Author: Warren Dircks

Making a Custom King Size Headboard

This past week we were able to make a king size head board. We made it out of old barn wood.

Cutting it down into parts.
I used the router to cut out where the ballusters go in the railing.
The ballusters cut to fit.
Fitting in the ballusters
Now we attach the posts.
All put together now. That’s pretty big. ?
Now it it stained.

Custom Storm Door

We were asked to make a custom made storm door. The homeowner ordered the glass to fit it perfectly. In the summer the glass can be removed and screen put in place of it.

Putting the door together.
The homeowner painted it black.
Got the hinges working.
Putting the trim work on to hold in the glass.
That sure is a big storm door! They must be expecting a big storm coming! ?

Antique Hall Tree

We just got done repairing and refinish an antique hall tree that was dated 1907. It came to us very dark, almost black with some veneer missing and a carved foot missing. Warren carved a new foot and put new veneer where it was missing.

New Wainscoting

Did you inherit someone else’s taste in decorating when you moved into your new house?

This room was painted a dark purple. The homeowner painted over it this nice blue color. We were to cover the wall paper with wainscoting painted white.

We can help with your decorative woodworking jobs.

dirckswoodworkingservice@gmail.com

Refinishing a Handrail

This handrail was sanded down by the homeowner, but could not be completed. We were called to finish sanding it and stain and finish it to match the floors.

There was still some old stain and finish left on the posts and rails.

Here you can see where the handrail was sanded cleaner. The black grunge was sanded out.
With new coat of stain and finish.

Refinish Mohogany Doors

A set of mohogany doors came to us quite weathered.

We stripped the old finish and stain off and then sanded it down to raw wood. We then stained it a deep red mohogany stain.

After that, we applied one coat of spar varnish on them.

We are now working on getting two more coats of finish on them.

Grandma’s Dressers

A couple asked us to refinish a couple of dressers that the lady had inherited from her grandma.  The dresser was made with solid wood with mahogany, and birds eye maple veneer.

It had a to have a few pieces of veneer replaced and had lot of water marks on the tops.

We stripped the old finish off and sanded it, then we applied new finish on them.

The maple was stained a bit but when we stripped the old finish we left it with the natural color.  The couple is going to use these dressers for their newborn.

Installed an Ornate Floor

We were asked by Johnson’s Hardwood Floors to help them by installing a very ornate floor.  The house is located in York City, Pennsylvania. The front room had carpet removed to reveal the original floor that was done ornately.  The project manager was told that the homeowner wanted have the next room’s floor done to match it.

The center field was douglas fir, the border around that was white oak trimmed with walnut.  Then after that was oak parquet and the corners had a greek key.

After installing, we then sanded, stained and finished it.  We then were asked by the home renovators to custom make the shoe molding for the front foyer, hall, living room, dinning, and back entrance.

 We are ever grateful to be a part of this project!