Design Solutions - Spring 2008 - (Page 42) Assigned to create this new look was the interior design firm of Thomas Pheasant Interiors, located in Washington, DC, and the architectural woodwork firm of Zepsa Architectural Woodwork, an AWI member firm located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The woodwork was essential in building the interior architectural vocabulary for the residence, and to making it look completely original to the house both inside and out, says architect Thomas Pheasant. “As in all my projects, the background of the space creates the strength and character while the interior furnishings support the comforts and collections of the clients.” The complete architectural woodwork package, fabricated and installed by Zepsa, included cabinetry, custom interior doors, paneled rooms, custom stairs, trim and specialty millwork including columns, radius niches and shutters. Mahogany and Chestnut Private Residence Project woodwork is fabricated from crotch Mahogany and Chestnut. Most of the specialty millwork and trim is in a painted finish with wood finished selected for specific rooms. “Because of the country nature of the surroundings, I selected Chestnut for the library and game rooms for its less formal nature,” explains Pheasant. According to Zepsa’s Steve Ballenger, custom interior doors have solid Mahogany stiles and rails, book matched crotch Mahogany veneer panels and a custom brass strip inlay. The master bedroom has a large cove ceiling detail that received a custom fabricated curved lattice assembly. “This was an extremely difficult detail to execute and required a blending of input from creative, master woodworkers and innovative use of CNC programming technology,” notes Ballenger. Several rooms have unique patterned crown/fascia details. “The challenge we took upon ourselves,” he continues, “was to have the repeat point of the patterns meet properly at all inside and outside corners, such as around offsets, bump-outs, soffits, etc. Because we did this, the room corners showed a perfect union of the two halves of the inverted fleur-de-lis, as in the kitchen.” Pheasant says the woodwork in the master bedroom is the most noteworthy, especially the details in the ceiling. “These details did not allow for error or miscalculation.” The home owner agrees that the master bedroom ceiling was the most challenging aspect of the project because the intricate, curved lattice follows the shape of the ceiling. “Of overall distinction, the work in the billiards room creates a wonderful, all-wood look,” he adds. 4The counTry surroundings are reflected in the selection of Chestnut for the library and game room. 42 DESIGN SOLUTIONS I Spring 2008
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