This week, I was mostly doing paperwork to get ready for the next big job but a customer called with a little project to fit in.
They’ve had this old built in seat with plain pine planks under the cushions and are getting new cushions made.
So here’s a picture of the new seat plank for under the new cushions – Maple with a radiused edge and Black Walnut Watco finish to match the existing and surface coat of Maloofs rubbed in.
Smooth edge so as not to snag the nylons.
Thirteen hours to design, fabricate, finish, and install – top surface only on old base. Materials were leftover from another kitchen job..
Excellence is its own reward!
Edited 10/19/2002 9:21:31 AM ET by piffin
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Piff
Beautiful job..gorgous wood...nice corner detail... Theyre gonna cover that? Maybe just some sort of pillow cusions might be better. Why hide that all. Its like putting wall to wall over a beautifully finished floor rather then throw rugs. whats happening with that vent?
Be well
Namaste
Andy
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Edited 10/19/2002 9:26:29 AM ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)
Thanks,
Vent stays - It's the hot air supply - breaks to go out other side of seat back too. Not so noticeable when other junk is stored under bench.
Actually, I got away with using a piece of maple plywood that had a couple scratches too deep to sand out in the close corner of the photos, knowing that it was to be covered over with cushion. It barely shows but I wouldn't have used it on a table top or exposed furniture. Good way to get that piece out of the shop. All they were expecting was a nicer piece of pine work but the table was pine and one principle I find works good in design is that matching materials and colours of horizontal surfaces can tie things together sometimes.
Now, they've got more than they expected for the money and are WOWed enough to spread the word.
Timning, money, materials, etc. It all worked out to a very opportunistic job for me. Normally something that small - I would've had to say, "Well, I'll have to fit it in when I can get to it"
I laso faxed a drawing with the measurements of both sides of the "L" and radius to the Upholsterers, and photos to the interior designer involved who first called me in..
Excellence is its own reward!
Piffin: nice work..and may I say very efficient with the time involved as well.
Thanks, and like I said, It all fell together just right..
Excellence is its own reward!
Brings to mind the banquette we built in our house last winter. It is in a corner with windows above both along-the-wall flanks. I was going to do the under-framing in 1x and 2x materials, but the guy I was working with talked me into using CDX plywood, sliced up. Used CAD to generate the design, make the cutting patterns, and optomize the parts cutout from 4x8 sheets. Finished up at the tablesaw by coffee break, and had it assembled and in place, all with yellow glue and drywall screws, by after lunch. Sheeted it and trimmed it with birdseye maple plywood and solid maple. Here's a GIF pic of the framing, half the mirror imaged assembly.