A lucky glimpse of our work on a “mid-century modern treasure”

Screen Shot 2017-08-18 at 4.46.51 PMFor most of our projects, we create cabinetry for multiple rooms in a home, and we end up with extensive photos of the final “product” that we share in our gallery.

For a recent project, we worked on only one room, creating high-gloss kitchen cabinetry with the Zero-Edge technology we invested in last year. In this case, we did not do the installation, which is rare for us. Work is hopping, and I never followed up to get post-installation photos of the finished kitchen.

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Fortunately, this beautiful mid-century modern home went on the market not long ago, and it drew the attention of Curbed Atlanta, which featured the home in July (“In Druid Hills, midcentury modern treasure is ‘unadulterated’ for $799K”).

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It was great to see the finished kitchen, and thanks to the kindness of the staff at Domo Realty, which is handling the sale of the home, I’m able to share screenshots of the kitchen here.

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A view of the kitchen from the dining room

If you enjoy mid-century modern, I highly recommend that you take a look at the Curbed Atlanta feature, as well as the Domo Realty listing for extensive photos of this distinctive home.

And the folks at Domo also passed on a compliment that we appreciated: The house is under contract, and they told us that the kitchen helped sell the house. We enjoy seeing all of our projects through from start to finish, and that kind of feedback is the icing on the cake.

Dark Horse wins four 1st-place awards from the Cabinet Makers Association

I headed to Las Vegas last week for the AWFS (Association of Woodworking and Furnishing Suppliers) Fair, one of the biggest events for our industry. There are always new products to see and great ideas to bring home, and this year, I also got a chance to promote the Cabinet Makers Association (CMA) in my role as a board member.

I enjoyed all of that, but there was another very important highlight of my trip: Four first-place “Wood Diamond” awards from the CMA, which held its awards dinner during AWFS.

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CMA President Matt Krig took time to offer his congratulations for our awards during AWFS

 

As I’ve said before, the awards mean even more because we know our fellow cabinet makers truly “get it” – they look at our work and understand the time and attention to detail we put into it.

So what is a Wood Diamond Award? “The CMA was founded on the principles of sharing one’s experiences and ideas with other members in an effort to promote success and professionalism in the woodworking business,” says the association’s Executive Director, Amanda Conger. “The Wood Diamond Award program allows yet another outlet for that purpose to be fulfilled.”

CMA members who were not participating in the competition served as judges; this year, the awards recognized 34 award winners from 17 member companies.

Here are the details on our awards and the projects that were recognized:

1st place ~ Kitchen: European (Under $25,000)
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1st place ~ Bar, Residential: European ($25,000 – $50,000

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1st place ~ Fireplace Surround: European (Under $25,000)
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1st place ~ Closet: European (Under $25,000)

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I’ve said this when we’ve won awards in the past, and it rings true any time our work is recognized. Without design-savvy clients, designers, architects and all of the other talented people we partner with on projects (and their commitment to quality), Dark Horse would not have award-worthy work, so we share this recognition with all of them.

~ Chris Dehmer and the Dark Horse team

Details: The kitchen that needed a library ladder

We like new twists, and this is one that we haven’t covered on the blog: For a very cool mid-century modern home in the Decatur area, we created kitchen cabinets that are more than 11 feet high from floor to ceiling.

To ensure that the homeowners can easily use the cabinet space at the top of the cabinets (oak veneer with a custom gray stain), the contractor decided to add a library-style ladder.

The bad news?

The photos were taken before the ladder was added. (Fortunately, we know all of our followers have vivid imaginations and can picture how cool this would be.)

But if you look closely, you can see another cool feature in the photo below. That tall cabinet on the far right may look like pantry space, but it’s actually the refrigerator in wood “camouflage.” But these clients have kids, so we added a steel panel on the side of the fridge so they would still have a spot for a kitchen art gallery.

It’s unique requests and finishing touches like this that make every project a blast.