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 ,

 

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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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.

Wainscoting with Raised Panels

Today's blog features some pictures of a room renovation project that includes an elegant wainscot with double raised panels.

The wainscoting is around 42" high and has an 8" tall raised  panel, over a 21" tall raised panel. The wainscot is then capped off with a two piece build up of mouldings.This wainscot project started with the framework. It consists of a 1x4 primed pine, glued and pocket screwed together. Each wall was made as a single unit consisting of many evenly divided spaces for the panels. These were then applied to the walls with construction adhesive and nailed into the studs and bottom plate. All the wainscotings individual 3/4" thick MDF panels were then fabricated in the shop, then applied to the walls in their appropriate spaces. Each panel was then trimmed out with a small 3/8" "sticking" molding. The wainscot was capped off with a modified sill molding and a nice small panel molding for an apron. We then caulked, puttied, primed and painted all the new woodworking.

 

CLOSE UP PICTURES... click to enlarge full size

Another phase of this room makeover was the removal of the "stippled" ceiling. It was scraped and skimmed over with several coats of easy sand 90. Also notice the nice ceiling molding treatment we installed. It consists of a single run of panel molding with stepped corners. This was then painted in a slightly different color which really sets it off nicely. There is also a one piece crown moulding... something that should never be missing in a room with wainscoting!

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SOME BEFORE PICTURES... click to enlarge

 

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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. Whether it's wainscoting such as this, crown moulding, chair railing or built-in cabinetry, we can give your house that model home look. We service the entire Northern Virginia area and all the surrounding counties.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

Paneled Beadboard Wainscoting

Here we highlight some pictures of double paneled beadboard wainscoting. This was part of a home improvement that included this bedroom makeover project we just completed in June 2010.

This wainscot treatment consisted of a 1x4 framework all pocket screwed together, forming the 48" high double paneled system. This was then placed on top of 1/4" primed beadboard sheetgoods.  Each individual panel section was trimmed out in a nice basecap panel moulding. Then the wainscot was capped off with a two piece chair rail molding.

It was given a custom paint job with glazed accents. Also we rebuilt a window seat unit in the dormer niche area. This features recessed column pilasters and archway.

We also changed out all the old painted outlets, switches and cover plates with new ones.

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As always... you can click any picture to enlarge it in a separate window

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AFTER

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BEFORE PICTURES OF BEDROOM... click to enlarge

   

Notice the old stippled drywall ceilings. We had them scraped and then skim coated a few times to be smooth again.

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More Pictures

 

 

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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.

Small Moulding Project

Just a note to feature a small project we completed around a year ago or so.

The project was to build a header - bulkhead - soffit and a couple of 1/2 columns, in order to separate the dining room from the living room. 

We also installed crown mouldings in the dining room and living room and  chair railing in the dining room.

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BEFORE PICTURE

 

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AFTER PICTURE

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This is just one option to be used when you want to divide up the rooms without actually doing so. This allows you to change up the paint colors or wall treatments for each room. You could also add in some full columns at the outside angled corner created by the soffit, or some short 1/2 walls with 1/2 columns if desired.

These pilasters were made with an applied panel moulding to give them a recessed panel look, along with a nice two piece chair railing. They could also be fluted above the chair rail with the panel below. I would like to have seen a nice shadow box panel moulding in the dining room on this particular project.

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Please fill out the above form or email us, if you would like us to contact you to concerning your next home improvement project. We offer free, no pressure estimates and consultations.

Thank You, Roger Beesley

Mitre Contracting, Inc. - Finish Carpentry Specialist Since 1983

Built-In cabinetry around a fireplace

This posting features a family room set of built-ins we just completed for a homeowner in Springfield, VA.

They feature arched valances, square raised panel doors and adjustable shelving. The interiors of the base cabinetry have been clear coated with two coats of semi-gloss polyurethane.

We also constructed the mantel shelf to open up for installation of speaker wiring, etc.

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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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AFTER PICTURE

Solid 3/4" cabinet grade birch plywood casework with poplar wood facings. 

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BEFORE PICTURE

We covered the upper portion of brick with solid 3/4" birch plywood, poplar wood stiles and arched the valance, giving a nice recessed panel look above the mantel     

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SOME DETAIL CLOSE-UP PICTURES

 

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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.

Thank You,

Roger Beesley

Mitre Contracting, Inc.

Wainscoting, Built-Ins and Mouldings!

On this post we feature several pictures of a home improvement renovation we just finished up in Burke,Va. There were a few different phases of the project:

• Built-In Bookcases with mantel feature
• Raised Panel Wainscoting
• New Oak Stair Railings
• Interior door replacements with new 6 panel doors
• Cased Openings
• Ceiling Mouldings in Dining room
• New Interior door lever locksets
• Crown Mouldings

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THE BUILT-INS:

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First let me post a terrible before picture... one of these days I will learn to hold the camera still.

Here is a picture right after the installation of the cabinetry... before the painting and finishing.

The construction is a 3/4" cabinet grade birch plywood casework with 3/4" poplar wood facings with a cabinet beading detail, inset square raised panel doors with concealed euro style hinges, fully adjustable 3/4" birch plywood shelving with a 1 1/2" beaded front edgings, straight valance with a one piece crown through out the room, plain stiles, and a recessed toe kick. On this particular unit we had to modify two HVAC vents into the toe kick, and the electrician had routed all the wiring for the TV and components before the install.
 

Here are a few more close up pictures of some of the details: hover the mouse over the picture for detailed descriptions / information

CLICK THE PICTURES TO SEE THEM FULL SIZE

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THE RAISED PANEL WAINSCOTING & RAILINGS

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The raised panel wainscoting was installed in the dining room, foyer, stairway and upper hallway. It consisted of 1x6 pine, base and rail, 1x4 pine stiles, 3/4" MDF solid raised panels with sticking mouldings, capped with a chair rail.

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DECORATIVE CEILING TRIM IN DINING ROOM

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Please call or email us anytime if you would like to discuss the possibilities of having your home or office dramatically improved by adding cabinetry and mouldings like this. We offer free in-home consultations and estimates.

Thank You, Roger Beesley

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NOTE:

All painting was performed by R.K.Morris Painting & Remodeling Company.

See there contact info here

Custom Home - Interior Trim Finish Carpentry

This page features some highlights of a new home we just completed the interior finish carpentry in last month.

The balustrade utilized oak boxed newels with square balusters. I liked the way that the newels complimented the door and window casings.

This house also featured a sanitary style casing with plinth blocks and entablatures on all the doors and openings.

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Please give us a call anytime if you would like us to provide you with a free estimate for any home improvement project you are considering.

Thank You,  Roger Beesley

Mitre Contracting, Inc.

Slide Show Videos on YouTube

Just thought I would post my first attempt at a few slide show videos of some project pictures.

Mitre Contracting's YouTube Channel Link

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These are still a work in progress, and I will most likely be updating them a few times.