Family Room Wall Unit
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Family Room Wall Unit
Finished this last spring but just got around to taking photos. Good thing I am a better cabinet maker than I am a photographer. In the \"before\" pic you can see the huge ugly back of the fireplace that had to be worked around. Thanks to eCab it was possible to size every thing perfectly and double check that all units would fit before I began cutting. The large raised panel that forms the central arch was designed in the Part Editor and made like a 5 piece (7-piece, actually) door using MDF stiles and rails and mdf lite for the central panel.
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Last edited by James Melvin on Sun, Sep 17 2006, 1:06PM, edited 4 times in total.
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Thanks for the praise, guys. Now I feel like fessin' up that I might be stealing someone else's thunder. The aspect of custom one-off projects that I find the most challanging is D-E-S-I-G-N. I had a LOT of help with this design from my good friend in Florida who is fine-artist/designer/architect. Without his 2d AutoCad drawings this project would not have come out anywhere near this good. There were some almost insurmountable problems with this room that I could not have solved as elegantly. And, yes, the client is very happy. I find that becoming proficient with the software is very important (just like paint and putty, the carpenter's buddy) but without good design, it the work is usually mediocre. This is a big reason that I am very excited about the Furniture and Design Sharing potential of our Co-operative efforts.
BTW, this project came in at $17,100 for a 21 foot wall. How does that seem to you?
Should anyone be interested in using my friend for custom design work, his email is art@nkavoukles.com. We did the whole process by phone and email.
BTW, this project came in at $17,100 for a 21 foot wall. How does that seem to you?
Should anyone be interested in using my friend for custom design work, his email is art@nkavoukles.com. We did the whole process by phone and email.
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I would have to say the homeowners got a bargain at that price.
There is nothing at all wrong with tapping into the talents of someone that has skills that you need and don't possess. That is one of the finer and frequently overlooked points of the cooperative. Members do it every day without realizing it. By posting questions on the forum they are tapping into a huge skillset and using the bits and pieces that are relavent to them in their operations.
You may have had some help in design but you still produced a great product that the homeowner is happy with.
Another way of looking at it is like this: some shops don't do finishing and others don't do installation. Does that make them any less skilled at creating great cabinetry? I don't think so.
Keep up the good work and when you need the extra help on complex designs, call on someone like you did for this project.
There is nothing at all wrong with tapping into the talents of someone that has skills that you need and don't possess. That is one of the finer and frequently overlooked points of the cooperative. Members do it every day without realizing it. By posting questions on the forum they are tapping into a huge skillset and using the bits and pieces that are relavent to them in their operations.
You may have had some help in design but you still produced a great product that the homeowner is happy with.
Another way of looking at it is like this: some shops don't do finishing and others don't do installation. Does that make them any less skilled at creating great cabinetry? I don't think so.
Keep up the good work and when you need the extra help on complex designs, call on someone like you did for this project.
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Mike Seisser wrote:! The homeowners must be singing your praises, hope it leads to more work.Amazing transformation
WOW! DITTO! What a change. Very nice James!
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Am I right in assumng that the fireplace was torn out, or is it somehow hidden in behind the cabinetry.......?
I have my glasses on now and see the depth.....
I have my glasses on now and see the depth.....
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Am I right in assumng that the fireplace was torn out, or is it somehow hidden in behind the cabinetry.......?
I have my glasses on now and see the depth.....
I have my glasses on now and see the depth.....
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I guess it would have been more instructive to post a Line Drawing Editor Plan view of the layout because it is not readily noticable how the chimney was made to \"disappear\"from the room. This was a major AH-HA! during the design process, like they say in the Guiness commercials \"Brilliant, Brilliant!\" On the left side the sheetrock above the unit is tight to the chimney and on the right side it was positioned about a foot back from the front of the cabinets, helping to create the illusion of the two sides having equal depth.
Whoops. Just realized tht the LDE view doesn't show exactly how the project was assembled. It shows the right side uppers set back. In the actual install they were drawn closer to the front of the base cabs as per customers wishes.
Whoops. Just realized tht the LDE view doesn't show exactly how the project was assembled. It shows the right side uppers set back. In the actual install they were drawn closer to the front of the base cabs as per customers wishes.
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