MITRE CONTRACTING, INC.

More Than Just Mouldings

Even though we install miles and miles of mouldings for our customers... we also specialize in many other areas of finish carpentry in Northern Virginia and the surrounding counties. We do more than just mouldings.

In this blog we would like to feature a few pictures of some custom built-in cabinetry. This built-in consisted of two units on either side of the fireplace with a mantel feature connecting the cabinetry. Also we built a 1/2 wall bookcase topped off with some 8" tapered columns.

First take a look at a before picture of the family room area:

   

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AFTER PICTURES:

 
This picture shows the final product. Each unit is around 7' wide by 10' tall. Arched valances, plain stiles, open adjustable shelves on the upper units with closed storage below.  

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HALF WALL BUILT-IN BOOKCASE WITH COLUMNS

 

 

  

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The specifications of these particular built-in cabinets and bookcases are:

• 3/4" Birch vernier plywood casework
• Poplar wood facings with cabinet bead detail
• 3/4" birch ply counters with 1.5" wood edgings with "ogee" profiles
• Recessed toe kick design on the built-ins & flush toe on the 1/2 wall with baseboard
• Inset solid square raised panel doors with concealed euro style adjustable hinges
• Adjustable 3/4" birch ply shelves with 1.5" wood front edgings with beaded detail
• Arched valances topped with a matching crown moulding

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See more BUILT-IN CABINETRY  pictures HERE  or HERE

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If you would like us to quote you a price on building some built-ins for your home, please don't hesitate to contact us anytime. We will be glad to come out, take measurements, discuss your ideas, and design a built-in according to your wishes / needs. Let us show you that we do more than just mouldings!

Thank You, Roger Beesley

Please call us at  703-330-3486, or email us here ,

 

Curved Stairway Renovation

This blog posting features a curved staircase remodel project we just completed in Ashburn, VA.

The original curved staircase had carpeted treads and risers that were made from standard builder grade pine and plywood materials.

The scope of work included removing the existing carpet, removing the old treads and risers and replacing them with custom made solid oak stair treads and solid oak risers and decorative brackets.

The new oak treads, risers and brackets were then hand sanded, stained and finished to match the existing hardwood flooring.

The handrails were not replaced as the original railing were in great shape and looked fine. The bannister was disassembled as needed and rebuilt.

 Note also that the balusters were reinstalled by bolting each one into the new oak treads. Previously they had only been sitting in a drilled out hole and nailed in with brad nails.

BEFORE PICTURES:

 
 
 

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AFTER PICTURES:

 
 

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DURING INSTALLATION PICTURES

 
 

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When upgrading a carpeted stairway to oak, you need to clarify the scope of work with the contractor you choose. There are a lot of flooring companies that simply cover over the existing treads with hardwood flooring and nosings... leaving you with a set of stairs that looks like someone installed hardwood flooring up the stairs! Another thing to consider, is do you want a hardwood flooring company re-installing your handrails?

We install actual custom made solid stair treads... not hardwood flooring. We install solid risers not verniers or hardwood flooring. We have years and years of railing fabrication and installation experience in order to re-install your existing stair railings or brand new updated railings.  Quite a few of our customers update the railings at the same time as the stair-treads. Wrought iron balusters seem to be  in demand these last few years.  Your newly re-treaded stairway should look just exactly like an original stairway... not a renovated one.

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Custom Curved Stair Treads fabricated and installed by Mike Hart of IKCO Construction, Inc. Located in Alexandria, VA

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Please call us anytime 703-330-3486, or email us, and let us provide you with a free in home consultation and free no obligation price quote for your next home improvement project. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on a new mantel, built-in or moulding installation!

Interior Finish Carpentry in Virginia

This posting features a few pictures of some custom interior finsh carpentry trim work we completed awhile back. The home is located in Alexandria, Virginia.

Custom maple cabinetry with granite counters and stainless appliances

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Foyer Staircase with curved treads and railings

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Looking down the curved oak railings. This features 6010 oak rails, 5015 painted balusters and is a "post-to-post" design style bannister

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Fireplace mantel with a matching surround feature. This fireplace surround utilizes standard mouldings to mimic the mantel construction.

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  Another view of the fireplace moldings. The surround iplasters extend to the ceiling and are wrapped in the crown molding that trims out the entire living room.

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  This wainscoting for this powder room is 36" high, features a real tongue and groove pine beadboard capped with a two piece chair rail.

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Here you see a close up of the three piece crown moulding. This is made up from two pieces of a 4" baseboard used as backer with a piece of 4 5/8" crown moulding.

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Please call us anytime 703-330-3486, or email us, and let us provide you with a free in home consultation and free no obligation price quote for your next home improvement project. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on a new mantel, built-in or moulding installation!

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Garden Shed Project

Just a few pictures showing a small garden shed construction project we completed this last summer, for a homeowner in Fairfax Virginia. We also built a small platform deck as part of the deal.

This shed featured typical 2x4 framing for the walls and roof system, 2x8 pressure treated framing for the floor system, PVC board for all the cornice/trim, vinyl siding and windows... all matching the existing home.

Custom made PVC door with metal edgings

 We also built a small ramp from PT materials

Interior View showing the 2x4 framework and 1/2" plywood sheathing

Small 8x8 PT deck with Trex decking.

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Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on your next home renovation project!

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Office # 703-330-3486      Cell # 703-615-3077

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Please call us anytime 703-330-3486, or email us, and let us provide you with a free in home consultation and free no obligation price quote for your next home improvement project. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

Built-In with TV space and wine storage

This posts features a project we finished in the summer of 2010.  It consists of a wall to wall built-in that has space for just about everything.

It has closed storage base cabinetry, space for a wine cooler refrigerator and a removable diamond bin for wine bottle storage. The uppers have narrow depth end sections with adjustable shelves, stepped out center cabinetry with a wide center unit that accomodates a large flat screen television.

This built-in project is what we would call a combination bookcase, entertainment center, wine cellar.

The built-in cabinetry is constructed of a 3/4" thick birch vernier plywood for the casework, poplar wood for all the faceframes, valences and stiles. Square raised panel inset doors with concealed euro style hinges on the base units. The cabinetry was topped off with a medium sized crown molding that we also ran through-out the entire family room.

BEFORE PICTURE

AFTER PICTURE

Notice the 2 doors in the refrigerator space... they are for the cabinet with the removable diamond bin.

We also threw in a couple of small wall shelves for surround sound speakers... click the pictures to enlarge

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See more BUILT-IN CABINETRY  pictures HERE  or HERE

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Please call us anytime 703-330-3486, or email us, and let us provide you with a free in home consultation and free no obligation price quote for your next home improvement project. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on a new mantel, built-in or moulding installation!

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Wrought Iron Railings

Here we show off a nice oak balustrade system that features black wrought iron balusters.

We used an alternating layout, consisting of balusters with double knuckles and balusters with single baskets.

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CALL US @ : 703-330-3486 OR MY CELL @ 703-615-3077

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Please click the pictures to enlarge them in a separate window and also you can hover over the picture for descriptions

 

 

 

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If you would like us to come out and take a look at your stairs to quote you a price and give you some ideas on how to improve your old railings or stair treads, please don't hesitate to call us or email us anytime. All estimates and consultations are free of charge.

Thank You,

Roger Beesley

Mitre Contracting, Inc.

 

Ceiling Beams

Here we feature some ceiling beams for a family room with a cathedral ceiling. We had previously fabricated and installed some built-in cabinetry for this homeowner, and he took our advice and added these beams that were designed to match the built-in bookcases.

The ceiling beams are constructed from 1x6 pine material, with beaded moulding accents along the edges. Then each beam is trimed with a medium sized crown moulding.

 

Notice the built-in bookcase units in the background.  Here you can see pictures of the built-in bookcases and mantel project

 

Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on a new mantel, built-in or moulding installation!

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Office # 703-330-3486 Cell # 703-615-3077

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Thank You,

Roger Beesley

Built-In Cabinets with Boxed Mantel at Fireplace

 

 

Here we feature a few pictures of a small built-in cabinetry project we just completed. These built-in cabinets feature base cabinet units with closed storage, upper bookcase units with arched valances and adjustable shelving. We also fabricated a nice boxed mantel between the two built-in cabinets and covered the upper brick portion of the fireplace with a solid birch vernier plywood and mouldings giving it a nice recessed panel look.

We leave the mantel shelf ledge loose to accommodate the installation of media cabling. You can see the grommets in one of the pictures that allow for the side speaker wires to pass through.

The casework for these built-ins is a 3/4" thick birch vernier plywood with solid poplar wood facings. The square inset raised panel doors have poplar wood frames and mdf panels. They also utilize concealed adjustable euro style hinges.

Please click on any picture to enlarge it in a separate window

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BEFORE PICTURE

I was a little late in taking the before picture of the built-ins on this one. Here you can see we have already started the installation of the left side cabinet. 

AFTER PICTURES

Notice that the brick above the boxed mantel shelf has been covered with a nice recessed panel of birch vernier plywood and beaded accent mouldings. We also padded out this panel to allow for the TV cabling

I am hoping to get some pictures of this project all painted and completed.

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See more BUILT-IN CABINETRY  pictures HERE  or HERE

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Please call us anytime 703-330-3486, or email us, and let us provide you with a free in home consultation and free no obligation price quote for your next home improvement project. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Fill out our CONTACT FORM for your free quote on a new mantel, built-in or moulding installation!

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Double Sided Built-In Half-wall Bookcase

This small project featured a double sided built-in bookcase acting as a room divider between a family room and kitchen nook area.

Some design details include, arched valances, cabinet beading, solid 3/4" birch plywood casework, solid poplar wood stile and rail facings, solid oak counter-top with ogee profile edgings. The counter-top had a beautiful sprayed lacquered finish, and the cabinetry was painted in a semi-gloss latex. The entire built-in cabinet was then trimmed out in a matching baseboard and shoe molding.

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CALL US @ : 703-330-3486    OR MY CELL @ 703-615-3077

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Please click the pictures to enlarge them in a separate window and also you can hover over the picture for descriptions

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KITCHEN SIDE VIEW  PICTURE

Built-In bookcase with solid 3/4" cabinet grade birch plywood casework with poplar wood facings. Cabinetry has a nice lacquered oak counter.

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INSTALLATION  PICTURE

 

We just finished the installation of the built-in bookcase unit, the oak counter is at the finishers getting stained and  lacquered, and the painters are on schedule for the next day.

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FAMILY ROOM SIDE VIEW PICTURE

 

Unfortunately I failed to take any before pictures. What was there, was a standard 4" wide  36" tall dry-walled partition capped with a piece of painted mdf.

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  Please don't hesitate to call  or email us anytime, if you would like us to provide you with an in home consultation on your new set of built-ins, or any home improvement project. All estimates and consultations are always free of charge.

From crown moldings, chair rails, wainscot, or simply some upgraded baseboards or window casings, we can transform any room in your house.

Thank You,

Roger Beesley

Crown Molding, Chair Rail, Wainscoting Article

Interesting article on the use of moldings to enhance and beautify your home. Brings out some good points that we have espoused all along.

Who says that crown molding or chair rail is only for the Living room, Dining room and Foyer?

Interior Products Review... Mouldings

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This picture shows a nice paint grade wainscoting with a double raised panel design.

See more of this project on this page

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If you live in and around the Northern Virginia region and are interested in adding mouldings to your home... please contact us anytime for your free in home consultation and no obligation price quote

Roger Beesley,

Mitre Contracting, Inc.