Touch Points

There are a few places in a house where your hand frequently touches the architecture, and they deserve special attention. These custom-made cabinet handles by Seattle woodworker David M. Fen enhance the experience of use through carefully detailed visual and tactile qualities. I think of them as house jewelry.

Sometimes, a handle incorporates multiple wood species.  Some are  wrapped, and/or carved. The knob, at bottom of posting, includes a carved black onyx disk.

Fen says, “My work is inspired by the common-sense practicality of the West, the haiku simplicity of the East and the bold vigor of indigenous craft.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upper left image belongs to Laura Kraft-Architect. All others courtesy of David Fen Fine Woodworking.  Feel free to share any of these images, but please provide a link back to 2H Pencil. Thanks.

Clean and Simple

Design is a response to needs/wants. This backsplash design was generated in response to 5 things my client wanted:

  • a display shelf above the kitchen counter
  • a way to prevent various forms of kitchen crud from settling into seams
  • a cleanable surface behind all cooking activities
  • continuous, concealed power access under the upper cabinets, with no penetrations into the wall
  • concealed task lighting

Custom fabricated stainless-steel back splash with integrated shelf.

Continuous plug strip at wall, task lights forward. (One off and one on in this photo.)

Flush termination of steel at end of wall. Radiused transition between shelf and wall eliminates a seam.

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