honeydokreg said:
i agree with the bottom should be round but at first he added the corner cabinets after the fact and we had a misunderstanding as to how he wanted the corners.. I had already made the angled cabinet and was going to angle the top with round shelves... he wanted the top rounded
other reason never made a round cabinet, I could do it.. but did not have time and he did not want to spend anymore money on this
and I appreciate all feedback thats how we learn.
someday I will do a round cabinet,
and thanks for all the compliments, I appreciate it.
and on the other hand I agree though that even though the bottom is angled it still fits in nicely with the cabinet and the wainscot trim squares on the wall
I agree that the flat bottom does work in nicely. Wood have been better, design wise if it was curved, but I can understand about the expense. That can often dictate a finalized design.
I don't have the skills to do rounded frames and cabinets in wood; but I did do a few rounded walls and stairways in masonry. One of the most difficult was an exposed staircase i did in an entrance foyer. The reinforced concrete pad had already been poured and the staircase into the cellar below had alraedy been constructed. The stairway into the cellar was staight down with a single 90 landing for the first step at the top. The foyer stairway was to be of brick with cut flagstones for treads. As i was starting to layout for the brickwork, the architect and the builder stopped by to see how I was doing. As we discussed, i happened to mention how much better the stairs would look if the entire stairs could be done with a sweeping curve that would really catch the eye of anybody entering the building.
The immediate reaction was that it was impossible. We kicked it around for a while and finally, the architect, who i had worked with before agreed to let me give him a drawing. I think he knew I was not much of an artist with paper, but I knew i could lay it out. I was given til the next morning to give him something to go by. All i had were the two walls involved, the concrete deck base, the rectangle opening in the base, the already constructed lower stairs and the top floor landing to go by. I started scratching marks on the concrete and the walls, and by late afternoon, I had my marks all in place and figured I had code based headroom for all of the rounded steps going up matching the squared steps going down into the cellar.
The architect and builder were there by 9:00am the next day and I showed them all of my scratches on base and wall. They could not figure out what i was representing but told me i could go ahead. The only thing was that if it would not meet building code for structure and to have headroom for the cellar steps, i would have to tear it all down. I also had to stay within budget. The whole thing worked out and i was even able to put a couple of curved (brick) planters, one on the lower wall at entrance level and one along the upper curve. The winding treads were cut at my stone supplier and the only worry i had was that they would all fit when delivered.
My mil guy was dead on, or else he knew how much I would be off [scared] with each tread. I watched as the architect measured the head room underneath. He was very surprised when it all stayed well beyond code specs. I ended up doing many more jobs with the same builder/designer pair. I wood never tackle something like that in wood. Too many mistooks can be made.
Tinker
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