Our most recent project is a simple dining table built from Alder for a client in Sun Valley, ID. The client currently has a 30″ x 30″ table made from rustic pine that seats four people and wants to replace it with a table that will seat six. The dimensions are fairly straight forward. 30″ [...]
One of the more difficult parts of a project is the design phase. Not that it is hard to design furniture but that it is very difficult to clearly communicate what a project is going to look like when it is finished. Some people are instinctively good at understanding a verbal or written description but [...]
These pictures of the finished kitchen are quite late. I have been to busy working on other jobs to make it back to the job site until the other day. Enjoy! This pantry wall, just opposite the cabinety in the previous picture, is quite striking, and it holds an absolute ton of stuff!
One of the most unique projects we have had the pleasure of taking on is a wine rack that is to be built into an old English phone booth. We have no idea where the client picked it up, but it is a pretty cool find! I don’t know much about the phone booth, but [...]
To say I have been slacking on the weekly “At The Shop” section of the blog is a complete understatement! It has been five weeks since my last update! I will do my best to bring everyone up to speed on the latest projects and developments here at J. Alexander Fine Woodworking. Ranney Kitchen The [...]
An interesting thing happened to me the other day. I awoke on Sunday morning at about the usual time, 6:45 am, which is when my 2 year-old son decides the day should start, and checked to see if I had any business e-mail. Lo and behold I had a message from a wholesale client of [...]
Four days later my brother and I came back to install the upper cabinets and the pantry cabinets. All the sheetrock repair had been completed, the can lights were installed, and the wiring for the undermount outlets and lighting was pulled. First, we mounted a level cleat on each wall that the cabinets sat on [...]