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TV Door Panel - Counter weighted lift

JohnWhipple, member | November 9th, 2009

The TV Door panel weights nearly 24 pounds and exceeded the lift limits of the pull up door panel hardware. I designed a counter weighted pulley system that is concealed in the walls and shelving...

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Multipurpose Shaker Island

kperkins41, member | November 4th, 20091 comment

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I started by focusing on function. This island had to have; -a surface large enough for newspapers and posterboard on the sitting side as...

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A Bright & Airy Kitchen By: Landmark Construction

jwoodill, member | October 13th, 20091 comment

“It was close to a year in the making” When Job Woodill, president and chief designer of the local upandcoming...

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New Hampshire 30'x36' story and a half, locally grown Hemlock

finelineWoodworking, member | October 5th, 2009

Locally grown Hemlock timbers frame this Mascoma riverfront home in NH. Special thanks to Great Northern Barns who prefabed most of the frame at their shop less than a mile awaynbsp...

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Arch Door Jam

MyCousinVinny, member | September 10th, 20095 comments

This is some thing I wanted to make for a while but never had a customer for it. But finaly on day that customer came along and wanted it. The whole unit was made of popular. The doors were custom to...

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ALLISON'S BEDROOM - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ron_Trebbi, Blogger | July 23rd, 2009

Renovate a small (10'-8" x 11'-8") existing bedroom in an 1,100 square foot, 1950's vacation house, into a flexible, multifunctional space with a unique identity for a 7 year old girl. The...

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Festool wants to replace your table saw

JFink, Senior Editor | May 26th, 20098 comments

Festool came in to the FHB offices last week to give us an opportunity to get up close and personal with a few of their newest tools. Bookmark the Toolhound blog in your internet browser to read more...

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Two tools for tight miters

JFink, Senior Editor | May 18th, 20093 comments

Not every tool that you read about in this blog will be brand-spankin’ new. That’s because some of the best tools have been around for years, but they aren’t commercially marketed...

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Fait Accompli: Our First House...Finished

sjdehner, member | May 13th, 20095 comments

After almost two years of steady work our passive-solar house is now "officially" built. Looking back it hardly seems possible... Thanks to a combination of mutual enthusiasm, several talented...

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Four Solutions to Kitchen-Storage Problems

FHB_WEB, member | May 5th, 20092 comments

Innovative fixes for kitchen-storage dilemmas

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A Fine Wine Cellar

homemasons, member | April 6th, 2009

The conversion of the laundry room into this fabulous wine cellar was substantial. The owners wished to have a Napa-look that created a visual connection between the wine...

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Loooong Overdue Bathroom Remodel

tgiles, member | March 31st, 20091 comment

Our two bedroom, one bath ranch was originally purchased as a starter home. Twenty years later, two sons and a major renovation turned it into a three bedroom, two bathroom cape. Our last and...

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From boxy and closed-in to light and curvaceous

homemasons, member | March 30th, 20091 comment

This home was a circa 1960 tri-level with the original room arrangement. There were distinct divisions between rooms (i.e., kitchen, dining room, living room). While the extended family...

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Knotty Pine Den Goes Contemporary

homemasons, member | March 30th, 2009

This room was dark, boring and out of date - a typical c.1960's lower-level den overwhelmed by the knotty pine paneling. Other issues included a low, cracked, textured ceiling, poor...

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basement remodel

architect19, member | March 25th, 2009

Basement that was used as a dog kennel is given a lively update into a media entertainment space. Features include full bath, water feature, game area, custom concrete bar table, custom copper...

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updating means everything goes

always_learning, member | March 14th, 2009

This project took about 3 months from demo to completion and involved a complete makeover of the kitchen and family room. Although we ordered stock cabinets (the high-end of the grade spec...

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Gauguin Place Kitchen Gets a Little Push

MAK_DESIGN_BUILD, member | March 10th, 2009

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The design goals for this project were to increase the space in the kitchen and dining areas while bringing the outside in with...

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1981 Contemporary Home Rehab

GawainT, member | March 10th, 2009

This kitchen was part of a home rehab project in Oceanside, CA. The entire house was in the before condition when I purchased it. Afterwards the entire house was in the same condition as...

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Adding a fireplace and built-ins to a living room

D_Ward, member | January 19th, 20092 comments

Our early 1900's home was without a fireplace so I added one (with some added perks!).

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Mantel-making

JFink, Senior Editor | January 16th, 20091 comment

Here are a few shots of a mantel that I made. Some moldings are custom, some are stock millwork at the local home center. Unfortunately, I didn't snap any photos once I added the top shelf and...

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