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BEHIND THE SCENES OF A PHOTO SHOOT....

BEHIND THE SCENES OF A PHOTO SHOOT....

Remember that kitchen I posted about.... Well it is cruising along at a snails pace. These kitchen cabinets are a process to install. I a...

6:14 AM

DESIGNING A KITCHEN

DESIGNING A KITCHEN

Good Morning! January 5th.... the holidays are over and I hate to be the bearer of bad news.... but it's time to get back to work. Bett...

6:40 AM

MARCH, SF

<a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7870003542_a94ff15fde_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="981" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7870003542_a94ff15fde_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#999999;"><i>(all photos by David John)</i></span><br /><br /><br /></div>A long weekend spent winding up the coast to wine country(!) in Northern California with our cameras in hand to photograph our lasted <span style="font-size:100%;">DISC</span> Interiors residential project we recently completed.  During the planning phases we decided to stay a night in San Francisco, one of the main reasons being to see the store, owned by Sam Hamilton, called <span style="font-size:130%;"><b>MARCH</b></span>.<br /><br />Josh Vogel has works in abundance in MARCH, some that were part of a show from earlier this year.  <a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2011/12/conversation-with-josh-vogel.html"><i>(read a previous interview with Josh Vogel here)</i></a> Also, a basket maker and artist also from New York I admire, Jonathan Kline, had sculptural large forms in March's store front window and smaller works/baskets scattered through out the store.  <span style="color:#999999;"><i> - David John</i></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7870003044_242bf91af3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="972" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7870003044_242bf91af3_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7870001142_d56d5b0a7b_c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="809" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7870001142_d56d5b0a7b_c.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="702" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7870004398_f1ee7ec736_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="953" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7870004398_f1ee7ec736_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="701" /></a><br /><i>works by Josh Vogel</i><br /><br /></div><br /><br />"There is a very big aspect of the work that I do that is rooted in a long line of craft tradition. One of my favorite quotes to paraphrase is Isaac Newton’s one about "standing on the shoulders of giants…And if I have seen further it’s because…”.<br /><br />Checking in with this idea is very much a part of my daily life. But, I gather as much inspiration and motivation from my daily life, my immediate environment, & the people around me as I do from looking backwards or forwards. The instance of my own connection happens only by being absolutely present & engaged. It unfolds & reveals itself moment to moment…there is no great mystery here, it’s just the nature of work & being creative.<br /><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2011/12/conversation-with-josh-vogel.html"><span style="color:#333333;"><i>read full interview with Josh Vogel here. </i></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7870004796_d28802112f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="904" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7870004796_d28802112f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7870155386_220708d62f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="912" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7870155386_220708d62f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7870004024_213c1b1bbe_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="965" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7870004024_213c1b1bbe_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><i>Sculptures by <a href="http://www.blackashbaskets.com/">Jonathan Kline,</a><br />Blackash Baskets, Trumansburg, NY </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/7870156080_51ba10c6cd_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="837" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/7870156080_51ba10c6cd_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="703" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>Stools by</i><a href="http://www.sawkille.com/#/about/"> Sawkille, Catskills NY</a><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://www.marchsf.com/"><i>go to MARCH here. </i></a><br /></div><br /></div><br />

MARCH, SF

(all photos by David John) A long weekend spent winding up the coast to wine country(!) in Northern California with our cameras in hand to p...

9:43 PM

DISC Interiors

<i><b>residential project:</b><br />Los Feliz Hills<br /><br /></i><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7733516730_5b1be9ba11_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1064" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7733516730_5b1be9ba11_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><div align="center"><i>custom vanity, brass + oak + marble for the master bathroom</i><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7733518330_02300c9771_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1006" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7733518330_02300c9771_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><div align="center"><i><br /><br />last finishing details of <b>the kitchen</b>,<br />oak jewel-box interiors for the cabinetry</i><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7733517690_31fd38b9e2_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="1021" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7733517690_31fd38b9e2_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="700" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><i>extra thick oak butcher block kitchen island</i><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><i><br /></i>More images to come soon from completed residential projects.<br />For more information, please visit <a href="http://discinteriors.com/DISC/HOME.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>DISC Interiors</b></span></a> here.<br /></div></div>

DISC Interiors

residential project: Los Feliz Hills custom vanity, brass + oak + marble for the master bathroom last finishing details of the kitchen , oak...

8:43 AM

a conversation with Scott Hudson, Henrybuilt

<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">..</span><br />"You just have to keep working on it.  It took me </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">20 years of building  </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">and  designing things before I felt like I could make anything really  worth  building a business around.  </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">So I am slow.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">"<br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/7019378719_d464d7a224_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/7019378719_d464d7a224_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 466px;" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/6889441102_c663d5712c_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/6889441102_c663d5712c_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 1049px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">above photos of Henrybuilt's SOHO showroom, by David John.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.henrybuilt.com/" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Henrybuilt</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> began in 2001</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> out of a shed in Vashon Island. 11 years  later, Scott Hudson, Founder and CEO of Henrybuilt, which is based in Seattle with showrooms in Seattle  and New York, continues to produce kitchen and home storage systems, as  well as hand-built furniture that <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"feels natural and from the hands."</span></span> Hudson, the founder of Henrybuilt, created <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Viola Park</span></span>,  in the last few years during the economic downturn, as a way to reach a  new client. Viola Park's clients use software to design their own  cabinet systems, bringing prices down, and allowing Hudson's vision to  reach a new audience. The company’s current design tool is the beginning  of what is becoming a more sophisticated online design system.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">     <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Innovation + Craft</span></span></span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">When  the Henrybuilt office contacted me last year, I was delighted to talk  with Scott Hudson about his past, his dedication to working with his  hands, and his ability to steer his company into profit when so many  companies in the design community have collapsed in the last few years.  (no easy task.)  On a recent trip to New York, I was able to stop into  their Soho showroom on Grand Street, where I was able to touch, and use  the Henrybuilt systems.  There is indeed a warmth, a feeling of ease, a  slowness and authenticity in his work that is immediately apparent upon  touch.  A feeling of timelessness, and classic <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Modern American" </span></span>craft.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks Scott and Lisa.<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">   -David John</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7019399513_c96a92d73a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7019399513_c96a92d73a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 466px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Henry  Spurgeon Hudson, your grandfather built his homes out of stones  gathered from his own property. Tell  me about your grandfather, and  your relationship to him, and "to making things."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Scott Hudson:</span>  My  grandfather wanted to become an architect, but his dreams were   sidetracked by the depression. He was the only son in a long line of   farmers. Although he had to pass up the chance to go to school for   architecture at North Carolina State in 1932, he did inherit a 200 acre   farm. And on that farm he made a life that turned out to have many   blessings he may never have experienced if his life had gone a different   way.  Perhaps chief among them was the fact that he and his wife  became  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span>sort of virtuosos of their physical environments</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >.</span>   Not artistically, but functionally – and a kind of beauty came out of   that.<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> They learned how to make the home they lived in, the food they   ate, much of what they wore, and even some of their own tools</span></span> (my   great-grandfather was a blacksmith).<br /><br />We are distanced from this   kind of relationship with our physical environment now as a culture but   there is incredible power and grace in the ability to make a life this   way – and inspiration.<br /><br />I worked with my grandfather during the   summers starting when I was 12 years old. We ran fence, hauled hay,   built stone foundations ( I mostly carried hod ), framed buildings,   milled wood salvaged from old barns, and built cabinets for the school   district. I loved physical work, but I was mostly just trying to keep up   when it came to making things. Only when I left home did I really  start  making anything of significance on my own.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span>Henrybuilt is: "<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Highly refined but approachable-</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span> and optimized for use.  No novelty.  Simple and distilled.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Have  you  always been interested in refined work, or has it taken you years   to distill your work to its fundamental forms and materials?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Scott Hudson: </span>My   mother collected Shaker furniture. And my whole family’s farm-based   aesthetic was based on function. That’s not to say my grandfather’s work   was ‘beautiful’ in a traditional design sense. It was pretty plain. He   had a little different orientation to what he was doing than I do. He   never would have fussed so much over the ‘beauty’ part. For me, when a   thing is distilled in its form, it takes on a dignity that can be out  of  proportion – in a good and surprising way – with what you would  expect a  physical object to be able to represent. That is why I am  doing this.  Because when you achieve that you’ve really done something  for someone.  But it’s a process. You just have to keep working on it.  It took me 20  years of building and designing things before I felt like  I could make  anything really worth building a business around. So I am  slow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6873273316_aeedf91aa0_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6873273316_aeedf91aa0_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 467px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br />the veneers being labeled and sequenced</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">How   important is "material selection" to you, and what materials do you   find yourself attracted to, and why? Favorite materials to work with?    Materials that challenge you to no end? </span></span><br /><br />Material  selection is very important. Every material has a character. Some better  than others for certain things. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Most  people’s tendency is to isolate  materials, though. Really they are  only good or bad based on what they  are combined with and what they are  doing. </span>All good designers and  builders know this. But getting  this across to others – others who are  your clients – can be very  challenging. Its not easy to project what a  combination of materials  will feel like, and its very easy to be seduced  by a small piece of  stone or wood that in large doses will be all  wrong.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span>My favorite materials <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">‘wear no makeup’ </span></span>and don’t show off. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >They  sit quietly, somewhat in the background and look beautiful when you  notice them.</span> The best fashion designers understand this – and the  subtleties of combining material better than anyone.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/6873273032_4735506b17_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/6873273032_4735506b17_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 467px;" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Henrybuilt chairs prior to being varnished.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span></span></span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7019399915_b7e3c87d0e_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7019399915_b7e3c87d0e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 582px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Were you formally trained as a craftsmen?   </span></span><br /><br />The   only formal training I have as a craftsman was 6 weeks in a welding   program that enabled me to work in the oil fields – something I had   really wanted to do - during a period when I dropped out college. And to   be perfectly clear about this, it is not my craftsmanship that sets  the  standard for Henrybuilt. It is the work of many other much more   talented craftspeople who make up the team at Henrybuilt.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">You   began Henrybuilt out of a shed in  Vashon  Island.  How quickly did the company grow, and how has your work   changed over the 10 years? </span></span><br /><br />The company grew much   more quickly than I expected. It doubled in size for the first several   years. Recently with the housing downturn, we have grown much more   slowly, but we have been fortunate to keep growing and expanding into   new areas and new products even through the downturn. We seem to be   entering another period of rapid growth now.<br /><br />Our work has become   more precise, and more complete over the years. The primary focus of  our  business is the development of systems, like our kitchen system,  that  combine a very high level of craft with a holistic approach to  design.  So we are less and less focused on parts, and more and more  focused on  how assembly’s of parts come together. The concept of  approaching a  kitchen as a ‘system’ is not ours. It originates in  Europe, and  company’s like <a href="http://www.bulthaup.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bulthaup</span></span></a>   have taken it to a high level. But the combination of this approach   with the particular feel we create, and the level of customization – is   unique. <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The objective of creating the ultimate combination of system, customization and craft is what drives our design effort. </span></span>We   believe this system approach is the future of the market and the  future  of the way people approach the design and building of the best  kitchens  – and perhaps other areas of the home as well.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Are   your kitchens and furniture work following any specific aesthetic   design history?  Can you step back and see your influences? </span></span><br /><br />We share influences with a lot of modern designers:<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> the Scandinavians, the Japanese, the Shakers, the mid-century modern masters.</span>   But we are focused on something our own too that is very American that   is difficult to describe. We are trying to achieve the beauty of   something that fulfills a large part of its value by being a tool,   without losing the feeling that you want to cozy up to it.<br /><br />One of my goals is to always make things that <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">feel natural and from the hands</span> </span></span>of   the people who are designing and making them. Its always interesting  to  hear what the guys in the shop think of something as its being   designed. The link between designing and making is tight. We try to keep   this built into the design and prototyping process. It’s a   collaborative effort. And that produces a more honest product. If we   were just a designer, or just a manufacturer, the quality of the design   that we produce would be different.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />There are moments of "color" in your Viola Park line, how do you think about color?  </span></span><br /><br />Color is not my first instinct. The credit for the color in the <a href="http://www.violapark.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Viola Park line</span></span></a>   really goes to Virginie Remy, one of the key members of the Henrybuilt   design team who worked with me on the development of the line. I  wanted  to use color in our own version of the way the Shakers did, but  she  brought it to life and made it Viola Park. The work of Henrybuilt –  and  Viola Park - is a result of the effort of a lot of people,  designers and  makers, coming together. And often that includes coming  together with  our clients, with them as part of the design team.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />"Modern American."  Do you think this phrase captures Henrybuilt?</span></span><br /><br />It’s an honorable phrase and a worthwhile goal.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Roy   McMakin, I can't help to think of his work when I see Henrybuilt.   Both  of you I feel continue the discussion of minimalism, spare use of   color, and a strong study of form, and line.  </span></span><br /><br />Roy McMakin’s work is remarkable. It’s flattering for you to find a similarity. He is someone who clearly understands that <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">an object can have powers that transcend what people expect of it</span></span> – and knows how to create that quality of work – and is willing to do what it takes to make that happen, which is not easy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7019379017_38ceea8221_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7019379017_38ceea8221_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 466px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.henrybuilt.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Henrybuilt</span></a></span> here, and  <a href="http://www.violapark.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">visit <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Viola Park</span> here.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://henrybuilt.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Follow Henrybuilt <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >tumbler</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--------------------</span>

a conversation with Scott Hudson, Henrybuilt

.. "You just have to keep working on it. It took me 20 years of building and designing things before I felt like I could make anythi...

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a tour of Modern-Aire

<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">..</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >"a third generation family owned and operated company<br />which has been in business since </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1956</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >."</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6793240150_f971f6e171_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6793240150_f971f6e171_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 934px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br />a custom hood in it's last moments before getting shipped.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><a href="http://www.modernaire.com/Home.html"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modern-Aire</span></span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is one of the generous sponsors for the upcoming </span><a href="http://www.modenus.com/blog/category/blogtour" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modenus</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  blog tour in NYC in a few weeks.  This morning, I took a tour of their facility in  North Hollywood, where they produce their stunning, custom-made hoods.   It's rare to see small companies producing everything in-house these  days, but this is Modern-Aire's way.  I admire their dedication to craft. With over 56 years here in Los  Angeles, it's impressive to hear how a company is able to produce  honest, useful, and beautiful works for the home.</span>  <br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In one area of  the warehouse, sheets of metal  are cut in preparation.  Next they are  formed by an artisan that has worked with the company 20 plus years, and  assembled by hand, then powder-coated to perfection, and shipped off in  their warehouse.   Truly astounding to see these hoods being built before my eyes.   Their custom work ranges from ultra-modern seamless hoods to traditional  decorative hoods.<br /><br />Thanks Robert, see you in New York.   <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- David John</span></span><br /><a href="http://modernaire.com/Home.html" style="font-style: italic;"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6939350493_ed0f4da686_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6939350493_ed0f4da686_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 524px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://modernaire.com/Home.html" style="font-style: italic;">go here for more information....</a><br /><a href="http://www.modenus.com/profile/vendor/modern-aire-ventilating?page=1"><span style="font-style: italic;">and for a full photo gallery, go here.</span></a><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--------<br /><br /><br />--------</span><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

a tour of Modern-Aire

.. "a third generation family owned and operated company which has been in business since 1956 ." a custom hood in it's last m...

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