We are working on the repair and remodel of an actual 4-square cottage from the early 1900s!
Posts Tagged ‘boxes’
Four-Square
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, boxes, Four-square, historical styles, houses, small buildings, utilitarian on November 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another Treasure Chest
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, furniture, green, paint, patterns, wood on November 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I finally had a chance to take a few photos of one of our most recent treasure chests. We made this one for Kavi out of maple and a painted poplar top. The hinges are special soft close hinges to protect his small fingers. The paint is my favorite Bioshield Aqua Resin Trim Enamel. I had to use a bit of a different paint for the dark brown part.
Here is a picture of Kavi and his box
Painted Poplar Treasure Chest Underway
Posted in Design Projects, tagged box, boxes, color, ensign, furniture, paint, patterns, poplar on February 11, 2012| 2 Comments »
This prototype is solid 1.125″ thick poplar. It also has box joint corners and a piano hinge.
I am using my old artist oils for this decorative paint job. I went to the art store for a new paintbrush and noticed that they now sell “water- mixable” oil paints. I am curious how those work.
Painted Treasure Chest
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, furniture, process on February 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Back of the napkin sketch – prototype 3
Bamboo Sides, Richlite Top, Mahogany Bottom, Poplar Feet & Piano Hinge
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, continuous hinge, furniture, modern, salvaged, utilitarian on January 21, 2012| 5 Comments »
I just finished prototype treasure chest #2, using up more of my wood shop scraps.
It has a heavy Richlite lid and a piano hinge
Perfect for storing gold bullion or underwear and socks.
Prototype Treasure Chest #1
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, boxes, fir, furniture, plywood, pyrography, redwood, whimsy on April 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Prototype #1 is finished with a bit of pyrography – a prehistoric winged creature.
Apologies to customers waiting for treasure chests, this one has become my toilet paper storage box. As you can see there are many uses for such a chest. Soon we will have prototype #2 underway.
Salvaged Fir and Redwood Treasure Chest Lid with a Spectra Hinge
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, fir, furniture, green, plywood, redwood, rope, salvaged on April 5, 2011| 2 Comments »
I’ve made progress on the prototype. The lid is installed. I fashioned a hinge out of retired spectra running rigging from the 5o5 Bar-ba-loot (pictured below). The hinge needs a little fine-tuning, but I like the Xs. I handcarved the curves in the lid. Nice soft fir makes for easy carving.
Treasure chest Post 1 Treasure chest post 2
Treasure Chest Progress
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, fir, furniture, process, redwood, salvaged, wood on March 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
After gluing the box together, it needed some sanding.
——————————————>
The lid is made from two fir 2×6 scraps and a redwood 2×4 scrap that John brought home from his job site. Better than average specimens, with fairly straight, tight grain; they are probably from appearance grade stock. I did not have a planer on hand, but they were pretty straight and flat. I used my new jointer to make edges flat and perpendicular to the faces. I also used the jointer to clean up the faces. (This is usually accomplished by a planer) Then I glued and clamped them together as shown in this photo.
Prototype treasure chest underway
Posted in Design Projects, tagged box, box joint, boxes, furniture, plywood, process on March 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
- accessory dwelling unit acoustics addition additions ADU Albany aluminum angles appleply ash bathroom Berkeley birds black & white boxes Brooklyn buildings on the water cabin cabinets cedar children color commercial concrete construction process copper cottage curiosities curves deck decks decoration desert architecture details Detroit dog doorways El Cerrito energy efficiency Fairfax fence fibercement fir framing fun furniture Garage garden glass tile green green building handrail historical styles holes house houses house surgery humor indoor-outdoor interiors isba Julia Morgan kitchen landscape LED light lighting lighting design mahogony McBride Construction metal minimalism modern new materials New York Oakland paint painted plywood pantry paperstone passive house passive solar patina patterns plants plywood poet's corner Point Richmond process railing railings rainscreen recycled redwood remodel remodelling restaurant richlite Richmond Rockridge roof rustic salvaged San Francisco San Mateo shou sugi ban small addition small buildings small spaces solar electricity sparkle stained glass steel storage Strawbale stucco subway tile tile trim turquoise utilitarian utility value vaulted ceiling walnut water management whimsy windows wood zinc
-
link to RSS Feed
deedsdesign 