H&W is very proud to have been awarded the 2021 BRAGB Prism Award for Best Millwork or Custom Cabinetry. This fantastic room started with a request from the homeowner to Architect John MacDonald, MMA, for a “Woman Cave” with a whiskey theme off her master suite.
The architect designed arched African mahogany-clad beams to mimic the hoops used to hold a whiskey barrel together. African Mahogany is the perfect hardwood choice with its beautiful grain and dense fibers which are rot and termite resistant.
A wall of built in shelving and cabinetry conceal a state-of-the-art sound system and speakers.
The Architect incorporated locally quarried stone that is similar to volcanic lava stone for the end wall .
This photo captures our Lead Installer and one of his crew as they are about to install a section of oak slats. The slats we pre-assembled in sections with a backer of speaker fabric to conceal the thick layer of acoustic insulation (yellow in picture).
Before our Draftsmen could begin our AutoCad shop drawings, our Project Manager, Cole, led a small team to the Caribbean job site where they used a laser to calculate the exact dimensions based on the framing.
H&W's Shipping Department built custom shipping crates designed to protect the curved beams from any damage on their long journey. This photo is a peek into just one of the crates. Each beam was secured to a backer and rested on cross supports. Each crate held two layers of beams.
In total, this fantastic room required over 600 Engineering hours, nearly 250 hours in our Finish Department and 700 installation hours. While it is not nearly the largest project we have ever worked on, it is certainly one of the more unique projects.
Elegant mahogany finials accent the angle where the arched ceiling beams transition to a horizontal surface for conceal the Shade Pocket fascia.
Morehouse MacDonald and Associates, Inc. | Bennett Hoffard Construction| Richard de’Arth Photography