Sometimes with a little help, a simple artifact can become something extraordinary. I used to go fishing with my dad when I was a kid in Pennsylvania, and we would sometimes take a minnow bucket like this with us to keep the live bait he would catch in a local stream.
This first one is a Christmas gift for a faithful client, but you can bet I’ll be making more soon.
There’s a lot to see in the Schultz kitchen, since from top to bottom I designed, fabricated, and installed pretty much every detail, with the exception of appliances of course, and concrete countertops and tilework done by my good friend Ben Baker at Covenant Tile and Stone. There are the Box Shelves which got their previous feature post. But there’s enough that I would like to spread out the work over a series of posts.
For the serious foodie, you need a serious kitchen. And this one doesn’t mess around. A big Dacor commercial-style range with a stainless steel hood is prominently featured, as well as a deep single-basin sink with a tall sprayer/spigot combo faucet. Tile from the counter height up provides the backdrop for a variety of open shelving, which provides ready access to dishes, canisters, and cookware. Base cabinet system is IKEA. Industrial boiler “bulkhead-style” steel frames accent the kitchen window and a big pass-through to a small bar into the dining room. Lighting is all original design by Anastasis. Flooring throughout the kitchen and upstairs level is Cali Bamboo – beautiful and super durable.
Stay tuned for more.
The galvanized table top is itself a found object. It was a heat shield to protect the floor from a coal-burning stove in an old farmhouse. This table is for sale now at Revised, the upcycled goods shop I designed in downtown Prescott, Arizona.
At the Schultz house, the bedroom door is replaced by a custom steel-clad rolling panel and hardware, to match the style of the fireplace surround in the living room. The outside handle is a variant of the Parallelism Handle.
Another design element to the Schultz House takes shape, in keeping with the industrial chic look – retrofitting an existing gas fireplace with a steel wrap.
This pair of sconces in a dining room was created from leftover wood scraps and black iron pipe fittings, each with a pair of tubular low-wattage vintage bulbs. They are equipped with on/off touch controls to illuminate them with just a brush of the hand.
I fabricated and installed rolling hardware and custom handles for bi-parting doors between a master bedroom and master bath in a new home in Prescott, Arizona.
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