A picture is worth a thousand words. All you guys with digital cameras show us your work. This photo gallery does not get many posts.
Some photos’s I would love to see are:
- staircases
- built in or furniture entertainment centers
- fire place mantels
Any photos would be great. I like to get ideas and I haven’t been to the open houses for awhile.
Thanks, Ace
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Unfortunately, Ace, Prospero ran off all the good photo posters. We are limited to a certain total amt of space for posting attachments. This includes those I might post on any other prospero forums. Eight or tem pictures or drawings and I'm all washed up. Sorry. It's just one of those things we lost with the old boards.....
Requium for the Gallery Dirge begins now. Gentlemen please reomve your caps....
Why not just cruise over to quittintime.com for some pictures. Armin posted a very cool looking mantel just recent.
http://curve.phpwebhosting.com/~luka/attachments/1848-tiger%20maple%20mantel.jpg
Ace,
Here is a shot of the mantle I built for my own home. Please excuse the ashes...
Yo Piffin -
They've changed the max photo allotment, so we all have a bunch more space to play with. (Like 600 megs or so) They just haven't made the formal announcement yet.
Check the sandbox every once in a while - The forum improvements have been discussed there more than anywhere else.
Will these do? Slainte, RJ. View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image
A fireplace surround. Did the brick and mantle. Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
for got to mention we reset the windows and retrimmed interior/exterior......as upon further review........the original builders didn't see the need for them to be level with each other...........like I told the homeowner.....typical mantle job.....always gotta reframe and reset a coupla windows....otherwise it just wouldn't seem like work. Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
And we gotta have my column pics back. Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
Helped framed this roof/ceiling.......then went back myself and trimmed ..trimmed...trimmed.....Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
Hey BB......ya gotta wait till the upload thing takes it's good old time and pops the attachment name up at the top....then hit done. Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
here is a new picture of an old job
I think I may have to get a little patience somewhere, here is another new picture of an old job
here is another new picture
a mantle we did with a black granite face and hearth, with a couple of comfortable clients laying around.
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here is a nice vaulted ceiling I finished in december, the builder just put the columns under the groins last week, it is in the parade of homes in Amarillo this week.
BB...those ceilings are amazing. That your "signature" item? How do ya do the curves....then get the peak so tight/pointy? Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
I agree Jeff. I don't see that kind of work around my locale...SW Florida. It sure would be nice if they placed the UBB code in here to make things more simple. Just my oopinion. Ayway here's a McMansion we're currently doing apprx 10,000 sf of hardwood flooring in.http://bal.ifloor.com/files/60/gordon1.jpg
<img src=http://bal.ifloor.com/files/60/gordon1.jpg</img>
Oh heck i'll go back to quittintime..
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More pictures? I have a few to share. The first jpeg shows an inset I did a few months ago on Marco Island, Florida. The perimeter is stone and the inset a prefinished bamboo made by http://www.forestaccents.com. The time involved was 20 hours and the inset measures 14' across. The second jpeg shows a closeup of the center area. Btw, this was a gluedown over plywood over concrete. The reason for the ply was to bring the final floor vertical height flush with the stone.
The next jpeg is a showroom platform I did about five years ago. The pic is kinda dark but you get the idea. The material is 3/4" solid brazilian cherry finished on site. Jpeg four, and the last one, is another showroom nailed/stapled to 3/4" ply over concrete and site finished. Material used; brazilian cherry, white oak, and maple.
In the not to distant future I will have a showcase gallery of before and after pictures at the site I'm currently working on. Don't bother to click any page links at the bottom yet. The pictures will not only be work I've done, but others from around the country with a description and their location. It should prove to be an extensive gallery as I've already heard from several that have pics they want shown.
Anyone else interested you can contact me via email.....
I suppose what I'm getting at, if any of these folks are near you and you're interested in their work you can contact them directly.
http://216.197.102.142/index.htm/
Ken Fisher
How did you frame that!? I want to do something similar really bad (or at least understand how you build it. Do you recommend any books or articles?
Jeff, that ceiling with oval window looks sooooo close to the one I built. Check it out in my website..(at the bottom of the post) .its a spec house I built and live in till its sold..On the website click on the left where it says windows and doors.
Great job man....keep it up.
BE well
Namaste'
AndyIt's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
I can't take credit for the barrel vault.....I was just along for the ride! Mostly my buddy Joe at the old place of employ figgur'd her out.
We did test my circular saw to see just how tight a radius it would cut.......that window was just about the limit!
3/4 ply x 2 for the ribs. Made a nice pattern with the router and trammel.....then found it way quicker to cut with the circular. Jeff "That's like hypnotizing chickens........."
Sgian,
In Maine a "dubbah" is an inept amateur.
You Need to change your handle.
That is some of the best work I've ever seen.
Wow!
TDo not try this at home!
I am a trained professional!
Glad you got a kick out of it Mr. T. I'm mighty impressed by some of the other examples of work shown in this thread, and elsewhere in this builders forum. My only skill is bashing together furniture, and some people like what I do, and some don't. People naturally make subjective judgements regarding a style, but I like to think that if anybody were to take a close look at some of my work that they'd at least walk away saying that the quality is good, even if they hate the look. On the other hand, quality is not the be-all and end-all of any project, whether it be furniture or a house. I'm hopeless at carpentry type work by the way. I'm far too pernickety for it, and don't know when to say 'near enough is good enough' and walk away, so I leave carpentry to the carpenters. For example, I was in a restaurant last night and looked up at the ceiling in whilst pointing percy at the porcelain-- well, looking up is better than looking down at the unemployed doing some hosing anyway, ha, ha-- and every mitre of every piece of trim up there was pathetic. Big open gaps. Gobs of caulk applied by the looks of it with a trowel. Good enough for the carpenter and restaurant owner I guess, but to me, it was shockingly bad. It wasn't even crown moulding requiring a compound cut, just plain flat stuff.
Dubh translates into English as Black, or secret in this context, literally Knife Black which is tucked into the sock when wearing the kilt. I think I'll keep my moniker for now. <g> Slainte, RJ.RJFurniture
a nice cedar and brick fence for the fireplace clients
Ace,
Just bought a cheapie digital camera. Think I'll post some more pics today. Look for the above mentioned items later. Thanks for the nudge.
Here are pics of the master suite closet, french doors and the wainscoting in the water closet.
The closet is about a 6x12 walk in the dividers are birch ply with cherry face frames. When completed it will have built in shoe racks, clothes hampers, tie and belt storage, about 20 feet of closet rod, and several built in drawers and adjustable shelves, as well as a full length mirror.
We built the mahogany doors, sidelights, and jambset from scratch, the glass is custom made by an artist locally, the mahogany casing is a signature profile we designed for this home owner.
The wainscoting is cherry frames with cherry ply panels that have been milled on site. We still have about 80 linear ft. to mill and install upstairs in the husbands private office.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Here are some shots of the plasma TV we concealed behind a piece of art. Our customer has a fairly extensive collection and really hated losing wall space for the TV.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
How about a 24,000 square foot church designed by the architect turned pastor on a PC, converted to approved blueprints by a registered architect. All prefabricated wall structural EPS wall panels, roof trusses and windows were manufactured in Ontario, shipped to Limerick, Pa. The members of the church then provided the labor to assemble all the componts and saved about 1 million dollars of construction costs.
The focal point of the church is a 24 foot wide octagonal lighthouse with a 6 foot tall cupola that was built on the ground and lifted in place with a crane.
If any would like to see additional pictures e-mail me at [email protected]
Enjoy...
John Giuliani
The concrete contractor has started on the elevated deck we are adding on our ongoing remodeling project.
These pictures are of the footings, piers, and initial formwork for the deck.
The block wall seen in the pics will be faced with natural stone. There will be a trough formed at the top of the wall to allow installation of piping to create a waterfall along the face of the wall. There will be a landing 42" wide and 19" above the main deck in front of the french doors at the far right of the pictures. The deck of the hottub will sit about 14" above that landing and will have water cascading over the face of the risers into catch pans behind the treads. It should look pretty neat when we get every thing done.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
tim.. that's pretty cool !.. keep 'em comingMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Thanks Mike,
The first shot is of a gable we built over the master bedroom to take advantage of some unused space in the attic. The customer likes this side so well that she wants us to do the same on the other side. We are building a French Door unit to go in the opening, similar to the one downstairs.
The second shot is of the existing front doors. Next week I should have some pics of the new doors, jambs, and threshold, with the bevel edge glass installed.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
The first shot is of the deck with most of the steel in place. The 3" pipe comeing through the forms will supply water to a trough or gutter that will be formed around the perimeter of the deck for the waterfall.
The second shot shows the deck with the steel in place and most of the edge forms in place.
Concrete is scheduled for 11 a.m. tomarrow. Once the structural deck is finished, a 2" inch cap will be poured that will be stained and stamped to resemble a natural stone finish.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Here are some more photos of the deck, front doors, and now we have started on the pond that will go from the hot tub on the right to the big oak tree on the left.
I am also getting ready to let a new sub re-deck a 24'x24' dock and replace the decking on the 690' long walkway out to the dock.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Tim, you need to move that watering can a little closer to the tree on the left. Beautiful doors and entry. Joe H
LOL-that tree does need some help- beautiful entry. Now that is a brick job I would have liked to watch take place.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Thanks guys, I should be able to post some photos of the butlers pantry/china hutch we are working on sometime next week, along with some shots of the stamped and stained cap on the deck.
Funny thing about that tree, my crew and I kept it watered and healthy for eight months before the customer moved in to the house. Now that she takes care of it ....TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
It took a little longer than I expected (to many other projects going on) but here are the pictures of the deck and hot tub we had built for this job. The shell of the hot tub is low slump concrete that is "sprayed" from a concrete pump hose with a nozzle attached to a 185cfm air compressor. It was the first time I had seen this done and was pretty impressive.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Looks great Tim; would love to see pictures of the finished product!
Ron
Was that a "field expedient" gunite nozzle. A more detailed picture of the nozzle would be interesting.
This is the best photo of the nozzle that I have. The pool guy does the concrete spraying on a regular basis, so he may have adapted a gunite nozzle to this purpose. This was the first time I had seen the full process from forming to spraying of a hot tub or pool, so it probably held more interest for me than it may for others.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Hey Tim! - do you have any finished shots of that concrete deck? I'd really like to see some more shots.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob,
The concrete contractor has the cap finished and I should have some pics of it this afternoon. He still has to pour the steps down to the back yard and the steps and landing by the master bedroom and hottubs. Thanks for asking.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Bob,
Here are a few more shots of the deck and pond. I also got one pic of the butler's pantry before the batteries in the camera croaked.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
Bob,
The concrete contractor is finally getting finished with all the stone work and we were able to find a welding contractor for the handrail. These shots should give you a pretty good idea of what the finished product will look like. The handrail is getting painted black, and now there is talk of a mahogany or teak cap, but it is starting to come together.
I'm also going to try a couple pics of the fireplace and butlers pantry.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
WOW! Tim, a deck with a moat. They going to put croc's in there? Those steps going up to the hot tub look a little tricky, Kinda like a wheelchair ramp with bumps.The rail will look sweet painted Satin Black.I like the fireplace and all the millwork.
Thanks for the pictures!Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Thanks Bob,
"Those steps going up to the hot tub look a little tricky, Kinda like a wheelchair ramp with bumps." (G)
The real steps are farther around the hot tub. There is a landing when you come out the french doors from the master bedroom.
This is turning into the job that never ends. We are currently building an island for the kitchen and a pair of mahogany closet doors for the foyer. May have shots of them next week.TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
OK Tim - Now I get it! It's not a staiway at all, it's a gator ramp from the moat. Heehee.
Looks like a fun job. Thanks for the pictures.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"