Cabinetry

Metropolis Construction built and installed these custom kitchen cabinets for a remodel of an early 20th century home in the East Isles neighborhood of Minneapolis. They are built of maple and feature inset doors and drawer fronts. The door panel style was copied from vintage cabinets in the dining room. The island was painted a different color to provide contrast with the rest of the cabinetry, and the counterop colors also change to highlight the island. Inside the cabinets are a number of space and time saving pull outs.

This is a 3/4 bath added to the main floor of a home that lacked a main floor bath. The space was limited so we had to make a custom vanity and really think through the design to make it useable and work within the space. In floor heat elminated the need for a radiator, which made all the difference in the small footprint available. The tile is hand made and sourced from Clay Squared to Infinity. The second photo shows the custom walnut vanity, it's a few inches shallower than a standard vanity to allow for it to fit between the wall the doors on either side of the room.

I am a record collector and a few years ago when I renovated my house I built some record shelves for my collection. Mostly I collect 7" singles and I was looking for a compact way to store my collection. I had bought an old library card catalog at a yard sale for storing cassette tapes and one day it dawned on me I could build a similar type of cabinet scaled up to store 7" records. I built and installed the cabinets in my house and they have worked out great.