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Nominated for At Home Magazine Design Awards 2012- Green Construction of a Home

We are proud to be nominated this year for our Kirkwood project.  Winners announced Oct. 18th, 2012.

 

 

Exited about our latest install- Custom Urban Recycled Siberian Elm Bookshelves-Rubbed Finish

Rethink Renovations -St. Louis Green Construction, Cabinetry, Furniture

 

 

Price Reduced-For Sale- 2327 Wengler Ave, St. Louis, 63114…..$124,900

Completely remodeled by Rethink Renovations

St. Louis Green Construction, Cabinetry, Furniture

Call for a showing… Lisa Bakhtiari with Woods Brother Realty (314) 560-0967

This 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 1025 sqft. home has been completely renovated w/local, eco friendly, and energy efficiency in mind. Just listen to all the energy efficiency elements, Made in the USA products, & non toxic finishes this 1920s brick bungalow boosts.
All NEW:
-NEW Kitchen with NEW Quartz Countertops, 42″ Espresso Shaker Made in the USA Cabinetry & Frigidaire Stainless steel appliances & beautiful tile work
-NEW Bathroom w/shower/tub and vanity , linen closet, & stunning tile work!
-NEW Hardwood Floors throughout entire home (wood sourced from Missouri)
-NEW Anderson EnergyStar Casement Windows throughout entire home
-NEW HVAC Sys.(96% efficient furnace)
-NEW Electrical upgraded to all 3 prong and GFCIs/100 amp panel
-NEW Plumbing
- NEW Front Porch & Steps
-NEW Concrete Driveway & Rear Patio
-NEW Aluminum wrapping on exterior, including gutters/soffits.
Not only is the interior amazing, wait until you see the backyard and the 100 year old Oak Tree that shades the yard.

Bring your best offer…this home won’t last long!

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These images show the process that Patrick goes through to hand make each stool and each piece of our furniture.

The pieces of each stool are dry fit together, hand planed and sanded; adjusted as many times as necessary for a snug fit.  The pieces are then permanently connected together with glue and clamped to dry.

The care and consideration even the smallest of pieces commands (like our stools here) is testament to the craftsmanship and pride we take in this process and the final product.

After dried and unclamped, the stools are ready to be sanded and finished.  The stools shown here are ready and waiting for their turn to be finished.  Each one gets three coats of a water based finish, however, we also have water based milk paints in several colors that would be done at this time too.

After passing off the shop drawings, Patrick (our woodworker) puts in the order for the hardwood we need from St. Charles, MO based WunderWoods.  The raw lumber is cut down to rough dimensions and delivered to Patrick’s south St. Louis shop.

We see the most beautiful woods come back to us and things get really moving at this point!  To know these beautiful pieces of hardwood will soon become pieces of our furniture is really exciting!

 

This picture shows our little stools in their infancy, all ready for  Patrick’s skilled hands to assemble and finish them.  Notice all the different species of woods we have here?  Truly amazing the varied hardwoods we have available in Missouri.

 

I wanted to post a few entries about the actual process of creating our furniture pieces.  Let’s take one of our darling little stools as an example, shall we.

The first stage, of course, is the design.  For our stools, we came up with a simple sketch of an idea, then tweaked the details with the help of our woodworker, and finally produced a set of shop drawings.  These are the blueprints that are used to build from; from the pieces to the joints to the way it all goes together.