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   dude | Jun 29, 2005 09:34am | #1

   Looks very  nice ,just wondering what the two walls that slide out by the stove are for.

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   gdavis62 | Jun 29, 2005 12:11pm | #2

   Racks for spices, oils, etc.  All the goodies you'll need at the range, if you are really going to cook anything there.

   A lot of "trophy" kitchens hardly get used, though.Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY

    

    

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 03:15pm | #3

   You got it Gene, stealth spice racks... & you are correct on it not getting used much, least not by the guy I built it for. Nor will this master bath be used much as built...

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   jimblodgett | Jun 29, 2005 04:41pm | #4

   Nice looking craftsmanship, gb.  Is that the finished color of the painted cabinets? 

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 05:11pm | #8

   yeah, Jim, it's a white lacquer with a brown glaze, then clear coated. Thanks, by the way.

    

   greg

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   BillHartmann | Jun 29, 2005 05:11pm | #7

   Is that just knee hole space in the corner or are you wanting for some cabinets to fill it in?Looks werid.

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 05:23pm | #12

   Bill, dishwasher goes in da corner...

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   wrudiger | Jul 04, 2005 10:57pm | #30

   Very nice work!  You are probably right about not getting used much - no serious cook would put their spices and oils right next to a heat source like that.  I do like the hidden pull-out/column design element idea though. Maybe a good place to store things like baking trays, pizza stones, etc. Thanks for posting.

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   JohnT8 | Jun 29, 2005 04:41pm | #5

   Nice kitchen.  Those spice cabinets are a nice touch. 

   Sheeze, that ba is big enough to serve a train station!  For folks who want to feel they're bathing in an auditorium. ;)

    

   jt8

   A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -- Sir Winston Churchill

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 05:13pm | #10

   thanks John,

   that bath with the wainscott & the crown was almost as much as the kitchen.

    

   greg 

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   JeffBuck | Jun 29, 2005 05:07pm | #6

   very, very nice ... as usual.

   Jeff

       Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 05:20pm | #11

   Thanks Jeff, was interesting you posted that kitchen with the stained & painted cabs recently- I guess it's supposed to be one of the next "trends".

   here is another bath in that house

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   JeffBuck | Jun 30, 2005 04:38am | #18

   That was my first thot ...

   similar light glaze and draker stain ... bot even had the island differing from the walls ... when I saw yours .... thot ... Looks like the trend is official!

   Hey ... just call us both cutting edge?

   btw ... that shot of the vainty with tile .... very cool!

    

   U might be ahead of the next trend on that one. I'm gonna steal that pic to give an idea of "what if" ... I've never seen that before ... and I'm liking it alot.

   did U come up with that detail?

   it's nice, whoever did. Any idea how the tile was adhered?

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   gdavis62 | Jun 30, 2005 05:04am | #19

   That's easy, Jeff.  Just make your end panel out of cast concrete!Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY

    

    

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 08:34am | #23

   yeah, another of my ideas there...

   The fluted face is generally mitered to the side panel, so in this case I just leave off the side panel, get the proper set back measure from the tile dude, give him something to screw his backer board or lath or whatever to, convince him if he miters his tile to match up sweet to my mitered fluted column it will look really cool, & there you have it...

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   CaroleG4 | Jun 29, 2005 05:12pm | #9

   I wondered what you were doing!

   If he's not going to use it, can I???

   Nice work...... Is that a Viking range? Husband and I are moving to Tucson the fall.......I'm getting closer.....:)

   Man, the bath is bigger than our dining room!

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   gbwood | Jun 29, 2005 05:28pm | #13

   Thanks teach,

    

   yeah, I was stuck on a project for way to long, tryin to get out of a burnout funk...

    

   good luck on your move, I love Tucson...

    

   greg

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   constantin | Jun 29, 2005 11:39pm | #15

   Nope, that looks like an all-gas Wolf range to me. The only thing superior to that model out there is the Wolf Dual Fuel range, IMHO. Then again, I might be biased.

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   CaroleG4 | Jun 30, 2005 12:20am | #16

   Thanks, my eyes aren't as good as they used to be........:)We have a Viking store here and I drool everytime I walk in there......

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   gdavis62 | Jun 29, 2005 09:54pm | #14

   Very nice.  Presumably, the cabs are your work: design, then raw materials to finish.

   Tell us how you go about it.

   What design software is used?  Does your software break down the cab package to provide all cut lists?  Sheet use optomization?

   Describe cab makeup.  Frameless or faceframed?

   Carcase materials?  Back cleats?  Edge joinery?

   Cabinet clamps used for assembly?

   If faceframed, joinery method?

   Drawer box construction?  Shop machinery used?

   Drawerslide make and model?

   Door hinge make and model?  Urethane buttons to damp door close? 

   Using piston shocks to dampen and close drawer movement, like Blumotion?

   Columns, pilasters, corbels all shop-made, or sourced?  If sourced, who from?

   Finish materials and guns used?

   Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY

    

    

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 01:37am | #17

   Gene- sorry, way too many questions for right now, will get back here tonite...

   but yeah, I designed & built it all, with the exception of the cabinet doors(Decore door)

    

   greg

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   gdavis62 | Jun 30, 2005 01:03pm | #26

   Cadkey, eh?  I am using Cadkey 97 for Windows, and I could not live without it.

   It is like my right hand, whether designing and building furniture and cabinets, or doing a whole house.

   Here is an example of a cabinet rendering.  I buy all my cabs from Scherr's, knocked down.

   What I get is frameless construction, 3/4" melamine faced particleboard carcases, shelving same material, backs 6mm melamine-faced board, 5/8" cleats top and bottom, joinery a combo of dowels and confirmat screws, prefinished doors and drawerfronts all 13/16 hardwood, maple dovetailed drawers 5/8 sides and backs, Blum Tandem slides with Blumotion dampers, Blum 125 Inserta tool-free hinges and clips, some drawers using Metabox by Blum, everything all single-packed, drawers and fronts all ship separate and at finish time, all drawerboxes factory assembled and finished.Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY

    

    

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 03:38pm | #27

   did that rendering come out of your Cadkey? I run 97 also, but only so far as 2d elevation drawings for shop drawings. Are Scherrs cabs available in 3 inch incraments like most prefabs? what kinda prices?

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   gdavis62 | Jul 01, 2005 01:12am | #28

   Yes, it's Cadkey.  Cadkey 97, release 1.02, 7-15-97.  What version are you using?

   I have found Scherr's a joy to work with.  I just email them my CAD files, and they seem willing to do whatever I want.  Forget the three inch increments.

   Pricing?  I cannot really say.  I have a whole-job package going with them now that is well over $40K.  If you are interested, I'll show you some of the funky things they are doing for me on this one.  Email me off Breaktime.Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY

    

    

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 08:27am | #22

   Ok  Gene, this is gonna be alot of typing for me...

   when I start designing with the client I try to get a basic idea of what they want, then start tossing out every idea I can come up with, backed up with sketches or pics of past projects, sometimes detailed moch-ups.

   then a CadKey drawing or two later I'm off & running.no sheet optimizer- just some burnt out brain cells doin their thing.

   this job was frameless- 3/4" melamine interiors, used doors as finish ends, all parts dadoed, glued, comformat screwed. 1/2" melamine backs. edges banded, just basic stuff, really.

   drawers are 1/2" baltic birch double dadoed (or rabbit dadoed depending on who you are talking to) 1/2 melamine bottoms. This job was basic blum 230 3/4 projection  slides, tho I have been able to get in some jobs with the tandem slides lately...

   I usually use blum 120+ clip hinges, unless I need something special

   Columns, pilasters, corbels all shop-made and designed, both those corbels(solid mdf- 7 layers of 3/4) and those walnut columns (especailly the columns) were an absolute gas to do- first time I ever fluted something right on the lathe.

   finish is white lacquer undercoat, vinyl sealer, van dyke brown glazing compound, cab acrylic lacquer. Seta gravity fed HVLP guns.

   geez, I got a headache now...

   greg 

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   mrhodes | Jun 30, 2005 05:15am | #20

   How much did that island cost?

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 08:36am | #24

   a little under 4 grand

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   mrhodes | Jul 01, 2005 08:58pm | #29

   labor & material?

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   DougU | Jun 30, 2005 05:53am | #21

   gb

   Very nice!

   I like the kitchen island, cool columns/posts.

   Well done.

   Doug

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   gbwood | Jun 30, 2005 08:36am | #25

   thanks, Doug.

   They were a lot of fun to do.