MITRE CONTRACTING, INC.

Built-in cabinetry project in Arlington, VA

Built-In Cabinetry for a customer in Arlington, VA ... completed in July, 2018

Office Built-In Cabinetry

A few features include: all maple square raised panel inset doors on beaded face frames with concealed soft closing hinges, arched valances, 7" wide stiles with 5" fluted pilasters, and adjustable shelving. The actual casework is a 3/4" maple plywood with poplar wood facings

Close up of built-in base cabinetry

 

Upper sections of built-in cabinetry showing arches and fluted pilaster stiles

Below are a few assorted close up pictures

Close up picture showing beaded face frames

Base cabinetry interior with poly finish

 

Upper bookcase arched valances, pilasters, and matching crown mouldings

Please contact us anytime if you would like a free quote on any type of built-in cabinetry project for your home or office. We can design, fabricate and install any type of built-in entertainment centers, office bookcases, office built-in cabinetry with storage, laundry room cubbies with beadboard... etc., etc. 

You can fill out our ESTIMATE REQUEST FORM, or call us at 703-330-3486 to request a free no obligation, no pressure in home consultation to go over your project.

Built-in entertainment center & desk cabinetry

Blog Update for December, 2017: Custom built-in cabinetry project for a homeowner in Aldie, VA

Built-in cabinetry entertainment center, bookcases & desk area workstation

Some of the specifications for this project include: Solid maple veneer ply casework with poplar wood facings, Solid all maple square flat reverse panel beaded overlay doors, solid dovetailed maple drawers, 5" stiles with fluted pilasters with rosettes & plinth details, adjustable shelving throughout, recessed flat panel cabinet sides, and a matching wainscoting on the walls.

 

Built-In cabinetry bookcases & entertainment center section

 

Built-in cabinetry desk / workstation section

 

Close up view of the recessed paneled sides... etc

 

File drawer with 100 lb slides, top drawer with concealed soft-self closing slides

 

 

 

Fluted pilaster stiles with rosette & plinth details

 

Close up view showing the concealed "Blum" brand soft closing hinges

 

Close up view of design details of this custom built-in cabinetry project

 

Custom Built-In Cabinets: designed, fabricated, and installed by Mitre Contracting, Inc.

 

Please contact us anytime if you would like a free quote on any type of built-in cabinetry project for your home or office. We can design, fabricate and install any type of built-in entertainment centers, office bookcases, office built-in cabinetry with storage, laundry room cubbies with beadboard... etc., etc. 

You can fill out our ESTIMATE REQUEST FORM, or call us at 703-330-3486 to request a free no obligation, no pressure in home consultation to go over your project.

Thank you, Roger Beesley

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This blog features pictures and information from a recent design, build, and installation of built-in cabinetry, for a client in Reston, VA.

 

Built-In Cabinetry Entertainment Center

This custom set of built-in cabinets is 14' wide and  almost 10' tall, and was custom painted by R.K.Morris Painting Company.

Some of the features of this built-in cabinetry project include: The casework of the cabinets is solid 3/4" maple veneer plywood with poplar wood facings (stiles & rails), the doors are an 1/2" overlay design using reverse flat recessed panels, concealed soft closing "Blum" brand hinges & all solid maple wood construction. This homeowner wanted to have glass shelves in the open bookcase sections, that will get accent lighting. All the wood shelves in the storage sections are adjustable. This built-in project has 5" wide stiles with 3" fluted pilasters on both the upper cabinetry and the base cabinetry, with plinth blocks and rosettes. This client wanted the rosettes to be plain with no circular cutouts. The straight valances on the upper bookcases have applied panels... with the center valance having an integrated wood vent to accommodate an existing AC vent. This built-in entertainment center has  a 65" wide space for the television screen. This cabinetry features recessed side panels in both the upper and lower cabinetry on the exposed right side.

Built-in Cabinetry - side view

Close up view showing the center cabinet valance

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close up view of base cabinetry

 

 

 

 

 

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Painted Built-In Cabinetry and Bookcases

This blog entry features a built-in cabinetry project we just completed awhile back for a Fairfax, VA homeowner. These custom bookcases and cabinetry were designed, fabricated, and installed by Mitre Contracting, Inc.

Some of the features of these painted built-ins include:

• Solid 3/4" maple veneer plywood casework
• Solid poplar wood facings (stiles & rails)
• Recessed paneled sides throughout
• Recessed paneled doors, overlay design, all maple construction
• Adjustable shelves throughout with 1.5" beaded front edgings
• File drawers of 5/8" dovetailed finished maple on 200lb. tracks
• Straight valances and plain stiles, both with cabinet beading details
• Concealed "Blum" brand clip on adjustable hinges

These built-ins and bookcases were hand painted after the installation by R.K.M. Painting Company.

The built-in counter tops are made from 3/4" maple veneer plywood with 1.5" wood edgings with a bead profile. The built-in base cabinetry storage units are a flush toekick design wrapped with a baseboard that matches the baseboard in the home.  See the picture below for a close up view of the built-in cabinetry base unit's recessed paneled sides.

This next picture shows the custom built-in file drawers, showing the dovetailed construction and the 200 lbs full extension slides. These will hold either legal or letter sized files in a lateral position. The drawer boxes are constructed from a solid 5/8" maple and come with a nice lacquered finish. They come with  matching all maple recessed panel drawer fronts.

This next picture shows a close up view of the custom built-in cabinetry base unit's interior. This base cabinet comes with one full depth adjustable shelf and overlay solid maple recessed panel doors. These base unit cabinets can also come with inset style doors, raised panels, arched panels...etc. if desired.

The interiors get a couple coats of a clear polyurethane finish. The doors also come with "Blum" brand euro style hinges that clip on style and are fully adjustable.

The next two pictures below show close up views of the upper bookcase shelving units. Here you can see the built-in cabinetry's recessed panel sides, adjustable shelves, plain stiles with cabinet beading, the straight valances and crown moulding at the ceiling.

I originally designed these built-in cabinets with a shelving unit over the seating desk area, but this homeowner wanted to hang some artwork and deleted the middle section of shelves from the original design.

This next picture shows the units right after the installation before they have been painted.

The full height bookcase built-in units feature all adjustable shelves, straight valances, plain stiles, and a flush toe kick design. The bookcases are trimmed out in baseboard and crown moulding that match the homes mouldings.

Please contact us anytime if you would like a free quote on any type of built-in cabinetry project for your home or office. We can design, fabricate and install any type of built-in entertainment centers, office bookcases, office built-in cabinetry with storage, laundry room cubbies with beadboard... etc., etc. 

You can fill out our ESTIMATE REQUEST FORM, or call us at 703-330-3486 to request a free no obligation, no pressure in home consultation to go over your project.

Thank you, Roger Beesley

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Here we feature several pictures showing off our finish carpentry we completed for a custom homebuilder in Northern Virginia. We completed this finish carpentry interior trim project in 2014

We start off with custom cased arched openings with fluted & paneled columns, two piece chair railing with shadowbox moulding wainscoting

This finish carpentry interior trim work project was installed for Quaker Custom Homes in Northern Virginia. All the mouldings & millwork was provided by Accent Millwork.  You can see more pictures of this custom home on Quaker Homes facebook page HERE ... they are a lot better quality than mine are!

The baseboards are WM-163E fjp, The windows are trimmed out with wood jambs, wood sills and WM-445 fjp casing. The 2 piece chair railing consist of a LWM-304 backer with a LWM-302 chair rail. The 3 piece crown molding is made up from a WM-49 fjp crown mould on a WM-753 beaded backer with a Wm-167 neck moulding. In the Dining room, Foyer and Hallway we installed a shadowbox panel moulding of LWP-184 under all the chair railing. The custom cased openings  are MDF construction with arched headers, fluted above the chair rail and applied panels under the chair to match the shadowbox wainscoting.

The stair railings are an (over-the-post) & (post-to-post) system consisting of 6010 oak railings, 4010PT & 4010MT red oak newel posts, with wrought iron balusters featuring an alternating layout of single baskets and double knuckles in semi-gloss black.

 

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PROJECT:  Custom Built-In Cabinetry and Mantel Fabrication & Installation

This finish carpentry project was completed for a homeowner in Sterling, VA. The project features custom painted built-in cabinets and mantels. The upper built-ins are open bookcases with adjustable shelving. The base units  feature inset (shaker style) flat panel doors.

Custom Built-In Cabinetry Fireplace Surround

The bases of these paint grade built-ins are constructed of a 3/4" thick maple veneer plywood, the facings (stiles & rails) are made from 3/4" thick solid poplar & maple. This homeowner wanted the doors to have a shaker / craftsman style look so we went with a flat square recessed panel. These are again constructed from solid maple with a 1/4" maple veneer panel. The cabinet doors are an inset design ( they sit in flush with the stiles & rails), versus an overlay design. The built-in cabinet doors feature "Blum" brand concealed hinges that clip on and off and are 3 way adjustable.

Custom Built-In Cabinetry & Mantel

The upper portion of these built-ins feature open bookshelves. The bookcase shelves are fully adjustable and removable. The front stiles and valances are a straight smooth plain design. They include a special custom cabinet beading detail that puts on that finishing touch. The shelves are constructed from a 3/4" maple / birch veneer plywood with a front solid wood edging of maple / poplar wood that has a milled beaded profile.

Custom Mantel with recessed panel above

This is a close up picture of the custom made mantel. This fireplace mantel features plain pilaster legs in keeping with the craftsman style look of the finish carpentry remodeling project. The crown moulding used is a nice beaded cove  and the breastplate is also smooth and plain. We fabricated a solid 3/4" veneer maple wood panel above the mantel giving the space a nice recessed panel look... using the same beading detail as the bookcase stiles and shelves.

Here is another close up view of the mantel in the living room between the built-in cabinets.

Fireplace Mantel

Below is a close up view of the "inset" style cabinet doors that create the lower storage areas. The doors have a plain flat recessed panel design. These could also have raised panels, beaded panels, arched raised panels... etc. Every aspect of the construction and style can be customized to any particular design or functionality. 

Inset Flat Recessed Panel Maple Doors

Below is another close up picture showing the stiles of the upper bookcase portion of the built-in cabinetry.  The cabinet stiles are plain... versus fluted, paneled, reeded, rounded...etc. I like to use the added cabinet bead detail on the stiles, shelving and valances. Notice that the shelving is adjustable by way of the 5mm holes indexed up each inner side of the bookcase casework. These utilize small metal pins that in turn support the shelving.

Close up showing the built-in cabinetry stiles & shelving design detail

This next picture shows another mantel we fabricated for the same Virginia homeowner. This fireplace mantle features the same clean plain design style in that it has smooth pilasters, a plain breastplate and a nice clean beaded cove crown moulding. 

Fireplace Mantel

I will include a couple additional close up pictures so you can see the design details more closely:

Fireplace Mantel close up view

Mantel close up of pilaster plinth

 

Please contact us if you would like a free no pressure estimate on a custom set of built-in cabinets or a fireplace mantel. We offer our finish carpentry services throughout all of Northern Virginia and several surrounding counties. Finish Carpentry services we provide include all types of moulding / molding installations (baseboards, crown moldings, char rails, shadowboxes, wall panels, window & door casings), stair railings (railing replacements & installations), archways, built-in cabinetry, built-in bookcases, wainscoting, coffered ceilings...etc. etc.

Here is the link to the review on houzz.com from the actual homeowner of this project:

Mitre Contracting built and installed my custom living room fireplace mantel and built-in bookcases (also my family room fireplace mantel). The built-ins are stunning. 

Roger (the owner) was great. He is very conscientious and a very skilled carpenter. They are reliable and very reasonable in price. We are very pleased and will use him again and again (I would have built-ins in every room if I have my way). 

 

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In this posting I feature several pictures of a recently completed home where we installed the finish carpentry.

This home was called the "Barn House". The pictures should speak for themselves as to the design style. We installed close to 5000 feet of 1x8 in this home. In this home we also installed all the interior doors, crown mouldings, baseboards, ceiling treatments, wall treatments, 1x8 horizontal wainscot, reclaimed barn wood wainscoting, window seats, banquette seating, window casings and the half walls, columns and beams.

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The stairway in this house featured a center wall we wrapped in reclaimed barnwood. The stairway also features custom floating stair treads of reclaimed barn wood with recessed custom lighting. The exterior walls of the stairway got vertical and horizontal 1x8 wall treatments with a accented strip of siding. 

Built-In Cabinetry and Bookcases

This project features close to 27' of custom built-in cabinetry. We fabricated and installed these built-ins for a homeowner in Spotsylvania, VA. 

Some of the main features of these built-ins are: 

• Fluted stiles with plinths and rosettes
• True square raised panel doors and drawer fronts
• Filing cabinet drawers with 200lb full extension slides
• Drawers with Blummotion tandem+ soft & self closing concealed slides
• Solid 3/4" birch veneer plywood through out with poplar wood facings
• Solid maple dovetailed drawerss, solid maple doors & drawer fronts 

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More pictures of the additional built-in cabinetry installed in another area:

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More of the Built-In cabinetry specifications:

The casework of all the cabinetry is a 3/4" thick birch veneer plywood. All the facings (stiles, rails, valances) are solid 3/4" poplar. The adjustable and removable shelves are constructed of a 3/4" birch veneer plywood with a front wood edging that has a routed bead profile. This helps give the shelves some thickness for a better appearance and also really helps with the load bearing and prevents them from sagging. The built-in counter tops are made from the same 3/4" thick birch plywood, and they have a 1 1/2" wood front edging that has an ogee routed profile.

All the doors and the drawer fronts of this project were true raised panel with all maple construction. The doors had concealed self closing "Blum" brand hinges. They are fully adjustable for fine tuning the reveals.

All the stiles of this built-in cabinetry project were a 3 1/4" fluted design that included rosettes and plinth blocks. 

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Please give us a call or send us an email anytime to ask us about custom building a set of built-in cabinets or bookcases for your home or office. We offer free in home (no pressure) estimates. 

Thank You, Roger Beesley   Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Fireplace Surround Moldings and Built-In Cabinetry

Here we feature a renovated fireplace mantel and set of built-ins.

We needed to make room for a large flat screen television above the mantel, update the dark oak cabinetry, and just put a more modern look to the whole area.

We modified the existing 12" deep bookcase to have base cabinetry with raised panel doors, roll out trays for dvd storage, and a painted finish.

Also we removed the existing mantel, and fabricated a new fireplace surround that incorporates fluted pilasters with recessed panels, a recessed panel detail where the flat screen will be mounted, a boxed mantel shelf with crown mouldings, etc.

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Existing oak mantle flanked on each side with 12" deep oak bookcases

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Updated fireplace surround & built-ins

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Each base cabinet has 2 roll out dvd storage trays

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View of mantle surround & built-in cabinetry during paint stage

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If you would like to update or add a new mantel, fireplace surround, some built-in cabinetry, or just mouldings, please give us a call anytime. We will be more than glad to come by, discuss your project, make suggestions and provide a detailed written proposal... no pressure included.

Thank You, Roger Beesley

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Kitchen Remodel in Manassas Virginia

In this entry we feature a small kitchen remodel / renovation we completed this spring.

This project included new cabinetry, granite counters, hardwood flooring, recessed and under-cabinet lighting, and a slightly revised layout featuring a raised counter space.

The cabinets are "Waypoint" brand, supplied by Taylor Made Kitchens out of Stafford, VA. They feature real plywood vernier cabinet boxes, 5/8" solid hardwood dovetailed drawers with full access ball bearing glides, roll-out trays in all base cabinets, square raised panel doors with six-way adjustable concealed hinges.

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Please CONTACT US if you would like us to provide a quote on your new kitchen or bath. 

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Here we see a close up view of the paneled beadboard 1/2 wall with corbels supporting the raised granite countertop.

 Wall cabinet ends with raised panels. All existing 12" bulkheads were removed, 36" tall cabinets were installed along with a nice 3 piece crown molding build-up. Also note the light rail molding along the underside of each wall cabinet for the under cabinet lighting.

 
 
This homeowner chose to go with a very nice undermount copper two bowl sink, and matching bronze fixtures.

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Please call or email us anytime if you would like us to come to your home and give you a free, no pressure, no obligation consultation, for your next home improvement project. From a simple bathroom makeover up to a full fledged kitchen or bathroom renovation, let us help you design and build the space of your dreams.

Thank You, Roger Beesley, Mitre Contracting, Inc.

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Home Enhancement & Renovation Through Fine Custom Carpentry & Millwork Installation

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Some other home improvement /  finish carpentry projects include: Crown Moldings, Chair Rail mouldings, Wainscoting, Coffered Ceilings, Beamed Ceilings, Baseboard moldings, Stair railings, Stairway re-treads, renovations of old outdated railinsg & stairways, Built-In bookcases, cabinetry, entertainment centers, office spaces, mantels / mantles... and much more!