I Found It!

Hey all! So I did a little research on where the piece of crown molding came from. I spoke with my boss and he told me the whole story and I find it really interesting. For those of you don't know what piece Im talking about here it is.

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From what I was told, and with a little research I found that this is a piece of crown molding from the Exeter Street Theater in Boston Massachusetts. Our office acquired it in 1995 when a fire from the restaurant on the first floor set fire to a bookstore above. He was sent there to measure as built plans to try and recover the bookstore. Sadly the theater above was damaged badly and could not be saved. He took this piece of molding and it was left in a closet since then. I found it when we were moving offices and decided to make something of it.

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The Exeter Street Theatre is located on the corner of Exeter St. and Newbury Street. It was originally opened in 1914 and was a 1,376 seat theatre used by the First Spiritual Temple.

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It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in and built in 1885 in a Romanesque Revival style. Richardson also designed Trinity Church in Boston and oversaw and contributed the the New York State capital.

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Trinity Church Boston Interior

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New York State Capital, Albany New York

I can't wait to start working on this piece this weekend and share it with everyone. I hope you enjoyed the little history lesson tonight. Night All!

Future Projects

Hello hello hello. Its been a while since I last posted but tonight I have something very special for you. The past couple of days I have been very busy working on some projects of my own. I am very excited about them and if all goes to plan I will have them finished by this weekend.

The first project I have been working on is a chair that I found. So far I removed the existing fabric and am going to modify the back and arms.

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  The back of the chair will be a wooden grid with upholstered squares while the seat of the chair will have a cushion upholstered the same as the back.

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As for the arms, there will be a cushion on top upholster in a solid fabric with contrasting piping while the wood of the arms and sides will be stained dark.

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I want to leave as much of the wood exposed on this chair as possible. As I was removing the upholstery, hundreds of small nail holes where left in the wood giving it an incredible aged look. After the wood gets sanded and stained, I hope to accomplish a rustic look to the wood while having a touch of sophistication from the fabric and piping.

The second piece I am working on I am really excited about. I came across a very large piece of crown molding at work that came from a theater in Boston. It is hand carved solid wood and is about 18" wide, 15" tall, and 14" deep.

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 My plan for this piece is to sand it down to bare wood and put a large top on it. It will be wall mounted and can be used as a shelf or bedside table. As you can see I already started sanding and the wood has so much character.

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I am asking around the office to find out more about the history of where it came from and as soon as I find out more I will pass it along to you.

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I hope everyone enjoyed this post and please leave comments on your thoughts of my work. Stay tuned for the finished products!

This Weeks What the...

Its that time of the week that I post a "What the #!@#". For those of you who don't know about this, I will post a strange item I find be a designer and you guess what it is in the comment section. So without further ado, there it is and good luck!

Thanks everyone for your support and keep an eye out for my future design projects to be posted sometime this week!