CABINETS

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This custom entertainment center is made of gorgeous solid quilted maple, padauk, and shop-made
ebony/padauk handles. The sides are dovetailed into a 72" long padauk sub-base (top and bottom) and
the shelves between the drawers are installed with sliding dovetails. Highlighting the maple top is an interior pinstripe
border of 3/8 inch padauk. The door glass is held in place with padauk 1/4 round and the black sliding shelves have
a highlight piece in front that contrasts nicely. It weighs in easily at the 300 lb. range!

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FAR FAR LEFT: 22 inches of Dovetail Pins FAR LEFT: Sliding dovetails LEFT: Interior View RIGHT: Front Top FAR RIGHT: Ebony Padauk Handles

After a fire gutted the heart of the Rio Station Restaurant, this oak entry
wall with its Bubinga custom round-top ticket window, was designed
to create a new, welcoming entry for its returning patrons.

This cabinet was one of two commisioned by Davios, an upscale restaurant situated in
downtown Philadelphia (www.davios.com.) It features all shop fabricated raised panel doors
to match the ambience of the restaurant's home, the historic Provident Bank Building (c.1880's).

Here's a Mahogany mantel with a Padauk keystone in the center of the mantel chosen by the client to represent Pennsylvania, the Keystone State.
(Padauk is a naturally occuring red wood - no stain was used)

Below left: Before                                  Below right:After

It's easy to see the value of upgrading elements in your home
such as mantels, bookcases, moldings, etc. Here's a mantel top
replacement and new crown molding that depicts just that.