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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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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Before Picture: Installation Picture:
Close Up Pictures: click to enlarge
More pictures of the additional built-in cabinetry installed in another area:
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.
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.
Here we would like to showcase a recent built-in cabinetry project we just completed for a homeowner in Woodbridge, VA. This particular set of built-ins incorporates a pair of wine racks in the base cabinets on the left side. Also included is a single shelf with stem wine glass holders.
These built-in bookcases are nine feet tall, floor to ceiling and each section is almost six feet long. Before the installation of the built-in cabinets, the homeowner had the multimedia cabling run in the walls to the flat screen.
As usual I forgot to get some before pictures, maybe one of these days I will get it right.
OVERALL PICTURE OF NEW BUILT-IN CABINETRY
In this picture you can see both sections of the built-ins flanking either side of the existing fireplace. Each section of bookcases is approximately six feet long by nine feet tall.
Picture showing the wine racks in the base cabinets
Here you can see the removable inserts for wine bottles. These will hold over 80 bottles. The construction is 3/4" birch veneer plywood with poplar wood facings. The base cabinet interiors and racking have been clear coated with 3 coats of a semi-gloss polyurethane finish.
Stem Glass Holder
Here you can see the glass holders attached to one of the adjustable shelves. Also note the beaded shelf edges, beaded stiles, counters with an "ogee" profile and inset doors on the base cabinetry.
Wine Rack Close Up
These are made as inserts, that can be removed. We also supplied the usual shelf for future use if needed.
Built-In Cabinetry
Built-In Cabinetry Specifications:
Casework was all 3/4" birch veneer plywood with poplar wood facings (stiles, rails and valances), plain 2" stiles and straight valances with attached cabinet beading detail. Adjustable 3/4" birch ply shelves with 1.5" poplar wood front edgings with routed bead detail. Counters are 3/4" birch ply with a 1.5" poplar wood edgings with a routed "ogee" profile. Inset true raised panel doors with maple frames, mdf raised panels with euro style concealed hinges and brushed nickel cabinet door pulls. The base cabinet interiors got 3 coats of a semi-gloss polyurethane, along with the wine racking, the rest got primed and painted in a semi-gloss latex paint that matched the existing trim.
Please give us a call or email us anytime to ask us about custom building a set of built-ins for your home or office. We offer free in home estimates with no pressure or obligation.
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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BEFORE PICTURE
Existing oak mantle flanked on each side with 12" deep oak bookcases
AFTER PICTURES
Updated fireplace surround & built-ins
Each base cabinet has 2 roll out dvd storage trays
Some close up pictures: Click to enlarge
View of mantle surround & built-in cabinetry during paint stage
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.
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:
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.
HALF WALL BUILT-IN BOOKCASE WITH COLUMNS
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
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!
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
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.
