Originally we were to just supply the wood for this project; the aromatic red cedar stringers and risers and the ash treads. That changed when the carpenter sort of messed up. He had gaps where there shouldn’t have been gaps.  “Could we help”?

Mike did a CAD drawing of the special cove moulding where the tread meets the stringer and we had the pieces made on a CNC router. The pieces made on the CNC router matched the straight cove material we had made.  I think the overall effect is pretty nice. I haven’t seen this done anywhere before. The white oak handrail starts at an ash partition.  The partition is mounted on a steel sub-frame with poplar blocking. Aluminum “Z” clips provide a nice fastener-free panel. The meeting joint between the panels and at the end cap is an ash spline.  It’s finished with an aromatic red cedar cap.

This loft has a mahogany barrel vaulted ceiling with over two hundred raised panels. Also included in the room are two mahogany air-conditioning vents and twelve removable panels for seasonal artwork. The curve of the ceiling continued to the floor below to go full circle. The space below is to be used as a plate rack.

The room also featured a pair of radius windows. The ceiling had to be fitted by hand to the fireplace.

Also in this house are about seventy feet of straight handrailing, and the handrailing for a spiral staircase. You can see construction details on this particular spiral staircase in the “How We Do It” section.

This two-story library features quilted Honduran mahogany panels, ebonized walnut columns, a bookcase bench with coopered ends, and two credenzas with gaboon ebony inlays

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These storefront columns were originally made of iron. Over time the metal started deteriorating. We were asked to carve reproductions of the columns. Some of the original columns still stand.

White oak Gothic tracery wainscot, designed by Marc, was provided in full sections. The archways were made of poplar laminations.