05-13-2016, 10:55 AM
Reposted from "power tools" where I originally put it by mistake.
I'm about to embark on a major project to construst a bookcase/display cabinet in the style of Greene and Greene (turn of the century up to 1920's in the USA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_and_Greene). Some may remember the media cabinet I built last year in the same style. This one is a LOT bigger.
Here is a rather crude illustration of what I'm aiming for - it will live here in this passage between the kitchen and the sitting room at Rue-Darnet.
The curious looking thing below the bookcase is the small table that I forgot to remove before taking the photo of the background !!
It will be built in oak - I'm about to go and buy it from my local sawmill, with ebony details such as the plugs and handles.
Here is the nearest I ever get to a working drawing... ops:
The two different versions of the door were for discussion, and we settled on the RH version. Authentic ? i hope so, take a look at the Gamble House built by Greene and Greene : http://gamblehouse.org/interior/
I've just cleared the trailer of rubbish from the restoration project so I can go collect some nice locally felled white oak...
I'm about to embark on a major project to construst a bookcase/display cabinet in the style of Greene and Greene (turn of the century up to 1920's in the USA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_and_Greene). Some may remember the media cabinet I built last year in the same style. This one is a LOT bigger.
Here is a rather crude illustration of what I'm aiming for - it will live here in this passage between the kitchen and the sitting room at Rue-Darnet.
The curious looking thing below the bookcase is the small table that I forgot to remove before taking the photo of the background !!
It will be built in oak - I'm about to go and buy it from my local sawmill, with ebony details such as the plugs and handles.
Here is the nearest I ever get to a working drawing... ops:
The two different versions of the door were for discussion, and we settled on the RH version. Authentic ? i hope so, take a look at the Gamble House built by Greene and Greene : http://gamblehouse.org/interior/
I've just cleared the trailer of rubbish from the restoration project so I can go collect some nice locally felled white oak...