Custom cabinetry, woodworking and woodturning by Keith Larrett
I delivered the console table. It looks very much at home. My client was very pleased and excited about choosing one or two decorative items to display on it.
The table is made from alder, stained and finished with waterborne conversion varnish. The top is veneered with patina copper veneer.
We wrapped up a busy week last week with the installation of not one, but two cedar tongue and groove ceilings.
We’ve installed a number of these now and it is easier to just let them speak for themselves. It can be hard to beat the beauty of mother nature!
I started spraying the top coat on the console table I’m working on. I’m using water based conversion varnish. This is the “B” side of some of the parts. Looking forward to spraying the show side next!
Last week we installed these vanities as part of a bathroom remodel. They are made from white oak with cane door panels and solid oak drawers. They also have inset doors.
A short while ago I posted about turning the feet for these cabinets. They are split turned from white oak.
It was my first time working with cane. It was quite a learning curve but I eventually got it figured out. I really like the look of the cane door panels!
The cabinets were finished with @targetcoatings
EM6000 water base acrylic lacquer with a flat sheen. The flat sheen looks really nice in this project.
I was pleased with how these cabinets came out and can’t wait to see the bathroom once the remodel is complete.
I made some good progress on the consul table today. Did a dry fit on the legs and stretchers. Tomorrow I’ll take it apart and start sanding it prior to applying the stain.
The consul table I’m working on at the moment has crossed legs held together with a half lap joint. Typically I would use a dado blade on the table saw to make the half-lap joint, but these are tapered so I decided to cut them on the @shopbottools CNC router.
This short video shows the process, from cutting a jig to hold the legs on the CNC table to forming the half lap joints and how the legs join together.
This is the first time I’ve held a workpiece in a pocket without any clamps or vacuum. I was surprised at how effective and secure it was.
Just received this roll of patinated copper veneer.
Wow! Looking forward to working with this. It will form the top surface of a consul table we are starting soon.
We rounded out the week with the installation of a raised hearth fireplace.
This project first involved the tear out of the existing fireplace, an uninspired tile surround that our clients were not happy with. We then built and installed the hearth platform. The granite company were then able to install the granite hearth and fireplace surround and we followed up with the installation of the columns, valence and mantle.
The project was built from maple and finished with “creamy white” pigmented lacquer color matched to existing nearby cabinetry. All the parts, including the moldings, were made in-house.
Our clients were thrilled with the new addition to the room!
It was molding mania in the workshop yesterday with the new Williams & Hussey molding machine working hard. We were running the moldings for a raised hearth fireplace we are building. This is a new profile and will be part of the mantle. Isn’t it beautiful?
This is a media center incorporating an electric fireplace. We installed this yesterday and I’m really pleased with how it turned out!
It’s made from rift sawn white oak, stained Expresso and finished with a clear coat of @targetcoatings water based lacquer.
The floating shelves on either side of the TV area have dimmable recessed lights LED lights.
I seem to say this often, but I’m so fortunate with the clients I have. This is the second project we’ve done for them and we’re talking about one more.
