Lining Room & Bar Unit

Extremely beautiful book matching. What a great job and great place to entertain guest.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Thanks Os;

Must be nice to have that kind of money to play with huh?

Lee

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Great Job Lee. Beautiful Veneer.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Spectacular! What money can buy – just amazing.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Another jaw dropper!! Do you do all of your own design?

-- http://rjoneswoodworks.com/

Thanks Karson,

Yeah, I love that veneer.

Lee

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Hey Don;

Yes, I agree having money beats the hell out of not having it.

I remember the good old days when I had some!

Lee

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Not exactly a “starter home” by the looks of it.

Spectacular, Lee!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Hi RJ;

Thank You.

No the designers are involved in some, my employee does the drawing work with Auto cad, and in the process does alot of the engineering details. And I too have to get involved, just to be a pest!

I do alot of the design too, I’m a stickler for proportions.

Some of our projects, I do everything, some I do nothing other than bid it, and deal with all the parties involved.

Lee

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Hi Charlie;

No, not unless your name is Trump!

Thanks,

Lee

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Lee, I couldn’t help but notice the carved corbels on the walls and the carved column capitals on the bar columns. Where these hand carved? Spectacular isn’t even a good word for this room how about unbelievable. Tommi is a hell of a designer! The balance of the entire room is superb. Thanks for sharing.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

Lee, your projects make me just sit back and give thanks that you found your way to our little community. The caliber of work that you do, the variety, detail and skill, is inspiring…only because I can’t think of a stronger word than that. Just wonderful. Also, taking the time to give us the background on the pieces is greatly appreciated. You can look at items in a magazine, but looking at them on a site like LJ, where there is a story, makes them twice as appealing. Thank you.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

So, Lee – I’m not in business yet, but I’m strongly considering exploring that after I retire from the military. How does one manage to get clients like yours? How long have you been in business, and what would you consider to have been your “breakthrough” or some of the keys that got your business really rolling?

Beautiful work, again, or course. Thanks again for sharing.

Scott

man how can anyone live that way,it must be hard.Well at least they have a dry roof over there head.just kidding very very nice work!

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Hi Roger,

While we do offer that as an option, no, these are resin. We got them thru a supplier, who’s name escapes me at the moment.

My employee / friend / partner spent some some as a professional finisher. He is able to finish these to an exact match to the woodwork.

They cost about 20.00 bucks each.

And yes, Tommi is VERY talented. I built a website for her, which still isn’t finished, as scheduling time when the two of us are available, is tough.

You can view their work at: http://www.kgalleryartanddesign.com

Keep in mind, ALL of the stone work is hand carved by her husband! The guy is incredible.

Lee

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Your right Phil;

The whole time I was working there, I would bring them leftovers. Just heart breaking. LOL

Lee

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Hi Tom;

I’m know everybody here can both appreciate woodworking projects, and understand what they’re looking at, in terms of the actual doing of it.

For many years, it was a disapintment to me to get comments from the clients like, ” it’s nice, put it over there”.

So for me to be permitted to post my projects here, and say a few words about them, is an honor for me!

It is me who is thankful I found LJ.

And also, THANK YOU, for the kind words.

Lee

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Hi Scott;

I’ve been in business for about thirty years. (which when you consider I’m only 25 is amazing) LOL.

Great questions! I would suggest you take good photos of your work. Put together a porfolio.

Then visit some designers. They are always looking for competent people, who provide great quality, good work habits, keeping the worksite clean, a professional image, and who aren’t prima donas. Consistant quality is very important. Thay have to KNOW you will do a great job. They can’t wonder if you’ll do a good job this time.

Keep in mind YOU must chose them as well. Some are good, some are no good. When I turn down designers or architects workdue to not liking their design or business practices, I always say, ” love to help, just too busy”. This way your not burning any bridges, or insulting them.

Also, if you don’t like the client, walk away. If it doesn’t start well, it won’t end well.

For example, the finest kitchen cabinets we ever built, I have no pictures of. This is due to the fact that part way thru the job the owners hired a designer. This guy looked like a homeless person. His design skills were horrible.

He took an incredible kitchen, and destroyed it. Nothing matched, colors didn’t work, things were added to the project that had no business being there. It was just horrible.

To give you an idea of how nice the cabinets were, Certainly Woods tried to buy back the veneers for Leer Jet Corp. to be used in their jet interiors. Simply beautiful cabinets.

The clients asked me when I was coming to take pictures, I said no thanks.

Hope this helps.

Lee

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Lee:

Your down to earth modesty is refreshing. And yes we do appreciate great workmanship. And next time you want to just put it over there, I’ll send you my address.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I, too, appreciate all of the information that you have provided.
That wood.. oh my goodness… you had better not run out before your #1 priority gets completed :D

I don’t know how people can live like that either—- gorgeous but I’d be afraid to sneeze, move, dress casually, relax..
But would I enjoy sitting and looking at all the details of the room. Magnificent.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks karson.

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Hi Debbie,

Yes, sneezing was not permitted.

This homeowner was quite the perfectionist. Everything in the house is carefully placed, and looks a little too unlived in.

Lee

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Lee these are absoulutely Beautiful. Like all your work. The room is magnificent but it would be tough to relax in. I’d love to see you do a library or study.

Have you tried designing with Sketchup? Easy once you get the hang of it and it would be great for this kind of work. Works well with Autocad too if necessary. You’ll get full 3D models of the work. Do walk throughs and visualizations for clients. It’s a great tool.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Hi Bob;

Yes we do use sketch up at times. Often it’s not necessary for us to do because of the renderings the designers do.

I’ll post an example of a rendering, and a library shortly.

Lee

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