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Prophylactic fettling. “If you’ve never installed a Magic Corner, you haven’t lived,” @ctregan_ said a couple of years ago. I got the memo: this type of hardware would be a bear. But my current clients wanted one of these handy units, so I obliged—in this case, with a version from @revashelf through my supplier, @richelieuhardware I could have waited to install this bit of wizardry but figured I should bite the bullet today, to minimize headaches on the jobsite, where I’ll be installing the cabinets with Mark to keep our droplets in the family, instead of having him work with his regular employee, who will work on another job outside. Tony was fascinated by the moving parts. Also, while this unit is heavy-duty and smooth-operating, it still utilizes only about 55% of the available space. . . #kitchenthink #customcabinetry #blindcorner #corneroptimizer #saveyourheadaches #planningforthefuture Keeping the goal in mind as I wander through the valley of the current kitchen job. This is a throwback to a kitchen from Spring 2005, designed to incorporate salvaged hardware, tile, and glass. There are some fun and clever bits of storage, too. It’s one of those in the book coming out this summer from Lost Art Press. General contractor for the job was @bertgilbertarts Spectrum Design Group . . #customcabinetry #customcabinets #kitchendesignideas #salvagedhardware #architecturalsalvage
Door day. I just got the last of the white oak doors for the current kitchen job into clamps. Traditional haunched mortise and tenon joinery, solid panels kept at a heavy 1/2” thickness for stability. Tomorrow comes fitting, then drawers. All of this stuff will be covered in my book about kitchens for Lost Art Press, and there’s a series of videos I did on this topic for @woodsmithmagazine available via the News & Events page of my website (link in profile). . . #customkitchens #customkitchen #customkitchencabinets #cabinetmaker #cabinetmaking #cabinetdoors #kitchencabinets #solidwoodfurniture #frankmillerlumber #womanownedbusiness #professionalwoodworking Plans change. Here is the latest iteration for the south wall of the kitchen on which I am currently working. These are all colors from @realmilkpaintco . I made little samples on scraps of 8th inch high density fiber board so that we could move them around. The wall area between the upper and lower cabinets will probably have a subway tile backsplash; I think the clients chose this icy pale blue from #crossvilletile called Par Avion. I am hoping they will let me Texter the pale green, which comes very close to one of their exterior paint colors, with a yellow under coat as on the sample. The hardware is for sure. Ready to move on to the rest of the cabinets now – the ones with white oak faces. . . #kitchendesign #midcenturydesign #midcenturymodern #customcabinetry #realmilkpaintcompany #funwithcolor #funwithcolors #womanownedbusiness #happyplace
Someone took the day off, but it wasn’t me. The shop is now packed with cabinets. I spent the day applying backs, milling white oak for doors and drawer faces, and enjoying the occasional break to go through the layout of the final chapter to be designed for Kitchen Think. Thanks to @lostartpress and @1snugthejoiner who both have their own kitchen stuff going on. . . #workapron #shopcat #buildandwrite #cabinetmaker #womeninwoodworking #kitchencabinets #bosslifestyle Spotted just as I was about to turn on the table saw: We have finally achieved peace in the kingdom. . . #shopdogs #shopcats #woodworking #cabinetmaker #mondaysweetness #catsanddogslivingtogether

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