PROJECT #042
Living & Media
Hand-milled canvas-backed tambour doors that glide silently around curved walnut corners without metal tracks.
PROJECT #039
Dining
Two sequential flitch boards joined with three hand-inlaid Gaboon ebony butterfly keys over a knock-down trestle.
PROJECT #036
Shelving & Built-Ins
Scribe-fitted floor-to-ceiling library wall with solid C360 unlacquered brass rolling ladder rail and vinyl cabinets.
PROJECT #034
Kitchen
100mm-thick end-grain butcher block over a drawbored white oak base with custom slotted knife and spice drawers.
PROJECT #031
Bedroom
Zero-hardware king platform bed with cantilevered nightstands and precision-fit Japanese castle-joint corners.
PROJECT #028
Restoration
Museum-grade structural stabilization and traditional garnet shellac French polish for an heirloom Aarhus credenza.
PROJECT #025
Desks & Studio
Resawn from a century-old Columbia River cannery beam with 32 growth rings per inch and blackened brass bolt inlays.
PROJECT #021
Kitchen
Freestanding culinary larder with 18 dovetailed spice drawers, cold-slate pastry shelf, and solid brass knife hinges.
PROJECT #018
Entryway
Hand-adzed 50mm walnut saddle seat with 16 riven ash spindles wedged directly through a steam-bent continuous rail.
How we solve seasonal wood movement, out-of-plumb historic walls, and heavy structural loads without hidden steel brackets.
The Challenge: The client’s 1912 Portland Heights library had settled 22mm over its 4.2-meter span, and the horsehair plaster walls bowed outward at mid-height. Standard modular boxes would have required wide filler strips that ruin architectural proportions.
The Workshop Solution: We built a scribe-extended face frame in quarter-sawn white oak with an extra 18mm proud tongue. On installation day, we used compass dividers and a hand-held block plane to pare the stiles to the exact contour of the undulating plaster — achieving a shadow-free 0.3mm fit without caulk or trim molding.
The Challenge: Creating an 1800mm walnut media credenza where the cathedral grain flows uninterrupted up the left gable, across the top deck, and down the right gable — while housing sliding tambour doors that disappear into the side walls.
The Workshop Solution: We resawed a single 8/4 flitch of Oregon black walnut and folded the corners using 45-degree miters reinforced with contrasting quarter-sawn white oak splines. Fifty-two individual tambour slats were milled with interlocking coves, laminated to heavy linen duck canvas with hide glue, and waxed to glide along routed maple tracks.
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