Author Archives: Reinhardt

Coffin Build: bending the sides

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Reinhardt

Yesterday, after the kerfs were cut and misted with water the bending process began.

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Coffin Build

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Reinhardt

Follow along as I build a coffin in the Lancashire method. The coffin will be made from locally grown and harvested poplar. The photo on the left shows the sides after the rough lumber was milled to 1/2″ thickness and … Continue reading →

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Remodel continues…….floor, windows, trim

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Reinhardt

Bouncy floors and windows that are difficult to open drive me CRAZY.  Solution, glue and screw an additional layer of three quarter quality plywood on top of the original sub floor, install new windows, and then trim it all out. … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Update: 940 days later

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Reinhardt

Before, during and after photos. (Note: final photograph taken by my sister Lynn Marie Buckley)  

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Memorial Day 2014

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Reinhardt

Memorial Day is a US federal holiday wherein the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces are remembered. The holiday, which is celebrated every year on the final Monday of May,was formerly known as Decoration … Continue reading →

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Mantle: St. Augustine Florida

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Reinhardt

Cowperwaite Residence mantle Installation completed 5/21/2014

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Fireplace Mantle……before and after

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Reinhardt

As previously noted….everybody seems to like the before and after photos, so here ya go…

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Circa 1816

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Reinhardt

Photo of a custom floor inlay.  The inlay is for a historic home now used as office space in Franklin TN. The green wood is antique poplar salvaged from an old barn.  Other species include, maple, walnut, and cherry.

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Mantle crown moulding

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Reinhardt

Building a mantle is like making a jigsaw puzzle. The exception is that you get to make all the pieces. This is a photo of the backside of the crown for the mantle.

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Wabi-sabi

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Reinhardt

Wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of traditional Japanese beauty. If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabi. … Continue reading →

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