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 kitchen cabinet […]
Our first combined “At the Shop” entry is due to the fact that we are so busy I feel like pulling my hair out at times! We have two dining tables, a kitchen, 115′ of bookshelves, a wine rack, and old wooden English phone booth refinishing job in the works! All for a shop that […]
This week marked the beginning of the kitchen remodel job. We began turning the 18 sheets of melamine into 13 cabinet boxes! We began the project on Monday morning, and so far, thanks to careful planning, everything has gone smoothly.
Also, last weekend I was at my parents house and was speaking to my mother about […]
In stark contrast to the previous few weeks, this past week was a veritable circus!
Last week I sent out a press release to three local papers talking about the way J. Alexander Fine Woodworking was joining the age-old skill of woodworking with the latest Web 2.0 tools to create a much more rich and interactive […]
This is going to be short because the past week was pretty quiet. We didn’t do much work on designing any furniture for our custom line beause yours truly had little to no artistic creativity or inspiration, and I have found that trying to force oneself to be creative is a futile effort. Neither did […]
The last week has been a bit slow for J. Alexander Fine woodworking. We are attributing it to being such a young pup in the custom furniture market and that pesky little thing, the national economy. Even so, we do have things to report from this past week’s activities.
Shop Projects
As mentioned last week, we worked […]
Yet another new feature to the blog! Every Friday we will be posting a nice and concise recap of everything that went on in the shop and the office during the previous five days. Whether it is a shop project, a customer’s job, design work, or some aspect of the business end of things, here […]