Does anyone have any pictures of any woodstained coffered ceilings that they would share?
How about some nice details of custom wainscot thruout a room. Tambourd, beadboard or raised panels.
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jc
Here is a couple pictures of some coffered ceilings that we did.
I had about 5 more rooms of them, different houses, cant find them right now.
That''s sweet as hell Doug.
Thanks.
Doug: Oh my God....is what I first thought. That is a most excellent display of true craftsmanship and patience. Definatell a 10.
Stan
Stan
I'm just trying to keep up with the guy that builds curved stairs that hangs out around here!
Thanks
Doug
Nice stuff Doug. Are those leftover Johannes pictures, or did you do those in Texas? The second one reminds me of Meyer's den, same goofy purple wall paint.
Mark
You got it, Johannes left overs!!!
Meyers den, I wish I had got some pictures of that but they got kinda un-hospitable at the end, no go on pictures of that place. You should have some though!
Doug
Holy Sh!t Doug@es,
Can you give more photos of that shelving panel door opening in that first pic?be dead on or that quarter inch is going to haunt you
rez
see the pics that I posted to butch
I had one to post but its 2MB and I cant seem to resize it, it was done by a photographer. Its a great shot just to damn big. I dont know what I'm doing wrong, I go to irfanview and resize, then I change the dpi to 80 and its still huge?
Doug
Guys... I had the extreme pleasure to have worked with Doug and his compadres on a couple of jobs here. As Doug stated, his boss had a true gift for envisioning and subsequently creating some breathtaking works of art. As many of you stated, I always thought I was a pretty good carpenter until I ran across these guys. I now know that I have a long way to go before I can truely call myself a "carpenter".
IMHO That company is the premiere high-end trim company in this part of the country.
However, don't be too intimidated by ol' Doug here. I'm sure he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us, he's just standing on water when he does it...lol
Oh,
Thanks Mark
But you did a lot of work on Meyers house as well.
How's that plan to start building houses? You have the experience so it should be smooth transition.
Dave, the office guy at Johannas might have gotten some pictures of Meyers, but he would never know what he did with them!
Doug
Sorry Doug. No pics of Meyers' place here either. pretty much for the same reason as you.
I need an emoticon that conveys bowing. Incredible work. Very humbling.
man that first one is out of this world! can you tell us something about the person / or institution that foresaw this as their library?
elementary but that was stained on ground then coated in place? there is another thread about who inspires you = you get my kudos for this while
thanks John
John
I would like to take credit for the whole thing but I cant. there was a lot of hard work on this place, by a half dozen guys.
I worked at a shop in Iowa(now live in TX) and we did that library along with the rest of the house.
The house belongs to a local person. No one famous. But the house, wow, what a house. The whole house has this look! Not necessarily coffered ceilings but similar details.
All of the work was done in a shop and then installed in the house, stained and finished in place.
I think we did that library in two weeks, built and installed. It was the end of the job and we needed to get done. Three guys in the shop and two or three in the field.
Doug
Use this one. View ImageWho Dares Wins.
that works!
Doug:
When I get a compliment like that from Stan Foster, I will know I'm there.
Nice work.
Matt
Wow, man. That's very nice.
You build that in place? Or on the ground in sections? Or what?
Jim
All built in a shop and then installed, finished in place. The coffered ceiling was done in sections, then we built a system to hang it all from. I have done a couple other coffered ceilings that were just as detailed, cant find the pics though.
This house was one of the best projects that I have been associated with.
Doug
Damn! Work like that gives a new meaning to the word 'Impressive'....
Chapeau, monsieur!
(Let's see...if I save all my offcuts of crown and big ogees for the next 37½ years, and then spend two months lovingly hand-fitting each one, I might come up with a few square feet of that sort of thing....)Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
DETAILS, DETAILS(YES, I'M YELLING)
Truly incredible work, you got any more pictures?
Ball park on what kinda of price range that is in and how long did that take?
butch
I dont have the details of the cost of the library, I think in the $100,000 range.
Took us about two weeks! We were in a hurry, had to get the job done, the last thing on the house to do and everybody was getting a bit edgy!!! Tools and insults were flying!
Here is a couple of pics from different angles.
Doug
Wow,$100,000
Man I sure am out of touch, I would have never imagined, but it sure looks like
they got their moneys worth
Very impressive. And I'd go ahead and post that big file picture from the
photographer,I'm on dial up and I aint scared, I'll download it
I think it would be worth it
I'm going to try this, dont know if I resized it or not.
I think I did it, seems like it is only 113KB's
The fire place was imported in from Europe, antique, not sure where, but it was a corner fireplace, we had to rework it and make it fit on a flat wall. What a pain in the azz that was, every little piece of return moulding! Anouther guy and I sat there all day one Saturday making those damn things. All we had to make was about 3 to 4 inches of the moulding but each one was different. We carved, cut with odd router bits, stood wood up verticaly on a band saw, hell anything that we could to duplicate the profile.
Edited 9/4/2004 11:45 pm ET by Doug@es
Doug, I never thought something like this would exist.
Who did the design?
Tom
The design was by the owner of the company I worked for. That man could sit down in 10 minutes and draw up a design that would blow your mind. He had such a gift for space, proportion and style. He lived in a modest size home(he was building a new one when I left) and the cabinetry and architectural work in the house was just unreal. He really has a gift. He wasn't a bad guy to work for either.
The entertainment centers that he designed would amaze me. He would just rough draw them and send them to the draftsman to put in print form.
On some small jobs he would give us his quick pencil drawings and we didn't have any problem figuring out what he wanted.
I never thought something like this would exist
When I have shown the pics to others I get the "in Iowa", yea we quit living in mud huts a ways back and there is some pretty nice places even out in Iowa. I know you didn't mean that comment toward IA, it just kinda got my attention.
I worked for this company for about 3 years and this was just one of several homes that had this kind of workmanship.
Doug
That is awe inspiring!!!!!, thank you for sharing it
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doug,
Looks like something out of the mansions in Rhode Island, a beautiful display of our craft. Before seeing this I thought I was a carpenter, but I guess I'm still a framer. I get inspired just looking at this kind of workmanship.
greg
That's what I call Fine Homebuilding. Can't believe I've worked for all these years, and now feel like a hack<G>
Beautiful work and design. The installation coordination must have been tight. Don't worry, we can fix that later!
bucksnort
The installation was total KAOS, we had to complete to get paid, to many people in a small room and everybody was pizzed at each other(6 tens will do that to you) but it got done!
It was the end of the job and it was just getting old! And we had to put up with the owner of our company out there helping! That's always good for morale, and even when he is in a good mood he wasnt fun to work around, great guy just not a lot of fun to work around, you know, they always got money issues on there mind.
Doug
Yeah, yeah, sounds just like me, another man of vision, HA, HA, Ha...
still, that's damn nice work. Something nice to be proud of in your working life. You know your rest home buds will be impressed<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
yowzaaa...makes my neck hurt just looking up at it...LOL
Great stuff.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
I see you mount your monitor to the ceiling to get a better perspective. That's the only way to see the real picture.
Man is that nice stuff! Must have the patience of Jobe, or is it a matter of if you know how to do it and have done it, it ain't bad? Really a great look. DanT
Doug: I just have to comment again. The work that you posted was the highest level of craftsmanship I have seen posted here on this forum. There have been scores of high end stuff.....but your work is out there in front all by itself.
You must be one talented and patient person. This level of craftsmanship comes along very rarely.
Stan
>> ... the highest level of craftsmanship I have seen posted here on this forum.
How can you tell? I'm not saying it's not high level craftsmanship, I just can't see enough detail in the pictures to evaluate the level of craftsmanship.
UD
I'll post a picture of the foyer area of this house, let me know wheather or not there is enough craftsmanship in this place for you!!! :)
Edited 9/6/2004 2:56 pm ET by Doug@es
Holy ####!!
Tuchee'
Doug,
Not sure if You received that message that I had posted to Ya.
Judging by the photos You post, the steps taken to arrive @ a finished coffered ceiling are probably 2nd nature to You.
Could You give me a brief description of how You'd go about building a basic coffered ceiling. Your typical "9 box" type of grid, with the insides of the grid to also be wood.
Thanks for Your time,
JC
jc
I was typing up a reply to your e-mail and then my son "needed me" to help him with his batman toy, priorities man, priorities!
I'll send it out in a min.
Doug
No sweat.
Have three of em myself.
Take your time
>> ... whether or not there is enough craftsmanship in this place for you!
Now don't put words in my mouth. I'm not criticizing the work. I'm saying there's not enough detail in the pictures for me to judge the work.
In the picture of the foyer, I can see that the design is great. I can see that the colors are great. But from a picture of that size and that resolution, I can't tell how well it's put together. I can't see if the miters fit. I can't see if there are nail holes, and if there are, I can't see how inconspicuously they're filled. I can't see if the wood has been planed or sanded smooth. If planed, I can't see if there's any tearout. If sanded, I can't see if any of the corners and edges have been rounded over. I can't see if the finish has runs, or has puddled in the low spots. Etc. I'm not saying any of these flaws exist. I'm willing to believe they don't. I just can't tell by looking at this picture.
The pictures of the vanity and the doors are better, but still not enough detail. The picture of the newel is beginning to be large enough and close enough to let me form an opinion, and my opinion matches the other guys', very nicely done.
Incredible! I didn't know people still made stuff of this detail/quality. Don't know how I missed this thread when it was originally posted, but glad I found it.
When I hit the lotto, I'll have Stan do the staircases and you do the woodwork.
OK, I ask FHB's indulgence (article by Gary M. Katz, FHB 158), but I've merged some of the pics from their article on beams/coffered ceilings.
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00123.asp
Doug, is this how you created your coffered ceilings?
jt8
John
Doug, is this how you created your coffered ceilings?
We did them similar to the pictures that you linked to but we built the boxes that the crown went into. Then added the crown, and a smaller moulding for the rope lighting.
We connected several of the boxes together, we never minded lifting heavy stuff! :)
When the boxes were hung from the ceiling we then connected them together with the 1X6(using that figure as an example, dont remember the exact size) and added some small trim around that.
It really does look more complicated than it is, its more the planning and detail that is well thought out.
Doug
Stan
I really appreciate that, especially coming from you.
I have seen your work and I don't think mine(lets not forget there were 3 other guys doing this stuff, not just me) stands in front of yours at all. I don't think my work is better than any of the other fine work that is posted here, I am so fortunate that I have been able to work for someone that put me in the position to do this kind of work, in Iowa and now down here in TX.
I've seen some great stuff of yours, and that's what makes me keep going! I don't want to "be like Mike"(reference to M. Jordan) I want to "be like Stan"
re; patient, see my message to DanT
Doug
Doug: The closer you get with your camera...the more craftsmanship I see.
Your work is simply in a class by itself......I need to take some lessons here...and I am not being modest.
Stan
Dan
All you guys seem to think I have a huge amount of patience!!! Man are you wrong! I'm the most impatient person that I know. :)
BTW, I have a son named Jobe, and he has no patience either!
Thanks
Doug
Great looking stuff ...
but craftsmanship? Bet ya used tools ... and electricity ...
didn't carve them out with yer teeth ... like the old days ....
Jeff
Buck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
Doug, that does look pretty sweet.
Doug,
Excellent work! Just wondering what the ballpark price range (per typical room) is for coffered ceilings.
ThanksMike K
Amateur Home Remodeler in Aurora, Illinois
Mike
I dont know what a typical room would cost, not sure what typical is!!! :)
This room was so much more than just the coffered ceilings, I think the room was in the 100g range.
Doug
here is a snap of a chipendale coffered ceiling we did in 99.
Doug, very nice work, are you doing this kind of work in Texas?
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Holy Smoke!!! That is one awesome ceiling!!!
BB
That is some fine work you got there! Beautiful!!!
I sent you an e-mail, did you get it?
Doug
Newel posts were top notch.
Awesome job.
Looks to me like you seem to run into alot of clients with endless budgets.
Just Amazing work.
Right on Brother.