I love this project.
The client had remodeled her house. Wood from the old structure and framing was kept in the backyard covered with a tarp for quite a long time.
In the picture bellow there is some leftovers that show what was given to me to build this pieces.
The wood was cleaned and straightened to start building the face frames, panels, door frames, etc. Then after everything is assembled and squared the sanding and texturing of a 'semi rough and old' look can be worked out. The reason is that the joints have to be perfect to be strong so the wood needs to be straight, flat and squared.
After I built the pieces I started finishing with wax in 'cherry' first to give it a redish first coat.
Then a second dark and more 'artistic' coat to 'age' the pieces using fading techniques.
One of the challenges of this job was to do the panels with uneven wood, but it totally worked with patience and good biscuit location. Tight and no gaps.
The picture bellow is the 'sample' to imitate. Of course the wood is totally different so the grain will never let me perfectly stain it like that, MINE IT'S MADE OUT OF OLD STUDS!!
