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Another view of the kitchen I did for a 1915 flat in Chicago’s Hyde Park district, this image by Kendall Reeves. The built-ins are designed based on a pair of original cabinets. The maple piece left of the restored Deco-era fridge is the baker’s cabinet from the video I did with @david.thiel for @popularwoodworking ; it was commissioned by my clients for this kitchen. The kitchen is part of the original servant’s area, which still has the bathroom (with tiny claw foot tub), bedroom, and a fabulously practical pantry. . . #kitchendesign #kitchenthink #1915kitchen #womanownedbusiness #historic #preservation #periodauthentic #detailsmatter #detailsmakethedifference #salvagedhardware #thinkoutsidethebox #thinkforyourself #forgetfashion #restoredfridge #vintage #vintageappliances Family made. Sourdough bread made by my father (with more in the making), cut on my first woodworking project, a handcarved tray from 1971. The counter is an old bench top of my mother’s. . . #familymade #madebyhand #workwithyourhands #kitchenthink
Aged to perfection. The hardware finish for a recent piece was dictated by a cool salvaged door pull. I made the solid drawn brass butt hinges match by soaking them briefly in a solution (with the not-surprising name “Brass Ager”) bought from House of Antique Hardware. #jamestowndistributors had quality #4 x 5/8” slotted head screws; I made them match by means of a two-minute soak. Here’s the screw before and after. . . #salvagedhardware #agedtoperfection #traditional #butthinges #authentic #periodauthenticdetail #madebyhand #finewoodworking My mother’s kitchen: a world in which a jar housing a sharpening stone sits in front of the sugar, beside the fondue pot @magdahiller and I bought her for Christmas circa 1975. . . #kitchenthink #priorities #kitchendesign #family #familyvisit
Cool blues for a hot day. A wall of built-ins for a piano room mixes custom veneered panels , paint, and glass in colors chosen by my clients. . . #builtins #customcabinetry #customcabinetmaker #continuousgrain #backpaintedglass In my parents’ kitchen, pots, pans and other tools hang from a rack my mother welded up from salvaged laundry drying rack ends and scrap steel. Many years ago, Daniel built a work table to my design, its dimensions dictated by an old bench top my mother had been carrying around forever.

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