Turn an open porch to a screened porch.

Custom made screen doors and steps.

While doing other misc. repairs the client asked if I could install a safe somewhere in a large closet. My solution was to make a cabinet that blends in in the closet and offers a modest level of concealment for the safe. The client had a mirror that they wanted to make use of also.

The mirror is mounted flush to the frame and will not open in the closed position.

The mirror must be pulled forward about 2 inches before it will swing open.

For the mirror/door to work I had to make a special sliding hinge. So far, it seems to work pretty good.

The drawers use a shop made slide rail

Rough cabinet in the shop

This chimney was in bad shape but the customer didn’t want to rebuild it. So, I came up with this solution:
Repoint the brick, reinforce the chimney with steel angle, and then draw it together with metal pallet strapping.
It looks fairly strong now. I’m not sure how long the strapping will last. I’ll check back in the future to see how this is working out.

The client wanted to have a place for a safe and had a mirror that they wanted hung. They also had some other painted shelves in this area.  I came up with the idea to make a cabinet that would hold the safe and use the mirror as part of the door. The mirror fits flush to the cabinet frame and obscures the safe compartment.  The object was not to completely conceal the safe, but to make it inconspicuous. The cabinet is painted to match other items in this area so it blends in.

The mirror covers the underlying door by about 1 1/2 inches so I couldn’t find any conventional hinges that would open that far.   I mounted the hinges to custom made sliding brackets. This allows the mirror to be pulled forward away from the cabinet frame, allowing it to open.

Drawers use shop made wooden runners etc…