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Thanksgiving 2020. My dad’s favorite holiday is

Thanksgiving 2020. My dad’s favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, because giving thanks is so important. We aren’t with either set of parents today, nor with @magdahiller or @wyattwilson_ In any other year, Mark would have been with old friends on the East coast. Thanks to the pandemic, we’re together, and it has been a lovely day. We’re cooking and reading and went for a fantastic hike in the woods behind our house, which are owned by neighbors and the Karst Conservancy. I read some poems by Mary Oliver (thank you, @pleiadesbee ) and we came home to our grumpy former shop cat, who has laid claim to our house. (Zoom in for his reaction to being awakened by our arrival.)
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#thankful #2020 #perspectiveiseverything

Three for three, uppers and lower cabinets. Beauti

Three for three, uppers and lower cabinets. Beautiful walnut from @frankmillerlumber
I’m hoping to install next week.

At two-thirds done, I can say “I want one of tho

At two-thirds done, I can say “I want one of those.” There’s something archetypal about the promise of order in any cubby-hole arrangement of space.

How could I not smile when Mark told me to.

Now to section three.
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#customshelves

Moving so close to the warmth that he’s melting.

Moving so close to the warmth that he’s melting.

The built-ins I’m working on for a musician and

The built-ins I’m working on for a musician and his linguist partner are finally moving forward. Walnut base cabinets topped with a solid walnut counter and a row of foot-deep shelves that will be painted white. I’ve been looking forward to the uppers, which are subdivided for cds, books, and scores. The design draws on a mid-century European example.
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#builtins #cabinetrydesign #customcabinetry
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I spent the afternoon working on my current job wi

I spent the afternoon working on my current job with my favorite shop assistant, my favorite bench, and my favorite benchmaker’s poster. @dumont_69 👊🏼
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#benchcrafted #thanksfriends

A grey and rainy Saturday with the woodstove. I’

A grey and rainy Saturday with the woodstove. I’ve been trying hard for weeks to get Joey to lie on this blankie. Apparently all it took was for Tony to claim it first. Looking forward to interviewing @calebnakiarogers at 2.
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#saturdayvibes #dogsandcats

This entryway built-in is now done. It’s far mor

This entryway built-in is now done. It’s far more challenging to build this kind of thing — with inset doors hung on architectural butt hinges — for an existing opening than to start from scratch. In about a year it should be close to matching the trim that was there when we started.

The knobs on the doors are salvaged, retrofitted with all thread rod and nuts; they were originally paired knobs for architectural doors. The hinges from @rejuvenation are drool-worthy: heavy, with well-made slotted brass screws and well-fitted pins. The doors are held shut with rare earth magnets. There is tons of space for coats, shoes, and other outdoor items in the closet area and on the shelf above it. The upper left section has several adjustable shelves and the section below it is made to accommodate a cat litter box, with a shelf above for related supplies.

Thank you @inghampatricia and Doug for the opportunity to design and build this piece!
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Details — at least, a few of them. In keeping wi

Details — at least, a few of them. In keeping with the original upstairs built-in on which this entryway piece is based, the doors are inset and hung on traditional ball-tipped butt hinges, while the drawers have half-overlay faces. The knobs are glass.

The dovetails are clearly recognizable as those made with a Keller jig, the proportions of which I prefer to those made with jigs that cut both pins and tails in one go. Drawer bottoms are 1/2” thick to resist sagging, as the drawers are wide. This weekend I’ll sand the doors and finish them for the home stretch.
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