We put the fireplace/tv surround in place today
Baseboards and moldings tomorrow ...
This is an update from the post of June 14th, entitled the 'Current Big Thing'
6/22/09
Today we delivered and began the installation of a roomful of walnut paneling that we have been working on, off and on, for the last month. We had to wait for the floor to be finished, and it was, last Friday. Picked up a U-Haul today, loaded up and delivered the panels. They fit fine and we were actually able to install all but one of them, for which we needed a router we had left behind in the shop. Back tomorrow, (and probably Wednesday) to finish the fireplace and tv surround, the shelves on the tops of the panels, and the baseboards and moldings. When you're working on a project like this, you always wonder if everything's going to fit the way you planned and today it was nice to find out that it does. It has been an interesting project, both from a design and construction viewpoint. There was an effort to do a really nice job without totally breaking the bank, so we chose walnut veneered mdf for the panel elements and added solid wood edges and moldings to create a look very similar to all solid wood. One benefit of the veneered panels is the match that we were able to create by selecting groups of panels with attractive patterns. We purposely did not order the whole job to be 'sequenced matched' which would have resulted in a similar veneer pattern running completely around the room. We actually used panels from two suppliers to get a variety of veneers though we were able to match the panels on the two long walls, on either side of the fireplace, and on either side of the pocket doors. Click the photos to enlarge them,,,,
Taking the measurements for the shop drawings back in May
Working on the layout and planning the cuts for the panels themselves. The narrow tan strips represent the 4" pieces that create the stiles and rail of the panels when they're assembled. It's sort of a 'preview' feature ....
Gluing up ... It's all preveneered mdf excepot the solid wood moldings. All nicely finished by my neighbor, Steve Holman of Holman Studios ...
On arrival today, we distributed the panels around the room
Cut in for the various boxes and wires
and fastened them in position
Tommorow we'll add the rest of the fireplace surround and mantle shown above, earlier, in my shop ...
2 comments:
Will you be framing out those windows above the paneling in Walnut as well? (Or perhaps attempting to color match with a finish?)
hi Jon .. the windows and all the other trim will be painted a dark red. You can see the primer in my latest june 30th post. Once the walls, the beamed ceiling and the trim are painted, it's going to be a sharp, rich room ... end of the month (July) I hear ...
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