With the cabinet making/desk surfacing now complete, it’s time to install.
Old desk out, new desk in. Center support in place.
Side supports
Wire hide and foot kick
Surface in place
Built-in cabinet placement
Rewiring of network jacks and electrical sockets
Working cubby and drawers
Installed top surface
Everything back to normal
Green building blog Jetson Green featured our house on the front page today! Check out the whole story here:
“Vermont Green Home Features Contemporary Style”
Thanks for the love, guys! It’s always good to get the word out that affordable, sustainable and stylish green building CAN be done.
Our house’s previous web cameos:
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Green Tour: Our Readers Build in Vermont
Dwell/AIA “How Green Are You?” Contest | In-Town Building
BoingBoing | Patchwork kitchen floor made from Marmoleum ends
materialicious | linoleum remnant kitchen floor
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Update:
A recent issue of the Boston Globe Magazine featured a nice article about our house, with some great professional photos to boot. (registration is free on the Boston.com website)
The article is available online at: http://tinyurl.com/4yzkbj
The photo gallery is here: http://tinyurl.com/4h4t3g
Even though Rae and I both work from home, the office area was one of the least finished parts of the house, with a temporary Ikea-based desk (an adjustable leg system + MDF top) and coffee table as countertop stand-in.
Yuk! That MDF needs some sanding.
So, after 6+ months of working literally 2 feet from each other we decided to hit the workshop for some much needed desk building.
Measuring up
Plywood base
Marmoleum top (no surprises there)
Edge banding on all sides this time
Cutting materials for the built-in behind the desk
Drilling machine for adjustable shelving (so cool)
Cabinet assembly
Iron on edge banding this time
Finished carcass with reused drawers from a previous shop project
