I've been asked to build this for someone. I'm sort of stuck on the general design at this point. The front panels are curved so it has to be a formed piece, and it has to be very load-bearing. I'm planning on the entire project being panels of vacuum pressed veneer work, but they aren't giving me any direction on woods or finishes. Their house is a mis-match of pseudo high-end woodwork trim. I've seen at least three different species of wood in what is meant to look like oak frame and panel work. I could really go off on the carpenters who fitted out a high-end house in a country club this way, but I'll refrain. Suffice it to say that it's moulding glued over plywood and finished in place. And it doesn't look good.
The doors will be overlay. I don't think I want to make them frame and panel, mainly due to the curve required for the rails. I could curve the face of the stiles to match the curve of the door panel itself, but it seems like a lot of work. They wanted inset doors, but I really don't think it's a good idea on a curved panel like this in case of spring-back. The face panels are held in place, but not the doors. My plan is for both to be 3/4" in the end, consisting of multiple layers of thin ply vacuum pressed with veneer on both faces.
For finishing, they can't decide on the finish they want. The wife showed me her painted kitchen cabinets that were dry-brushed. Personally, they look horrible, but if they want it painted, I'll spray and polish it. I think I'll walk away from the project if they want it dry-brushed. I know the final topcoat will be pre-cat lacquer sprayed on.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated. It's sort of looking like RTA furniture at the moment, but a lot of that is the haste with which I modeled this. I didn't create a lot of moulding profiles, nor did I do a special profile to the edges of the top surface. I really wanted to do the panels with a burl or ribbon veneer, but I don't think they're going for it.
The doors will be overlay. I don't think I want to make them frame and panel, mainly due to the curve required for the rails. I could curve the face of the stiles to match the curve of the door panel itself, but it seems like a lot of work. They wanted inset doors, but I really don't think it's a good idea on a curved panel like this in case of spring-back. The face panels are held in place, but not the doors. My plan is for both to be 3/4" in the end, consisting of multiple layers of thin ply vacuum pressed with veneer on both faces.
For finishing, they can't decide on the finish they want. The wife showed me her painted kitchen cabinets that were dry-brushed. Personally, they look horrible, but if they want it painted, I'll spray and polish it. I think I'll walk away from the project if they want it dry-brushed. I know the final topcoat will be pre-cat lacquer sprayed on.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated. It's sort of looking like RTA furniture at the moment, but a lot of that is the haste with which I modeled this. I didn't create a lot of moulding profiles, nor did I do a special profile to the edges of the top surface. I really wanted to do the panels with a burl or ribbon veneer, but I don't think they're going for it.
