Thursday, 06 March 2008

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  I really gotta work on my picture taking skills. Pardon the dark and blury photo, but when I tried to fix it I just made it worse. But anyway, this is the built-in hutch I've been working on for so long. I just finished it about a week ago, which is way, way, way too long. Oh well, we live and we learn. On the bright side, the customers are totally exstatic about the way it turned out. That and, not to forget, sanding and refinishing all the old mahogany paneling. Once the carpet goes in this will be one really nice den!

  The highlight (literally) of the hutch is the lighted upper middle cabinet. I made the shelf with a glass insert, so the light shines all the way through while still keeping with the craftsman style wood shelf.

  

   

  I used 1/4" thick glass for the doors so they have a substantial feel when operating them, not to mention it's less likely to break if something should ever bump against them. The glass is secured into the doors with a piece of trim, allowing easy replacement if by chance they should ever meet their demise.

  

   

  On another note, I recently designed a dining room table with no sharp edges on the underside, because the client's 4 year old likes to run at lightning speed through the dining room. They like the design but just had a baby, so it may be a while before they give me the go-ahead with the project. Here's the table rendered in wenge, but they may choose a different wood.

  

   

  And the underside...

  

  The glass is 3/4" thick and the al the corners are rounded to a 1-1/2" radius, although they say the legs could be more rounded. Whatever the case, the actual construction will be to their specs.

  Oh, and here's what wenge (pronounced "weng-ay") looks like.

  

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