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Cherry Everywhere
Bob and Mary loved Cherry wood. So how does one create built-ins that fit the room that is Cherry from floor to ceiling?
Teapot Display
These homeowners desired maximum use of wall space without completely obliterating its horizontally applied western pine paneling.
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Teapot Display (Page 2):
Mary and Bob had already decided on cherry as the wood species for the shelf components because it would contrast well with the western pine ceilings and walls and serve as a 'tie-in' with cherry used in adjacent rooms.
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Also, they wished to reflect their appreciation for traditional Chinese domestic furniture details in the shelf/storage system and to complement the pieces of antique Chinese furniture placed throughout the house. Image 2 shows the cover of a book I purchased as an aid in achieving that.
It was pointed out to me that the shelves which I would make would actually be just hollow frames which would hold clear glass shelves so that the teapots could receive maximum light and viewing. This would be true also for the tops of the storage cabinets below. For those, the glass would be bluish-green, which would hide the contents of the cabinets and yet permit a soft glow to appear from lights inside the cabinets. I now had sufficient information to seriously pursue this project.
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Back in my shop I did an orthographic projection as seen in Image 3 of the on-site scale drawing done by us earlier. I also machined mock-up up pieces of wood to demonstrate the actual sizes and shapes of the various members required. It would thus be easy to make modifications if Bob and Mary were so inclined.
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Mary approved of these but did want to add some Chinese detailing in the spaces between the vertical members above the storage cabinets. I was given a photograph as seen in Image 4 taken by her in a San Francisco Chinatown antique shop of a 'screen' which Mary said contained a sense of the visual lines she was looking for.
Back in the shop I made a full scale drawing of the end view of the shelf system above the storage cabinets. This showed the various 'fields' in which Mary wished to see some design. In these fields I lightly drew in a design that seemed to work with elements in the photograph.