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!

Custom Quad Bunk Beds

A couple asked us to build a quad bunk bed for their 4 daughters. The mother came up with a few quad bunks that she saw on the internet. We used them as a guide and designed our own set.

The mother wanted a solid panel instead of a rail guard, the father asked to have shelves to hang off the sides of the guards. 

Needless to say the girls were estatic about their new beds.

Antique Cabinet

We were asked to make a base cabinet for the kitchen at the 1811 house. The home owner had antique cabinets they wanted placed on top of the base cabinet.

The base cabinet in place without the drawers.

The cabinet’s total height is over 9 feet.  It was exciting to see it come together.

A Little Stable

A week before Christmas, we had an order come in to make a custom horse stable for a little girl’s toy horses and doll. She sent us the dimentions, it was to be 22 inches high and 20 inches wide.

 This was a quick and fun project to put together. 

Happy New Year!

A customer of ours came by and dropped off a meal for us. It is called “Pastelon”, a plantain dish.

We are ever grateful for the kind thoughts and good deeds!

Repairing a Maple Cutting Board

A fellow brought a maple top of a cabinet to us that needed repaired. The showing side had major damage done to it so it was decided to flip it over and use the underside as the top. It had damage to that side, also but it was repairable.

Warren drilled out the damaged parts and put plugs in them.  The he trimmed them down and made the top look like new.

This Week’s “Post” :)

A local Nursery wanted us to make a post brace to display a new sign she had made by Denise, from Sign Post.

We used 6 x 6 inch western cedar for the posts and the back braces for it.

The notches were cut with a circular saw and then hand chiseled for clean up.
Then the cross braces were installed.
Tar applied.
The holes were dug and the posts installed.
The sign then was hung on the posts.
Caps were placed on the top of the posts.

The job completed, what a beautiful sign!