We are finishing up and getting close. Only the ceiling lattices and stair work is left, besides a massive cleanup.
Other than a little help with the heavier parts of the framing, it has pretty much been just me and Jack, from mudsills until now.
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Looks great. What kind of wood are you using for base and window trim ?
What you see is mostly "brown" maple. Not selected for the all-cream color, and differentiated from clear "sap" maple, it has loads of character.
Plus, it costs a whole lot less than sap maple.
The 5/4 x 1-1/4 base cap is cherry. Cherry trims the parlor, which is the room with the eyebrow over its fireplace, the kitchen, and adjacent pantry.
Great project.
What was the total length of the project?
We started framing in June.
This is for a client, right?Are you at liberty to share pricing?
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
The house has a 2200 sf full basement, completely unfinished, and a mainfloor atop that of the same size. The upper floor with two BR and one bath is more or less 800 sf. That adds up to a little under 3000 sf of heated finished space. There are 1400 sf of under-roof terraces and porches, all with stone or slate paved floors. Those ceilings, and the large soffits elsewhere, took over 12000 lf of 1x4 t&g to cover in finish.
The unfinished 2 car garage has 750 sf.
The house is built on a fully improved subdivision lot with all services at curbside.
The cabinet order, all KD, was about $45K. The millwork order was close to $16K.
Hard costs came in at about $200 per heated sf. I have heard of this very same house (same plans, same specs, etc.) being built elsewhere for down around $160.
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Very nice Gene, and thanks for sharing.
I guess you forgot that I actually had a hand in there too.............even if it was only five minutes!
Those three panel interior doors; tell us a bit about them.
And the wood floors?
And tell us a bit about these doors and drawers and there function.
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Jessica and I will be up sometime in March or early April. Maybe we can hook up for dinner or something. It would be nice to see you.
Eric
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What you are seeing is a part of the dressing hall. It is L-shaped, and in total, contains 5 of those 48 w x 60 h wardrobe cabs, and each cab has a deep drawer on full extension slides underneath. One single 24 w cab is at the end near the window.
In addition, the hall has a 65 w recess where the plans call out a built in dresser, with mirror over. The clients deleted the built in, and will place a dresser there that they own.
The three panel doors are from Stallion Doors, are made with particleboard or MDF cores, and are veneered in cherry. The distributor, Drew Supply, prefinished them.
Floors are red birch, one grade down from select clear.
Give me a shout when you are headed my way.
Gene
Looks good!
I see you got your doors with the triangle's on them. Did you find someone on here or knots to do it? I remember you asking.
The mantle came out real nice, did you do it or was you able to find someone locally to do that?
Are all your cab's from Sherr's (sp?), doors? I know you like them, just wondering. They really look nice, your revels appear to be dead on!
I'm waiting for the pics of the stairs
Doug
That's a lot of work for two guys, and esp considering the amount of clear wood, as opposed to painted, on the job.
That curved mantle is very nice. Post a few more pics if you can! Jake Gulick
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Thanks, Doug.
The doors came from David Christian's shop in Lenoir, NC. Nice veneer work, eh? David shipped them fully finished and machined for the Blum hinges.
Hal Moore, of Saranac, NY, made the mantle. Hal used a vac bag to press the 1/8 shop made "veneer" to the top and bottom. I supplied the paper patterns for the shape, plotted from my CAD file. It needed a 1/4" end trim for installation. I took a deep breath before triggering the skilsaw.
The entire cab order is from Scherr's. Not one mistake, and it was a big order.