Robert Ortiz Studios
Contemporary Furniture In The
Shaker & Japanese Traditions

207C S. Cross Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
Phone:  (410) 810-1400
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Custom Buit-in

This built in, made in the Daniel Line style is the only time that I have made a built in that was built with the details of a free standing piece of furniture.  All the pulls were hand made, mortised into the drawer fronts and wedged with a contrasting piece of wood as just one example.  The upper door panels are made of crotch mahogany and are solid wood, not veneers.  I developed my own way of working with the cracks that naturally occur in crotch mahogany so that they would look natural and not like repairs.  I lost a lot of sleep on this project as I did not know until the 8th day of working on the cracks if they would hold.  If they did not, the panels would have been useless. 

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