a continuous top edge.  I always pull the receptacles out through the wood so they mount and can be used properly.

Custom Range Hood

Here's some pictures of a custom range hood I built.  It's designed to match the shape of the homeowners kitchen island with the vent placed directly over the grill, and has two lights to illuminate the island. 

More Custom Laundry Room Cabinets

Here is another set of custom laundry room cabinets.  The upper cabinets are 42" tall and 22" deep and are strong enough to hang from.  I love how the homeowner wanted the single cabinet between the washer and dryer to make use of that space as well.

This second one was interesting.  The homeowner wanted a tall cabinet to put her brooms and mops in, as well as a place to hang up clothes she takes out of the dryer.  She also had me make plain birch doors instead of ordering milled doors like in my other creations.

(Sometimes it's hard to take a good picture in the small space that makes up a laundry room)

Another Large Entertainment Center

This entertainment center was interesting in that the homeowner wanted cabinets that were tall for storage, so they had me build the left and right cabinets at 4' tall.  The entire unit is over twelve feet wide.

All of the shelves except the long one over the TV are adjustable.

The Biggest Deck Ever !!!!!!

I built this entire pool deck by myself!  I'm extremely proud of the final result!

The main deck is supported by 17 4x4 posts concreted into the ground in five rows.  Atop the 4x4's are five sets of 2x8 splitcaps bolted to the posts that support 2x8 stringers set on 16" centers.  The deck is made of 1x6 decking screwed to the stringers.  All the material is pressure treated.

All the materials were either screwed or bolted.  No nails were used on the entire project.  The Main deck is 25' wide by 25' deep at it's longest point around the pool.

There is a gate at the top of the stairs for safety as well as a gate to their inner yard where they let their dogs out.

At the bottom of the stairs is a 12' by 12' platform that the homeowner intends to set a table and chairs on.  I cut a section out of their old fence and built a gate that swings freely above the deck.  Their walkway goes all the way to their existing staircase.  They wanted to be able to go from the house, all the way to the pool, without having to get their feet dirty by walking on the ground.

Deck, Handrails, and Bar!

Here's pictures of a deck I built along with the handrails and the bar (tile top as well)!

Dockside Bar

Here's a bar I built for a homeowner on his dock.

Poolhouse Ceiling

Here's pictures of a tongue-and-groove ceiling I installed for Mark Warring. 

Fireplace Mantle Modification

We Modified this fireplace mantle so that the homeowner's components could be stored within the mantle instead of on top of it or behind the TV.  It turned out really cool.

Window Seats

I've made a number of different window seats over the years.  Here are a few of them.

The above three were all done for Warring Homes in two separate homes (the top two pictures are the same unit, before and after paint - the bottom two pictures are different views of the same unit).  I love it when the room flooring matches the inside of the seat instead of having a birch floor. 

This window seat/cabinet/bookcase combination is one of my favorites.  I built them for a couple in Belmont who were expecting their first child - a daughter, and wanted to make this room up special for her.  The wife had a picture from a magazine of something she liked, and I showed her pictures of things that I had done, and we pulled the different ideas together to create this unit. 

The homeowners picked out the drapes, trim colors, fixtures, and even the knobs for the cabinets which match the glass light fixture hanging in the middle of the room.  The room turned out simply incredible.  I tried telling Tommy William's that they had to get a professional photographer out to photograph the room.  It could have been on the cover of a magazine and been used to promote Tommy's houses.

This is all just some beautiful stuff.  I've really been blessed with having the opportunity and the skills in order to build things like these.