Again a dream come true Client!

Only the mantel in this room is original.  The bookshelves crown and over mantel are all new.  Details taken from furniture in the room include: The burled edged on the shelves, burled panels, carved fleur-de-lis on the doors and curved burled crown.  The lower plinths and some running carvings were matches of details on the existing mantel.  The cabinet backs are paneled and the shelf supports are a saw tooth and slat configuration, like a turn of the century cabinet should be.

“So many people told us we wouldn’t be able to do this, to gut it,”  “But we came up with a way to make it work.”

WINNER 2007 Pittsburgh Post Gazette renovation contest

This period inspired kitchen won the 2007 Pittsburgh Post Gazette renovation contest. The details were custom matched to the existing cabinets; panel moulding, panel raise, stile and rail widths, and baseboard.  Maple dovetailed drawers, salvaged pulls, beaded board backs, and careful detailing to show a little wear (only where appropriate).  The customers, both gourmet cooks wanted this to be as useful as it was good looking.  The results could not have pleased them more.

The client approached us with a tattered magazine clipping of a traditional Colonial paneled room end.  The design was adapted from that photo. All the mouldings for this project were custom run by us.  Several utilized custom tooling we made for one of our most notable projects, the painting frame at Clayton.

Built in 1990, we were recently afforded an opportunity to visit the clients house for additional work, and update our portfolio shot.

This cherry paneled wall incorporates a T.V. cabinet, fireplace surround, and bar.  The paneling above the fireplace is figured cherry. Typical to our style, we arranged the panels, stiles and rails, so the grain is continuous from one to the next, providing a subtle but unified look.  Built by Wilson & McCracken in 1984, and coated with Danish Oil, we re-visit the project every 5 years or so to give it an oil rubdown.  We have been very happy to find it has held up well and aged with grace as seen in these current photos.

This 9′ tall hutch was designed to look like what may have been the original in the house.  The paneled doors with their stopped chamfer stiles were done in the same type of pine as the original paneling.  A part of this kitchen set was soapstone sink and sink base.  A dishwasher and trash compactor are hidden behind the lower doors.

This soapstone sink and sink base was designed to look like what may have been the original in the house.  The paneled doors with their stopped chamfer stiles were done in the same type of pine as the original paneling.  A 9′tall hutch was part of this kitchen set.