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Chad,
Beautiful and amazing work.
Wonderful work. Craftsmanshship is NOT dead. Thanks for showing.
Are your curved door fronts all coopered and do you make them yourself or outsource? Outstanding work any way you "slice" it.
We actually do both. We make some and outsource some. It really depends on the job and the details. If you can find a good supplier its almost a "no brainer" cost wise. Its finding the good supplier that is the hard part. I will be posting a job here in the next couple of months that we are just finishing the install on in Hawaii. The whole kitchen is oval staring with the island and working out. We made all the eliptical doors both (concave and convex) here in order to bookmatch all the panels in the kitchen, as they all came out of one log.
This is some of the most amazing work I have ever seen. As a novice woodworker thinking about entering the trade, I can't decide if this inspires me or makes me want to quit. Truly awe inspiring work.
I am a 26 year old cabinet shop owner. I am truly inspired by your portfolio. Pretty much exlusive work you've posted. I have some questions I hope you may eventually answer. How long did it take to develop your self and business from the humble beginings to now? How many employees? Was this your vision from the start or did your skills and equipment evolve into the ability to put out this calibur of high end work? And if you could offer a young business owner 3 golden nuggets of adviceeither what to do or what not to do, please share! Amazing craftsmanship.
Amazing work! How would you even go about making a door like the stainless entry dooor?
We fabricated a Solid African Mahogany door and hung and fit it to an solid Mahogany exterior jamb. We then "skinned" it with Stainless Steel sheeting that was welded and sanded at the mitered corners. We rabbeted around the face back on the edges about 3/16 wide 1/2" deep and wrapped the edges down so when the "skin" was installed it would be flush to the edges of the door and return at the glass as well. We then just epoxied it to the face of the door and it was ready to re-install on the jamb which was “skinned” in a very similar fashion. All interior faces and exposed edges at the door and jamb where ebonized Mahogany. The threshold was solid Mahogany wrapped completely in Stainless Steel.
Thanks for the reply, and the detailed response. All your work is fantastic. Great style!
Craftsmanship at it's Finest.
I have owned my woodworking business for 20 years.Your work is truly amazing and inspiring. Just one question... Do you work with designers or work directly with the client to design in house or both ? whoever it is has an amazing eye for style,detail and proportion. Keep up the great work.
Duane Slaymaker
www.duaneslaymakerswoodshed.com
Oh, I wish I could fly you in here and you'd make my house amazing.
Duane and Tina thanks for the complements I am glad you like our work.
Duane, we work both with and without designers. Even when we work with designers our team usually comes up with the ideas and concepts and we work THRU the designer, always making it clear who provided the design and detailing they like so much. In looking at the work here and in our website (chadreitan.com) probably 95% of the work shown is our design or concept, or reflects a majority of our influence. Working in this way usually does one of 2 things. 1, it either alienates us from the designer (several times resulting in them losing a client and us gaining them) or, 2, Bonds us tightly too them. The smart ones realize and utilize our strengths in design and presentation and as a result they get more work. Its been an interesting road to travel to say the least.
Tina, well we have worked in the Hawaiian Islands, Lake Tahoe Area and are considering projects in Washington State too so if you really want something, you never know!?!
PS go check out our website there is more there and we will probably add about 100 pictures more in the next 2 months!
Thanks Again,
Chad
