another round dining table

trevors on the home stretch on this expanding wlanut dining table.  

its another 60" round pedestal style table with leaves for expansion.

the clients placed the order while we were working on the mid century style table below, 

and the modifications to the design of the base we came up with together.

the model was helpful too ..

low down view, with the runners hidden by the apron

we used some fine walnut from our friends at irion lumber

cad drawing

blog post here

and this one

and one like this one in april

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a pop up tv cabinet

 

we sent a new pop up tv cabinet off to california last week.  weve done a few of them over the years and we thought when we started out that it would be an exact copy, only slightly larger, of the piece below we made back in  2006 or so.  hardware above from horton brasses ... click the photo to enlarge them ...

as it turned out, while the designers (a famous california firm) were working on the project, the clients changed the main motif from country to something more contemporary , like mid century modern, which required a different finish. we sent it out ready to finish and well all be interested to see what it looks like when it is installed later this week.

 

its basically a plywood box with a decorative exterior composed of panels hung on it.

 

to keep the total height lower, we recessed the base of the lift into the base of the cabinet.

post and frame and panel construction throughout.

its pretty wide at 68", so luckily the doors will only be opened to access 

and set up the audio/video components inside

home stretch

 the cabinet sits in front of an open stair railing and all sides and ends are visible.

theres a 25 second video of the lift rising at this link

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