Countryside tourists visiting the blue ridge mountains and countryside enjoy a stop off at the Old Toad Pub. The rustic ideal and design theme were desired in this project to attract the weekender tourists from the Washington DC, Baltimore, and Richmond metro areas as they spend a weekend at a nice countryside bed and breakfast or tour the local wineries near Charlottesville VA. The reclaimed barn wood facing used on the bar was taken from a barn not twelve miles from the restaurant’s location by Gepetto Craftsmen who finished out the bar design to serve both the drinking patrons, but also the speed and accessibility of the staff serving the drinks day in and day out. The L shaped bar with service corner helps separate the bar area from the seated dining area. Our commitment to solid wood as a craft shows through in every polished inch of the bartop surface! A proprietary mix of curing, polishing and chemical finishes builds a deep luster on top of the gorgeous wood grain that you won’t hesitate to serve, spill or clean on top of. Contact us to start your custom bar construction for your home or business.
Rustic Bar Construction | Custom Restaurant Fittings
The concept for the pecky cypress kitchen project came from a lack in the home builder’s kitchen’s ‘spirit’. The floor plan layout make the kitchen viewable from the entry hall, and left much to be desired in it’s style and warmth for this central piece of the home design. The homeowner was not able to get a satisfactory response from the general contractor and so turned to Gepetto. We brought a willingness to listen, and extensive design experience to the table to help the home owner make an organic visual and tactile experience come to life in their central living space.
The key component that breaks the design mold, achieving the goals of the homeowner in the process, was to use the exotic and difficult to work with Pecky Cypress wood species. Matthew Wiley’s modern eclectic design sensibility and daring to work with the unique scarred grain pattern in the cypress brings the unique look and functional success to this kitchen and bookshelf project. You may be wondering where the difficulty comes from. Take a look at this closeup picture:
Architectural millwork for spiral staircase construction across Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, Philadelphia and Southern PA. Virginia Custom Spiral Staircase Builders project slideshow is above. Get a quote for your custom staircase manufactured by hand from local VA craftsmen. The most complex designs fit intricate spaces and can be quoted and completed efficiently to meet your project’s deadlines from our Richmond shop. Warehouse renovation from the ground up with reclaimed materials from exposed beams or old flooring can be done on budget and timeilne with a shop as capable as Gepetto. Builders of exquisite wood architectural elements like spiral staircases and curved railings like pictured here in this slideshow take great care with the materials to bend and twist with the wood grain. Along with the complex measurements that are required to accurately build in the three dimensional turns of a spiral, we take great care to meet the structural strength and weight bearing needs of the staircases we build.
We have used solid wood joinery with the center column in several projects, but here we blended the the flexibility and strength of steel to meet the architectural needs of this project. The three levels of the Ladybird Hat Factory renovation were connected with this spiral staircase built around the elevator shaft. The new addition of an elevator to this late 19th century building left us plenty of structural integrity from which to hang the floating staircase. The extra large internal diameter allowed us to use a lower angle between steps as we completed the arc between levels. Walk in sometime to experience how the arc of the staircase moves through the space. Complete the turn on solid wood planks as you rise from level to level and feel the craftsmanship that we intended.
These dark black built in cabinets contrast with the hot pink walls of this children’s room.
Specialty storage systems custom designed to fit your room add’s elegant grace to hide children’s toys and adds permanent value to your historic home built without closets. In this 1890’s home with 12ft ceilings and without modern closets custom built storage systems make a very elegant statement in a room that could easily be overcome by clutter or oddly sized storage solutions. The design team at Gepetto will ensure that clever treats like matching bench seating under your windows provide for both space and function.
Gepetto brought handmade care to the architectural drawings for Si Restaurant in Downtown Richmond.
View the gallery above to see this heart pine and maple custom milled with circular passageways, arcs and slanted wine rack shelves. The bar style table extends from the vertical curve of the wine rack for bar height seating. The unique table construction utilizing cross grain square cut tiles planed and polished with an epoxy sealer brings the natural warmth and organic fingerprint to the entire surface of the restaurant interior. The bench seating formed from a wave of finish grade ply melds up into the walls and their block and line modern design. The natural organic unstained wood complements and warms the minimalist modern design. (more…)
