A Fun Project at The Asheville Shop

I’ve been fortunate to be the “go to” person by The Asheville Shop personnel for small wood displays that require customization. This store is part of the Visitor Center at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. Over the past few years, I have made a dozen or so different things for them.

I like working with the staff at The Asheville Shop because they have allowed me some latitude in the creation of the idea(s).  For instance, one time they said they needed a trapezoid table to fit a certain space under which they would place stuffed animals with which the kids could play and hopefully the parents would buy.  Hearing that, I proposed the Stuffed Animal Cave drawing which was immediately approved. Other projects ranging from a sign standard to point-of-purchase displays to pedestals and podiums are part of my creations.  Here are a few pictures of some of the items I’ve made:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children Book Shelves

Recently, they mentioned they needed a small bookshelf for kids’ books. It had to fit a certain corner which called for odd shaped shelves

and they wished for no mounting hardware to be visible. That was a challenge. I’ve installed “floating shelves” where the support mechanism is hidden within the shelf, but that calls for much thicker wood, which is not only expensive, but also a lot heavier than what was needed. Recognizing also that the position of the shelf would not align well with the wall studs, the challenge only increased.

Well, I “invented” this concept which I’ll try to picture here:

 

 

 

 

 

The upright would be mounted against the wall hiding the L-brackets embedded within both the vertical piece as well as the shelves. While in my shop, I epoxied all the pieces to make it one solid shelf unit and no hardware was exposed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finished Results:

Here is a picture of both my proposed design and the finished result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to add icing to the cake, they allowed me to enhance the top shelf with a mountain scene and a momma bear with two cubs.

 

Is there any wonder why I like working for the people at The Asheville Shop? I hope someday you’ll have a chance to visit the store.