The wardrobe has been custom made according to the wishes
of Rachel. Still being built, it requires a picture
rail along the top to finish it off. The picture rail will
be a copy of the existing picture rail (moulding) and fixed
at the same height.
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General description
Both cabinets are lit within whenever the doors are
opened. There is also a light in the central section with a
switch behind Dopey! In the right hand cabinet are hanging
rails. At the bottom are pull out wire baskets for shoes.
In the left hand unit is small hanging rail, jewellery
trays, holders for tennis and squash racquets.
The construction material is MDF. The finish is spray
painted two coats of primer followed by two coats of
eggshell yellow. The blue panels were sprayed on top of the
previous four coats to give a really smooth and deep colour.
The spraying was undertaken using a high volume low
pressure (HVLP) spray gun. Unlike conventional spray
guns a low pressure delivers the paint to the surface
with little waste to the atmosphere. This type of spray gun
is now widely used in America where legislation exists
to reduce the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC's)
being discharged into the atmosphere.
2). Very Large wardrobe for the master
bedroom
The photographs below
are of a very large wardrobe made from 5 discreet units.
Total length of the wardrobe is 3.4 metres. Height is
2.1 metres.
The brief was to keep things very simple yet elegant
within a house that is Edwardian and almost 100 years old. The doors
have been made with "a nod" towards the design
of the bedroom door. There
is a drawer at the bottom of each unit - principally for
shoes. Three of the units
have a sliding tray in them. Each unit has a singe hanging rail.
BTW.... The blue blanket on the bed was to protect the
rather nice cream duvet from damage during
construction, and what appears as a peculiar speckling around the
chandelier is in fact light scatter from the camera's flashgun
...
