Home office cabinets

Great color and finish. Very useful. Welcome to L.J.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thanks, Im glad I found this site, I am in heaven!!!!!

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

Only positive comments from me ! you do nice work. Welcome to lj’s.

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Thanks for the kind words!! I painted the green with S/W classic paint (artichoke) , glazed with Valspar new caramel glaze, then top coated. The cust. had an electrician come in to wire for the lights, He came 2 weeks after I installed.

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

This is very nice. You did a beautiful job, and somebody is actually going to use this, which makes it even better. I really like functionally designed projects.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

The work is certainly pro. The layout is nice. The 3 color exterior actually works. The only tough love question I have is about the carpet. Was it installed right on top of the carpet? Will this be an issue in the future if it is?

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Yes it is installed on top of the carpet, This was at the customers request. They wanted the look of furniture instead of standered cabinets. I informed them that it will need to go above the carpet and there response was “Good, then we can vaccum under it” lol. They are a wealthy retired couple and they said ” By the time the carpet needs to be replaced we will be in a home somewhere so it wont be our problem” LOL!!

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

That was my guess! The element that really makes it look like furniture is the feet. Nice touch.

Do you have to use the water base coatings or can you use solvent based? I noticed on the other postings you used water base.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

I have allways used w/b. Plus in the county my shop is in they would require me to have about a $15,000 set up to spray solvents. My booth cost me about $3000. I am used to w/b and when you get comfortable with them you can get very good results.

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

No negative comments here – this is a very nice set! I really like the furniture look, and the colors are really good. The pop-up sewing machine table is really cool.

-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com

I have very little experience with w/b finishes but am looking at using them in the future.

I used the Target Coatings w/b lacquer. Do you have any experience with Sherwin’s w/b lacquers. I use SW a lot because of the service support I get locally and I don’t have to have product shipped in. I ordered 2 cans from Target Coatings and one can of finish was damaged and 1/3 of it leaked out. I sent in photos of the damaged product via email and they never got back to me. That was not a positive experience in my book.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

I had a simular experience with the first order I put in from target but I called them (did not show them pictures) and they overnighted me replacements. Since then I have placed many orders with them with no problems. I use 3 different top coats from Target and they have been good to me. Jeff Wiess from Target is also available for phone support and he is very helpful, They also have a great forum on there website. (www.targetcoatings.com) The only issue with Target is it takes a while to get the product. Im looking at switching to MLcampbell because I do have a local MLC rep. He came to my shop and did a demo of there w/b products and they are outstanding and I can have my product the next day with no shipping. I was given 3 gallons of different Sherwin Williams w/b from there rep about a month ago but have not tried them yet, No reason , just havent gotten to it .

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

you’d never know that there was a sewing machine sitting in there. From elegance to work area. Very nice.

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

We have a local SW store and MLC distributor at home too. I am working out of state and SW is the most accessible at home and where I work at in Ohio. The cost of shipping really raises the price of the product too. It ends up being over twice the cost of solvent based lacquer and in cool winter time shop the dry time is a profit killer. It took me 18 hours to finish in wb what could be done in 2 with solvent based. I use the solvent based materials with a tremendous amount of guilt on a personal level.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

You did a very good job. Welcome from another nooby.

-- Maplewood, MN

Kewl! I like it a lot! As a matter of fact, I like all your projects and am looking forward to seeing/learning more from you.

The only problems I see here are clutter items, like the desk lamp…wires are always in the way, and the computers printer is always gotta be up front, and center. So where exactly do you hide a printer? Ya still need to access the whole unit, esp. the top and feed trays. I figure on putting mine onto a sliding shelf that will close into a cabinet about 12’ away. As for the desk lamp, overhead cabinet lamps would solve that but can you get lamps that swivel, allowing you to direct the light to your sewing project better? Can you add a dimmer to halogen lamps?

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Great looking home office. All of the colors tie in well with each other.

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

Thank you all for the kind words, What a confidence boost!!
Dadoo, I agree with your concerns but, The cust. had an electrician come in and hang under cabinet lighting on both sides. As for the clutter, The only thing I can say about that is, You should have seen it before I put the cabs in. WOW what a mess!!LOL

P.S. Dadoo, It must be fun beeing a Pats fan right now, I am a Redskins fan so you can understand why I am a lil jealous lol…

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

John Great set of cabinets. And to the customers spefications.

Did they ever ask you what you’d recommend?

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Oh yeah, I had plenty of input, I actually suggested the Walnut crown and desk tops. I also added the height and depth variations. This customer trusted me to design them it just took them forever to make up there mind.

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro