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.
Here we would like to highlight a few past stair railing projects that have wrought iron balusters. Iron balusters have a classic time tested look that stands out from the ordinary.
Wrought iron balusters come in hundreds of styles, sizes, and colors to suit most anyone's design style. In this blog I would like to feature some of the most popular wrought iron balusters and baluster layouts most customers request.
This first set of stair railing pictures include boxed newel posts, 6010 style railing and a layout of plain iron balusters and single knuckle iron balusters. The color is a semi-gloss or satin black finish.
Oak Stair Railing with boxed newels and black wrought iron balusters
Stair railing landing with boxed newels and wrought iron balusters - unfinished
This next set of pictures shows an oak stair railing system utilizing wrought iron balusters with scroll and double twist designs in satin/semi-gloss black.
Overlook railing with wrought iron balusters
Stairway Landing with scroll and double twist wrought iron balusters
These following stair railing pictures show an oak stair rail with 4010MT oak newel posts, 6010 style oak railing and wrought iron balusters in double knuckle and single basket styles... in satin black You can see more pictures of this stair railing project HERE
Oak stair railings with wrought iron balusters of double knuckles and single baskets in alternating layout
Stair rails with wrought iron balusters... interior trimwork & mouldings by Mitre Contracting, Inc.
Overlook Railing with "belly" type wrought iron balusters
Wrought Iron baluster stair railings
Oak Stair Railings with Wrought Iron Baluster
Natural Oak Stair Railings with Single basket and double knuckle wrought iron balusters in semi-gloss black
See this page for before and after pictures of the above railing replacement project
There are virtually unlimited stair railing designs, balusters, and baluster combination layouts you can choose. See this page on our website for links to several stair parts manufacturer's websites and catalogs.
To work on your own stair railing design, go to this page, choose the "Stair Artist" tool, and you can choose your stair type, newel posts, and baluster type... then play around with the layout until you have something you like.
The above pictures have been just a small sample of what is available to you. Please call or email us anytime for your in house consultation and free no-hassle estimate on your stair railing renovation.
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:
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.
Master Bedroom and Master Bathroom Pictures:
Master Bathroom Pictures:
Stairway Pictures:
CLICK PICTURES TO ENLARGE
Custom Finish Carpentry in Northern Virginia:
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.
PROJECT: Fireplace Mantel (mantle) with concealed storage for speaker bar
This months finish caprentry project includes designing, fabricating and installing a craftsman / shaker style mantel for a Northern Virginia homeowner.
This fireplace mantel was designed and constructed to enclose a sound bar for the flat screen television.
The mantel was designed with flat recessed panels and simple lines to give it a craftsman style look.
The storage compartment has a removable metal screen panel to get access to the space. We also made a solid wood panel that would give you a concealed storage space. The mantel construction is solid wood (poplar) with custom made crown molding and a custom made square bead molding for the removable panels.
The mantel was a little taller than a normal mantel as the fireplace was raised off the floor around eight inches due to a raised hearth that was removed during the remodel.
Here are a couple close up pictures of the mantel showing the crown moulding and showing the removable panels.
Here are a couple picures we took during the installation, showing the unpainted mantel, and also one showing the hidden storage compartment where the homeowner will place the soundbar.
We completed this mantel surround feature this summer of 2013 for a homeowner in Vienna, VA. We designed the look of this fireplace mantel from several mantel inspiration picture ideas they had submitted to us.
Please contact us if you would like us to custom build a fireplace mantel in any design style. Other finish carpentry services we offer to our Northern Virigina customers are: molding installations ( baseboard, chair rail, crown mould, wainscot, panel molding shadowboxes, archways, built-in cabinetry, built-in entertainment centers, built-in bookcases, coffered ceilings, beadboard ceilings, window & door casings, stair railings, bannisters, balustrades, baluster replacements, etc. etc.
Please call us anytime at 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 perform our finish carpenter & interior trim carpentry services for the entire Northern Virginia area and several surrounding counties.
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
click any picture to enlarge in separate window
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.
