John Highstreet's Carpentry

This page is a memorial I designed for Kitty Madeira. I spent a bit of time reading about her life, looking through photo albums and after long talks with her husband Jay, worked up a design creating a community space in her honor.

First Universalist Church in Yarmouth Maine, proposed site for community space. 

 Construction took place in David Sprague's workshop, a beautiful place to work, I learned a lot from him. I recently heard that the shop and house burned down, I can only imagine what a loss that was for him and his family.

 Lower carcass of corner cabinet with interior baffles for support.

                                                                                   Upper cabinet shelves- all shop grade white birch plywood.  

 

The Bookcase was also to be divided up for all ages, paperbacks, childrens picture books, and probably a few Reader's Digest large print condensed novels.

This is the space as it looked before cushions were added and beautiful floral murals (painted by Beth Newman) I didn't pick out the paint colors, but it does grow on you after a while. The seven drawers have curved fronts to match the exsisting window.

      Details from floor to chair rail.

The night before the "grand opening" I had to go flying around to get carpet runners, a 10x10 Persian rug, a small round coffee table, and other assorted items to add a little sense of coziness. Thought it was pretty funny that we almost missed the grand opening due to daylight savings time.