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The house that I have been working on for over a year is nearly complete. It is like 3 separate houses that stretch up and over a hill top, connected by enclosed gallerias. Picture #1 is one of the hand painted frescoes in the master bedroom suite. It is on a curved domed ceiling and the casement that I built for the doors in that section blend seamlessly into the painting in a illusion of sunrise, mid day farm activities then into an evening sunset, complete with celestial events as one approaches the master bedroom.
Picture #2 is a section of the great room, with its clerestory.
Picture #3 the door and millwork style in wing #2 of the house, or where the guests are housed.
Picture #4 shows some of the had hewn and skip planed cedar in wing #2.
Picture #5 is the hidden access to the HVAC I designed on hidden slides and snaps so the whole thing comes out of the wall.
Picture #6 is a shot of the overhead in the double kitchen area with hand formed adobe tiles pressed in between the millwork. I am currently working on the quarter sawn hand hewn baseboards, stair risers, stair treads and random width hand made flooring that connect these 3 house wings through the various gallerias.
I hand crafted all of the millwork in this home and the attention to detail, historically correct as well as technically correct, has been a real challenge. Many 1000’s of hours in lumber jocking for my part alone on this one job.
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Durnik150
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posted 192 days ago
Impressive!! I had to pick my jaw up off the keyboard several times while I was looking at the pictures.
You’ve done great work!
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
a1Jim
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posted 192 days ago
Very impressive with wonderful details very well done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 192 days ago
Looks good :-)) The peacock picture is painted 100% or is the tail painted on your case work?
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woodspar
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posted 192 days ago
Nice timbers.
-- John
Gary Fixler
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posted 192 days ago
Fantastic! Is this your place, or were you hired by someone else to make their place awesome? I particularly love the shot of the clerestory. Beautiful work.
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
Loucarb
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posted 191 days ago
Great detail and craftsmanship.
socalwood
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posted 191 days ago
Good Morning,
Thank you for the comments.
A1JIm: this house has architecture that spans 3 generations starting sometime around the year 1800.
Topamax: The peacock and casework are both painted on curved walls/ceiling, but they blend seamlessly into the real casements surrounding the doors, which are 3” x 4” in relief. Standing back, more than about 3’, you can’t tell what is real case, and what is painted as you look down the corridor. This guy’s work is awesome.
Gary: No, it is not my home. I work at the direction of the architect who is a very driven individual. He has me doing things out of wood I’ve never even heard of! Woodspar: the timbers are 12×24 so at the corbels that’s 4 feet of solid wood !
stefang
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posted 191 days ago
Wonderful work. A treat to see. You have to be very self-confident to undertake a job like that. Thanks for showing to us.
-- Mike, American in Norway
xingyun13
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posted 191 days ago
真是很漂亮!
childress
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posted 190 days ago
Amazing stuff Rob. One day, maybe one day, I’ll be doing work like this….I can only hope
-- Childress Woodworks