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As seen in this picture are solid walnut lumber core French
doors serving as the entry point to this beautiful walnut
library. These doors were custom made in my cabinet
making shop and according to the customer’s specifications.
These French entry dors are constructed of solid 1 ¾”
lumber core walnut with the raised panels being 1 3/8" thick
solid walnut. The lever handles and hinges are finished in a
flat black paint making them a beautiful match for the dark
rich walnut grains. This entryway system is beautifully
finished with solid walnut side pilaster moldings and hand
crafted cabinet head headers. The rich protective satin
lacquer finish concludes its furniture quality elegance
granting these French entry doors a perfect passage into
this custom walnut library.
This entry point to the library is showing to the far left a 45°
angled walnut bookcase with adjustable shelving,
continuous room base moldings, 3” fluted side pilaster
moldings and finished off with continuous room 4 ¼” crown
moldings. As you move to the right of the French doors I
positioned a 20” wall bookcase with matching shelving,
baseboard and crown moldings. To the right of the 20”
bookcase is positioned a 45° angled solid walnut desktop
consisting of 2 ½ inch wide walnut boards positioned
random length. Now as you move up, there is a 45° angled
triple walnut storage cabinet beautifully designed with
walnut raised panel doors. Above is additional open faced
storage which further enhances the beauty of this well-
crafted walnut library.
As you start to move through the library you can appreciate
the effort in design and function of the 45° angled
desktops. The entire wall width is 171” which incorporates
these wall to wall solid walnut desktops/counter top. As
you can well imagine the counter top runs continuously
under the centered five bay bookcases making it a well-
crafted and elegant design for this rich walnut library.
There are lots of legroom and for other items underneath
of each desktop because of the massive 42” x 42” areas that
they cover.
This elegant solid walnut secretary style cabinetry was
creatively designed for its function and purpose. This floor
to ceiling secretary unit has a robust width of 87” giving it
maximum storage for hidden and show belongings. The
left and right ends of this base cabinet consist of triple
dovetail drawer banks with the bottom drawers serving for
hanging files. The three centered walnut raised panel doors
open to lots of storage with adjustable shelving. The 87”
five bay open faced bookcases above carries the same
characteristics of its other neighboring bookcases
throughout the library. With its beautifully finished satin
lacquer, fluted moldings and wide edge adjustable shelving
making this secretary cabinetry the focal point of this
beautifully well-crafted walnut library.
To the left in this picture you can see how the angled
desktop matches its twin and ties into the centered extra
wide 56” floor to ceiling bookcase evenly. This is because
when the first design was drafted we decided to keep all
bookcases the same depth at 10”. The 56” bookcase in the
center boasts the same characteristics of its neighboring
bookcases throughout this walnut library. In the far right
bottom of this picture you will see a four drawer solid
walnut drawer bank. The two bottom drawers are for
hanging files and the remaining two top drawers are for
extra hidden storage. The counter top which sits above is
an exact match to the 45° angled desktops. Above is a solid
walnut double door cabinet with adjustable shelving and
open faced storage above. These walnut raised panel
cabinets are an exact match to the cabinets above the
angled desktops.
This picture will give you a good idea of the rustic back side
of the French entry doors matching the rustic look in the
flooring. The white narrow strips in the floor and the white
portions in the French doors are known as “sap.” Notice
how beautifully they blend and the floor is drawn up into
the library, making the floor matching throughout even
though the flooring is a different species of walnut and
installed prior to the library installation. Also, please take
notice of the beautifully crafted walnut window treatments
along with the windows cabinet head moldings atop
matching the French doors cabinet heads.
This picture gives you a good idea how easily the bookcases
tie into the upper 45° angled raised panel door cabinetry.
The 45° angled desktops fronts are finished off with a 1 ½”
eased corner nosing matching the other desktops
throughout the library. The cabinet door, door edging
matches consistently throughout the desktop back wall
molding and baseboard moldings. Please take notice that
the flutes in the fluted moldings on the bookcases stops
short of each end of the molding plank. This is done
intentionally to add fingertips to the end of each flute and
while leaving a flat base and crown at the ends of each
fluted molding plank.
Beautiful and symmetrical solid walnut raised panel
cabinetry with open faced cabinetry above. These well-
crafted cabinet doors will serve well within arms reach
seated at the desktop. The bottom edge of the upper
cabinets is positioned 18” above the desktop leaving ample
room for cabinet door operation while seated.
No library is complete without a matching ceiling
medallion. This ceiling medallion is based on the Golden
Rectangle which was calculated by the ceilings width and
length. The doubled perimeter medallion wall extends
down from the ceiling 7 ½” leaving ample room for the
outer crown molding to be extended downward from the
ceiling leaving a 2” gap for lighting. There will be unseen
rope LED lighting tucked down in behind the crown molding
allowing the light to illuminate the entire upper portion of
this library. In the inner perimeter of the ceiling medallion
is a double up molding touching the ceiling. This doubled
up molding is an exact match to the windows and French
door cabinet head moldings.
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