Time to start thinking about radiators and fireplaces again….
Custom fireplace mantel
We’ve been designing more fireplace mantels lately — a nice way to prepare for winter. I am also starting to think again about building a radiator enclosure for our kitchen. The radiator is right by the back door, where all the wet mittens and books accumulate — perhaps we can figure out a way to built it with a hidden mitten-drying rack?
Prairie Woodworking Curved radiator enclosure
This enclosure was an incredible challenge to built — and to install. But it came out so beautifully — once it place, it just looked amazing.
Prairie Woodworking will be exhibiting at the 10th Annual Twin Cities Arts and Crafts Show. Featuring furniture, tilework, textiles, and accessories, the show is a great place to discover fine Arts & Crafts design.
This image, by the way, is a favorite desk I built for a home office — a custom design.
Helper in the shop
On Saturday, I spent some time in the shop cleaning and changing the window display. The shop is usually too loud and too busy for kids, but on Saturday they came along, and took on some projects of their own. They were also very enthusiastic cleaners.
…Assuming they had flat-screen televisions on the prairie…
Our space seemed really big when we first moved in. Now that we’re bulding larger projects — like entertainment centers and dining room buffets, it doesn’t seem quite so… .spacious anymore.
The Prairie Woodworking work space
Working in the Prairie Woodworking shop
This painted cover was designed to match an existing cover. We don’t make many painted covers, but they can work well in some homes.
I am off to Chicago for the weekend — delivering enclosures and a custom mantle. More pictures soon!
We recently completed this custom closet — We worked closely with the client to decide on the details, and to figure out how to make the closet work in the available space. The project was a challenge — but the details stand out: curved top quarter-sawn oak doors, storage shelves designed specially for the client’s wardrobe, cedar lined closet.
Margaret needed another table for her exhibition at MCAD. She was looking for something work-table height, made of plywood, with a simple design.
I rebuilt one of the tables from the Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibition, making it smaller (but keeping the work-table height). It was both slightly narrower and shorter, and held a platform to display an artist’s magazine/book, and a holder for a piece that consisted of loose-leaf, die-cut newsprint.
Classic window box
I designed this classic cedar window box for a repeat client, who wanted something that would complement her traditional Oak Park home. The brackets (just visible in this photograph) were designed to match an existing custom fence. We measured on a trip to Chicago, built it in our Minneapolis shop, then installed it early this summer.
