Inch and three quarters thick oak bookcases, floor to ceiling. These bookcases were make from flush solid core doors. (36″ x 96″ each door). Each door was ripped to three planks of 12″ x 96″ x 3/4″ . An oak veneer was glued along the rough edges with iron-on glue type. After the bookcases were assembled and installed, holes were drilled along the risers for metal wires to support the shelves, After the shelves were...
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Double gates made of redwood. Designed, created and installed by Shapira Builders, including stain and finish. Redwood has a natural resin that will resist, bacteria, fungus and bugs, meaning, it won’t rot for 30 years. Cedar wood has the same property. For finish, I used, oil based penetrating stain, turpentine (made from pine sap) Boiled linseed oil (flax seed oil) and wax. Redwood gates by Shapira Builders Redwood gates by Shapira...
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You are looking at the new ramada door after removing an old screen door. Most available wood screen doors are made poorly with an inch and one eighth thick, made of pine wood. This ramada is not screened in and there was no need for a screen door in the first place. The new door is a standard inch and three eight thick, made of Douglas fir with red wood trellis insert. New ramada door with stain New door before stain application Old screen...
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Demolishing an old pergola and building a new one with pressure treated material by Shapira Builders. (pressure treated means, chemical process to preserve the wood from weather, fungus, bacteria and bugs) Material list: 33 pcs 3”x8”x16’ With one end corbels. 2. 2 pcs 4”x12”x18’ 3. 4 pcs 3”x12”x16’ 4. 6 pcs 2”x8”x16’ 5. 4 pcs 2”x4”x16’ Final product after demolition with corbels ends and paint Old pergola structure New pergola, final product...
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Upgrading my own kitchen Removing old cabinets doors and drawer fronts Making new doors and drawer fronts from 3/4″ MDF sheet, edging each door with iron on woos veneer . Painting the doors and the face frame. Drilling the doors with 35 mm Forstner bit for self closing european hinges. I had two option about addressing the wall above the granite wall, paint or tile, then I was thinking about reclaimed wood. The idea of having dirty...
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