Design suggestions wanted

[myxpykalix]

I am rebuilding a house and as long as i'm at it I would like to incorporate as many design ideas that can be made on my shopbot for both the inside and outside.
I want to do things like corbels, fretwork, gingerbread designs, columns, ect and want any suggestions you might have since i am working with a blank slate at this point. So if anyone has any good suggestions, links, pics, please let me know.

[adrianm]

Here's a good thread on making corbels with Aspire. Something I'm planning to do on my 'bot when it arrives.

http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=5999

[scottcox]

Jack,

If I had a blank slate like that I would hire an interior decorator that was familiar with the capabilities of a CNC router.

They'll probably create an entire "theme" that you can work around.

[myxpykalix]

When I asked the question I thought i WAS hiring a bunch of decorators with cnc capabilities! lol

I hadn't gotten to thinking about the interior yet but was thinking about "do-dads" i could do on the outside. If i get the shell built before the extreme cold then i could take the winter to get creative on the inside.

[wberminio]

Jack
You're just like the rest of "them"
You want to take advantage of our years and years of experience and want it all for free!

Um....I guess that is what this forum is all about

[khalid]

I know its a difficult task.. Its also very difficult for a interior decorator to decorate his own home ;)....
Hope you will do the best Jack.. I know you have kept wood aside for this project and i know you will make the best use of it;)

[khaos]

Jack, I would look at opportunities to utilize curves. Matching a rooms furniture to the contour of the room always feels elegant esp bars, wall mounted shelving, entertainment centers etc.

[myxpykalix]

This is the house i grew up in. It has spires on the top of the square ends that we later found out had secret passageways down to the basement. One side had a passageway the other side had a dumbwaiter. We found out years later this house was used in the early 1900's as a funeral home. It was huge.

What i was fascinated by was the round top doors and round doorways in the "parlour". Transoms above the bedroom doors upstairs.

There were columns in front of the big fireplace and this table was my greatgrandmothers who lived in the house.
So this is where i was influenced by wanting to make columns and these types of designs.
Now I am not going to go crazy doing a bunch of stuff in a house i may never live in but i would like to bring a little of my childhood influences to this design.

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[curtiss]

Do you ever go to open houses that may contain some ideas ?? Or you can just browse some real estate sites.

Not too hard to see four or five in an afternoon and take some pictures.

[gene]

Fluted carved door and window casing with square corner decorations . Raised panels on all the walls . ceiling medallions around lights and fans. I'll think of more!!!!

[myxpykalix]

There you go Gene...you got me kick-started. I had intended to do my wainscoting and there is a fireplace upstairs and downstairs so i was going to do a mantle on both. Ceiling medallions is a good idea and some decorative window casings is also a good one. Keep thinking!!

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[cabnet636]

here are some of the items i have produced

jim
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[myxpykalix]

James do you need a free intern in your shop to learn from the master or better yet...
would you adopt me? lol

[cabnet636]

finnishing is not a difficult situation, just stay away from minwax!!!

jim

[wberminio]

Remember as Architect Mies van der Rohe said,"Less is More"

[cabnet636]

the items one sees are in different houses and i absolutly agree with ermino we fight off gaudy all the time!!

actually what is really funny in my book is this piece is mdf!!

jim


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[wberminio]

I believe each space has it's own style and is best to work within that style(most of the time).
A few years back.I built some custom cabinetry in a master bedroom suite.The house was a wonderful old Victorian house built in late 1880's overlooking the Hudson River.
The master suite was ultra modern ,dark stained,
with special custom glass panels embedded with leaves.
Great job but not in that house!

Erminio

Btw James-enjoy seeing your work!

[myxpykalix]

Erminio is correct in that "less is more" theory and i could get real gaudy and have spiral columns all over the place and it would look like candycanes however in the real estate rental game you want to attract the right type of tennant and give them a place that might seem to them to be undervalued in rents and i am usually about $25.00/mo. under the average rates to try to keep tennants more than one year at a time because if you have an empty apt. for just one month that kills a portion of your whole years profit.
I'm thinking i might have to build a bigger house just to incorporate all the ideas i have!

[jnbish]

Why not Minwax?

[cabnet636]

we use comercial stains and products that are system compatable (currently nanochem 4 years) before that valspar (won't do that again) before that mlcampbell, minwax is mineral based, with a solvent stain one can shoot, wipe, seal. sand and then basically airbrush the stain to an even coat drys quick and begin topcoats it is all about the consistancy of color and smooth. we have two large booths and we do not make money watching paint dry!!

jim

[gene]

Is the only fault of minwax the dry time ?

[coach]

medallions look nice on some homes.
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[gene]

David,
Looks good , I like the bottom one also. That would make a good wall clock .

[khaos]

oh oh Don't forget the ceiling medallions around fans, lights etc where it would improve the grandeur without making it gaudy