curly redwood kitchen for 50 year ski cabin

[r cash]

Hi All
This project was in Squaw Valley lake Tahoe . The cabin is an old family cabin the inside all redwood no drywall . my job was find some wood that would match and inhance the inside of this old place . we used a lot of the wood from the original kitchen . I added the curly for door and end panels.
The door panels were very hard being half lap floating panels with equal spaced faces and laps . The refigerator lower front panel is 29 parts that make up the panel . but the end product is what counts hope ya like it .
Ciao
RC
tried to post larger pics unsure if it worked

 

[nickao]

That wood looks awesome. Can you put up some larger pictures?

 

[Warrior]

Nickao,
That was exactly what I was thinking.  ;D

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Beautiful work and wood.

Several years ago I made a turned lampstand from some redwood cutoffs I had.  At that time I was using solvent based shellac and lacquers for finish coatings.  The redwood sucked up coating after coating.  I could not get it to be truly sealed and thereafter achieve a glossy top coating like what is possible with the same finish coat materials on cherry, maple, etc.

How did you achieve the finish you applied on your project?  How did you seal the redwood so that top coatings stay on top?

Dave R.

 

[Notorious T.O.D.]

Those cabinets are simply stunning...

Best,
Todd

 

[nickao]

The best I can do at enlarging such a small file, but the lumber looks fantastic even at this poor resolution. It like a ribbon pattern, sweet!

 

[Ken Slemmer]

r cash, 

Beautiful work. 

Appreciate the pictures of inside the cabin.  How about a view from outside the cabin.  That view is probably a striking and beautiful as inside.   

Thanks for sharing

 

[butzla]

I appreciate the top notch craftsmanship but the grain pattern in the curly redwood is way too busy for my tastes.