Here is a recent project made in select alder and stained dark walnut. The homeowner carried the color palette throughout the home, using dark stained alder for windows, doors and crown moulding.
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Our shop builds a framed cabinet which we believe is superior to frameless cabinets. However, we are sometimes asked to achieve the frameless look to meet a particular client’s aesthetic preferences. Here is such a project, made of select hickory, where the reveals between doors and drawers is kept to a minimum to achieve that european look:
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Here are two fireplace cabinet projects from the same home, demonstrating what can be done to accentuate a beautiful fireplace:
On a recent project, we fabricated and installed paint-grade kitchen cabinets pre-finished in French Vanilla. The homeowner also wanted to update the bathroom vanities but was reluctant to embark on a whole-room bathroom renovation. So, we removed the doors and drawers, painted the cabinet boxes and installed new doors, hinges, drawers and drawer fronts, providing a lower-cost alternative. Below is a photo of the results:
It is becoming more common for our customers to request a glazed finish to give their cabinets an aged and well worn look. In the example below, we have a French Vanilla tinted lacquer on the left and the same finish with a Van Dyke Brown glaze on the right. This has a subtle effect on the simple shaker door style and would be much more pronounced on a door style with more detail.
More commonly, we apply glazed finishes to emphasize the detail in stained wood doors . In the example below, we have identical knotty alder raised panel doors, both with a clear satin finish. The door on the left has a Van Dyke Brown glaze to emphasize the doors detail and give it an aged look.
