Interior window dressing by Shapira Builders Simple and beautiful solution for dressing a window. I created this window dressing for my daughter’s apartment. The frame work is made of rough swan cedar wood. The fabric is thick cotton lace stapled to the back side. Installed three small hinges on each side on the face of the frame. I applied dark stain to the woodwork prior to fabric installation. Thank you for reading. Shapira...
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Installation of French doors in an existing arch way between hallway and an office My clients had an open archway between his office and the hallway in his house. The archway is about ten feet wide and nine feet tall. My clients asked me for suggestions how to go about with such wide opening, the wanted French doors. My first thought was sliding French doors and two fixed side panels that are the same size are the sliding doors. I...
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Custom design knotty alder bi-fold doors My client found me on Angie’s List and asked me to design doors system to fit into an archway that is leading to a guest bed room and a half bathroom. The guest bed room is right off the main entry door. The idea is to create more privacy for the guests. She wanted some kind of bi-fold doors made of knotty alder to match the rest of the doors in the house. I made a sketch for her and she...
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Coffee table designed and created by Shapira Builders This coffee table is simple and elegant, an easy solution to move it around the house. Made with pine wood, few screws, glue and spray cans of paint. Designed and created by Dov Shapira
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Double mahogany front doors by Shapira Builders Eight by eight feet door system. Designed and installed by Shapira...
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Sliding French door with one fixed panel This home had a nice size room with no doors, just an open square archway. My client wonted to turn the room into an office with dual pane glass French doors. This system works much better than installing double doors, that would require a lot of space. My solution was, one fixed panel and one sliding door. The existing opening was too large for standard doors. I reduced the opening with two by four...
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