Monday, September 28, 2009

home improvement show




Exhibited at the Home Improvement show at the OCC this last weekend. Met plenty of great people, some may be client someday.


Did a drawing, grand prize was this bench seat, all recycled materials. Second prize was the birdhouse, also recycled materials, though a little more jazzy.

Bench is old growth fir from various jobsites, demolition etc.

Birdhouse is leftover siding from several jobs.


Thursday, September 17, 2009


Before and after of a recent kitchen. from rotten pergo and separate kitchen to open floor plan, real oak floors, better seating, ready for entertianing. Client is a trained chef and loves to cook, even more now in the new kitchen.

Cabinets on right are 30" deep, hides the refer depth and lots of storage. No clutter here. Pulls outs with counters embedded allow for blender, coffeemaker, et al to be behind closed doors.


Monday, September 7, 2009

King Harvest coffee project



Check out the work here. King Harvest coffee opened at 1502 SE Morrison this summer. Been making hummus in the back for years, added coffee shop. Still sell the hummus. It is fantastic.

We only do small commercial work. Here we added an ADA bathroom, put in the serving counter (and made it ourselves), made the kiddie chair and tables and the lookie door to the factory area.

Good coffee and a drivethru. Go in once to see the work. Say hello to Howard for me.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Classic railing lives on





New but classic railing as fence with curved gate. and on a porch on the same house. Fence added 5 years after porch railing, the wife liked it so much.

Birdhouse tops off a post in the fence, made from leftovers from the porch featured in the last post.




Many projects one house




This is how we like to work. I added these new front steps, and replaced the contemporary door with a classic CVG fir door. Homeowner chose a Baldwin door handle, best I've ever installed. Replaced 5 interior doors as well, retro-fitted new 5 panels to existing frames.

Railing was copied from a porch down the street from a job of mine years ago, then modified for a fence design and now for a handrail. Very classic look with modern updates for concrete anchors. It looks great in all 3 applications. I'll include pictures of it in the other applications in another post.

Green house is after paint, final steps visible there as well. Wish I could say I did the paint job, but it was prearranged with someone else. Homeowner chose great colors for the style of house.