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This was a three phase project to build a library for a small school. Its essentially all birch ply with cherry face-frames and millwork. There are two 22’ walls of 8’ bookcases (which include the desk). A wall of reading “nooks” which have pull-out display cabinets for magazine storage and drawers under the nooks. ANd then a wall of study carrols with a storage cabinet (they use the space for after-school care as well – so they needed to store games, snack etc…) Also, in front of the reading nooks is a two-tiered curved platform. They will strew multiple pillows all about the platform for the kids to lounge and read or listen to the teacher read…. It was a fun but complicated project. All the components were made AND finished off-site (lacquer) and then assemble onsite (in some cases cut onsite…). All critique and/or questions welcomed!
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Ken90712
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#1 posted 548 days ago
Great job! Very nice on all of it!
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#2 posted 548 days ago
It’s wonderful work and looks like it would have been an enjoyable job.
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#3 posted 548 days ago
Looks very nice. It sure is a pain to build off-site then assemble on site. The potential for some sort of error is painfully high. Sure looks like it was worth your effort.
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#4 posted 548 days ago
I want to read there.
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#5 posted 547 days ago
Looks really nice!
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#6 posted 546 days ago
Very nice work. That school must be the only one not experiencing budget problems!
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#7 posted 159 days ago
this is down right beautiful work and in a school library where if i were to visit the wood work alone would inspire me to stay and read…fantastic..grizz
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