Pine Alcove Units

[BradNaylor]

I do a lot of alcove units in the Victorian and Edwardian houses which abound in the area surrounding my workshop - usually in MDF and then painted.

This couple wanted pine however, to match all the original pine fittings in the house that they had stripped and waxed themselves.

I started off making pine furniture so it is always nice to do a job like this. The client emailed me these photos last night and wants me to go back today to measure up for their new kitchen! :lol:

I'll fix that droopy door under the fish tank when I go!

Total time taken including fitting was about 7 days

Cheers
Dan

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice

But you're right about the door.. :wink:

Andrew

 

[wizer]

Well done mate. Very neat.

 

[Oryxdesign]

Nice, what did you do about scribing to the brickwork, did you cut straight and leave a shadow gap? I'm never sure what to do in those situations.

 

[OPJ]

Nice work Dan. You say you used "pine", but what is it exactly? Redwood? And what finish did you use, it works really well.

 

[Tierney]

Nice work, and in good time too. The wood and style look good with the suroundings.

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice, what did you do about scribing to the brickwork, did you cut straight and leave a shadow gap? I'm never sure what to do in those situations.

I just cut it straight and hoped for the best! It looked fine. The plastered walls were all over the place though, and took some serious scribing. I made templates for the base units out of hardboard and scribed them in the workshop before delivery.

It always impresses the **** out of customers when the unit fits first time with no mess to clear up!

Nice work Dan. You say you used "pine", but what is it exactly? Redwood? And what finish did you use, it works really well.

I used bought in redwood panels for the carcasses and 3"x1.5" redwood for the doors and face frames.

The finish is a water based Antique Pine stain and then a couple of coats of Medium Brown wax - all from Morrells Woodfinishes. The water based stain raises the grain nicely so that when you've waxed it it looks 100 years old. Much nicer to use than caustic soda - the other way of replicating old pine.

Cheers
Dan

 

[eggflan]

Very nice work , i use pine all the time for my projects and commisions and you cant beat the smell after cutting some nice redwood . I was cutting some mahogany the other day and the smell was not pleasant or maby it was just my nostrils smelling it wrong :lol: :lol:

 

[tim]

Nice work Dan

Not so sure about the owners' "sensitive" renovation though - don't expect that any of that timber would have been bare originally, or that there would have been a bare brick chimney breast (or upvc windows) but ours is not to reason why - especially if a kitchen commission is in the offing.....

Cheers

Tim

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice work Dan

Not so sure about the owners' "sensitive" renovation though - don't expect that any of that timber would have been bare originally, or that there would have been a bare brick chimney breast (or upvc windows) but ours is not to reason why - especially if a kitchen commission is in the offing.....

Cheers

Tim

They're lovely people Tim, with exquisite taste in all things.

This morning they ordered a £9k oak kitchen with me.

And tomorrow, they are giving me a deposit.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers
Dan

 

[Raggy]

That looks very nice, thats the kind of thing SWMBO wants in our living room , not the striped wall and floor tho.

This morning they ordered a £9k oak kitchen with me.

And tomorrow, they are giving me a deposit.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers
Dan

Sound like lovely people to me

 

[George_N]

Nice work Dan, you should've kept quiet about the door, I'd never have noticed. Did you make the moulding at the top or buy it ready made. I need something to dress up the tops of my kitchen units and I'm thinking about making u a built up moulding using cove ond round over profiles. To be made of MDF and painted to match the cabinet doors.

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice work Dan, you should've kept quiet about the door, I'd never have noticed. Did you make the moulding at the top or buy it ready made. I need something to dress up the tops of my kitchen units and I'm thinking about making u a built up moulding using cove ond round over profiles. To be made of MDF and painted to match the cabinet doors.

When I phoned the client back to thank them for the photos the first thing I mentioned was sorting the door out. They had noticed it and were delighted that I raised the matter before they did.

I then got a months worth of work from them building and fitting a kitchen. It sometimes pays to be honest and professional!

The moulding was bought off the shelf from a local timber merchent who specialises in machining Victorian style mouldings. For the cornice on a painted kitchen you would be much better off using tulipwood or MDF - the knots in pine will show through eventually whatever you do to treat them.

Cheers
Dan

 

[George_N]

Thanks Dan, glad to hear that you got the commission. MDF it is for the cornice then. I don't want anything too ornate because the kitchen style is fairly plain frame and panel doors but I need to hide the cooker hood exhaust pipe so it will probably have to be built up with three layers of 18 mm MDF.