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From your designer’s drawings to finished cabinetry

A designer’s drawings set out the idea. We work out how to build it, then make it in our workshop, curved pieces included.

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Workshop photo: the carcass of a kitchen island with rounded ends on workshop stands, one end already skinned in veneered panel
Workshop photo

How a designer’s project becomes furniture

We keep the designer’s intent while we work out the construction, materials and details of manufacture.

  1. The designer’s project

    From the designer

    Plans, elevations and visualizations of the kitchen, pantry or laundry room, with a brief for each piece of furniture: sizes, materials, finishes, lighting and fittings.

  2. Measurements and shop drawings

    Our workshop

    A designer’s drawing is a concept of the piece. The designer’s brief calls for dimensions to be verified and shop drawings prepared before manufacture.

    [To confirm with Azimuth X: who measures on site, and an anonymized excerpt of a shop drawing.]

  3. Agreed with the designer

    With the designer

    Materials and finishes are agreed with the designer on samples before work begins, as the brief asks.

  4. Built in our workshop

    Our workshop, Waxhaw

    Cabinets are built and assembled in our workshop. Curved pieces are formed on a frame of shaped ribs and then skinned with panels.

    Curves built on a rib frame

Case: a kitchen island with rounded ends

In production  A kitchen, pantry and laundry room project from an interior designer. The island is the most complex piece.

Front elevation of the island, redrawn from the designer’s brief: 3100 mm long and 914 mm high, with veneered ends, a fluted center insert with rounded top corners, LED light under the top and a quartz top Quartz top LED 3000 K Veneer Fluted insert, R130 Recessed plinth 3100 mm (122 in) 914 mm (36 in)
Front elevation, redrawn from the designer’s brief. Not to scale.

Specified in the designer’s brief

Size
3100 × 1300 mm, 914 mm high (about 122 × 51 × 36 in)
Materials
Matte enamel MDF in a RAL color, wood veneer, brass, a quartz top
Front
A fluted center insert with rounded top corners (R130), LED light at 3000 K under the top, a narrow plinth with a brass finish
Working side
Hinged doors with a center shelf, a microwave oven, pull-out baskets for lids, for pots and pans and for two waste bins

Curves built on a rib frame

The rounded parts of the island start as a frame of shaped ribs, glued up under clamps on the bench. The curved panels are then fitted over the frame.

  1. Workshop photo: a curved rib frame held in clamps while the glue sets
    The rib frame is glued up under clamps.
  2. Workshop photo: the finished curved rib frame standing on the workbench
    Close up: shaped ribs set the curve of the frame.
  3. Workshop photo: the rounded end of the island skinned with a veneered panel
    The rounded end of the island, skinned in veneer.

The intended result

The designer’s visualization of the finished kitchen: the island with rounded ends and a fluted front, lit stone, and tall cabinetry around it.

Design visualization: the finished kitchen in daylight, with the rounded island, three bar stools and tall wood cabinetry
Day. Design visualization: intended result.
Design visualization: the same kitchen in the evening, with warm light through the stone countertop and backsplash
Evening. Design visualization: intended result.

For interior designers

We work out how each piece in your drawings can be built, and agree materials and details with you on samples before we start.

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For homeowners with a design project

If your designer has drawn your kitchen, pantry or laundry room, send us the plans. We build the cabinetry in our workshop and install it.

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