John Highstreet's Carpentry

This is a beginning collection of

Built-ins, more to come as time goes by.

It all starts with a cut sheet - a diagram of all the pieces, where they go and in what order.  This also keeps the waste down to an absolute minimum. 

  Based on what the owner requested, room for storage, cookbooks, and mail.

  The edge veneer is 1/16" stock to match the face frame (not from a store bought roll).

  I was lucky enough to be given free reign in desiging a writing table for a young man who is not only a talented guitarist, but is also into gaming, specifically - World of Warcraft. Using that as inspiration I created this:

  I free-formed the legs on a table saw and customized the trim to give it a sword like look. Steel screws with rivet extruded washers add a medieval look to to the ensemble.

  Frostmourn.... the Lych King has this and I took this form in creating the desk, well, as much as I could...

The "shop-space".  A big challenge here was working in a space 6 feet by 8 1/2 feet. The walls were covered in plastic, and with a fan in the window, dust was exhausted to the outside.  

  Birch plywood scribed level to counter-top.

  The doors are made up of one piece of birch - for the look of the wood grain.

  The doors below were cut to center the grain pattern, like a butterfly...

I had to shoot these photos with only one coat of poly on, so it will be that much richer on Monday...

  Same room as on the left side, this is an entertainment table I made to hold a gaming console and monitor.

   Here is the finished product, I recessed the center speaker, because, well, actually, no reason - it was fun?

  And yes, it was fun. It took less than a day to make and I'm happy with the result.