Saturday, January 30, 2010

Carpentry…The Details

details…details…details. Paul Winters and the Solid crew have been immersed in the details of window, door, and stair trim for the last few days. The photos below show many of these details up close. In the first we see the trim around both the main and closet by-pass doors. 

The next photo was taken standing in the master bath shower looking out into the room. Here we can see the trim around the pocket door that leads to the walk-in closets and the door to the toilet at the far end.  The third photo shows the door leading into the master bedroom.

The next two photos show the trim around the second floor windows in greater detail. The first  is the small window in the book nook at the top of the stairs. The second in one of the corners of the double hung windows in the master bedroom. The details of the trim and sill are shown here nicely. We have chosen to extend the sills…both to the front and beyond the sides of the window casing…to create a more interesting window trim detail. Having stained windows and enameled trim presents the obvious challenge of where to “draw the line” between the two. For the moment we have that “line” at the margins of the sill.

The last photo shows the beginnings of the front stairs. Dan (from Solid) has has risers and treads installed on the first four steps. The treads are oak and will be stained and varnished. The risers are made from poplar and will be painted. The treads have temporary plywood covers protecting the hardwood.

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