We didn’t really have much of a spring this year – we seemed to jump straight from winter into summer. I thought that might happen with fall, that it would be short, so after being out of town for a while,
I was pleased to see that we were still having fall weather. There was snow on the mountains though, so I hit the ski basin to see what was happening up there. It was a gorgeous crisp day! Being a weekday, there were not many people, but I did see some animals.
Mostly I was taken by the trees.
La Puerta Originals is down there somewhere…
Back on the ground, things at LPO are continuing at a bustling pace. Some really great stuff is coming out of the shop!
Check out these built-in mudroom cabinets. The finish stopped me in my tracks. And the contrast of the cubby color is dramatic. One thing to keep in mind when looking at a background color in these, or bookshelves, is that there will be things in them and the color will be peeking out. A bright color really makes a great accent.
In an earlier posting I was talking about custom kitchens and how they have evolved into multi-purpose areas where people gather for a number of different activities. These next cabinets are an example of a connected kitchen, dining room and entertainment area. The cabinets below are the built-in dining room cabinets,
and then the next picture is the backside of the cabinets.
The space on the left is for a flat screen television, as illustrated in the mock-up below, and then the drawer below holds the electronics.
The door drops down for use with a remote, and the shelf slides out if further access is needed.
The final piece I want to show is a bench.
Over 9 feet long, the bench is made from an antique carved corbel
and the legs are crafted from reclaimed heavy timber.
That is quite a seat!
