Christmastime work

I have neglected to post any news for a while.  I did get some photos of the Ramsey kitchen install.  We used a black paint over solid maple hardwood, and red paint for the island.  The doors are solid maple raised panel square design.  It has raised panel sides and a very nice raised panel back on the center island.  I have a photo of the bar countertop support brackets.  The drawers are solid poplar dovetail construction with soft close drawer guides.  It is hard to see the detail on the glass panel doors.  I picked up a very nice patterned glass from State of The Art in West Knoxville.  The granite countertops were fabricated by Rocky Tops Marble and Granite.  The customer coordinated all of the materials very well.

We have since installed the cabinets for Endsley, but have not had time to get the photos taken.  However I did get a call from another customer that saw the completed job and gave it a "10"!  We have just put the finishing touches on the hickory wood job for Holder.  We will be installing it on Monday the 20th. 

The "rustic" cherry cabinets (living room built-ins) for Milner we installed on Tuesday.  Did not get any photos of it, but the customer was so impressed that he is looking forward to replacing his old kitchen cabinets soon.  This job was in Rhea County (about 1 1/2 hr. round trip), and we have done several successful jobs in that area.  Also in Rhea County we will deliver the Hickory cabinets to the Bornhoeft home hopefully on Friday.  I say hopefully because we have had a bout of unpredictable weather earlier this week and things are not looking good tonight (Wed.).

In the shop this week:  Goldston, Mccarroll and Koprince with a few odds and ends.  Koprince is the maple job we are working on that will be painted off white with a brown glaze.  The center island will be light green.  The Goldston job is maple with a chestnut stain, and the Mccarroll job is maple with a chestnut stain as well.  As a matter of fact I just sold another maple with chestnut stain today.  Maybe we have hit on something good here!

We are still doing about 7 remodel jobs to 1 new home.  Hopefully new construction will come back, but we are getting good at the remodels (lots of practice!).

Our annual Christmas party is Friday night.  Then I'm off the finish Christmas shopping Saturday and Sunday.  I haven't even mailed my Christmas cards yet!

Enjoy the photos......