Design Book IV
We received the unusual distinction of having had three works selected
for thoughtful design and careful execution, in a single edition.
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Each piece of furniture we build is a celebration of line, space, and natural surfaces… furniture your descendants will cherish for generations.
As you page through the gallery images, pause to enjoy the descriptive background notes provided in the drop-down text. If you don’t see exactly the piece you’re looking for, it is only because you haven’t asked us to design and build it for you… yet.
VIEW THE GALLERY OF OUR WORK
Once you weary of searching for just the right piece, just the right size, just the right style, just the right textures, colors, and details, for just the right purpose, in just the right space, let us custom design and build it… for just the right person and just the right home.
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Beautiful furniture stands in a room as though it were intentionally destined to fill that one, specific space. Every piece of the fine furniture we design and custom build is created to have exactly that kind of presence.
Occasional pieces, exquisitely proportioned to share a room with other furniture… or major pieces, conceived as the central focal element of a room… each of our designs contributes captivating wood patterns, finely finished surfaces, and elegantly artful lines to the space it shares.
Master craftsmanship imparts a quality of character to our custom designs that you will recognize each day our furniture graces the rooms of your home.
Free-standing or built-in, traditional or contemporary, the finest custom-built furniture is best understood as functional, three-dimensional art… sculpture of elegant utility.
Each piece has personality of its own, as individual as the clients for whom it was created. Warm and inviting, graceful and enchanting, bold and substantial, or stately and elegant, each piece is conceived to serve a particular purpose, and to do so with a particular style.
If you are the homeowner who appreciates living each day surrounded by beautiful forms that function to simplify and enhance our lives, ours is the custom shop to design and build those pieces that enchant as well as they serve.
One design may draw its charm from a simplicity of line in harmony with its clarity of purpose. Another may capture gracious elegance through exquisite detail and enchanting surface treatment.
All will reflect the intuitively creative eye and master craftsmanship that are the hallmark of the cabinetmaker’s art.
From Concept Illustrations to Detailed Shop Drawings ...
FOR THE PROSPECTIVE CLIENT: enjoying the portfolio our work, it is only natural to associate Jaeger & Ernst with the beautiful furniture, cabinetry, and interiors we create. Those who have worked with us before also recognize the creative effort and forethought behind the meticulous craftsmanship.
We produce extensive drawings… concept drawings, to help explore stylistic and functional options… working drawings, so everyone involved can see exactly how each cabinet feature will look and serve the finished room.
We work on projects of all sizes. We work directly with homeowners, and in collaboration with architects, general contractors, and interior designers.
"Our designs are artifacts of the makers' lives."
We generously contribute our years of woodworking design experience to the group effort that produces interior spaces ideally suited to the homes and lives of our clients. We encourage prospective clients and building professionals to include us in the earliest phases of a project’s development.
FOR THE ARCHITECT: who has developed the large-scale concept of the home… we support the house plans with detailed, working drawings for the seamless integration of the
cabinetry and interior millwork features.
The result is cabinetry and millwork so impeccably appropriate to the overarching aesthetic of the house that it appears to have evolved naturally, in place, from their original designs.
Gifted cabinetmakers are hard to come by, and we are truly fortunate to have assembled the select group of individuals who work in our shop.
FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR: charged with efficient, timely structural production… our drawings and close communication support the job foreman
and related sub-contractors in the site-preparations for the cabinetry.
The planning behind our working drawings helps avoid “issues” and costly delays, to assure thoroughly satisfied homeowners. No more re-locating the light switches… again.
No matter how high a skill level our cabinetmakers have achieved, they continuously rise to the challenge of expanding their areas of expertise.
A modern cabinetmaker must be as deft with a power saw and abrasive planer as his predecessors were with chisels and mallet.
FOR THE INTERIOR DESIGNER: coordinating a home’s aesthetic sensibilities and expanding its stylistic themes throughout the interior spaces… we contribute the creative design support that produces furniture-quality, built-in features and finely crafted furnishings. Our custom kitchens and home office-libraries often draw requests for a special dining table or an individualized desk.