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Handmade Radiator Covers - cabinets to conceal exiting radiators
   
   
   
   
   
 

Hand-Made Radiator Cabinets

Bespoke Hand-Made Radiator Covers By Wheathills

Handmade Bespoke Radiator Cabinet Our radiator covers are created in the form of genuine pieces of furniture. Hand-made from stable
laminate board and traditionally hand veneered using reversible animal glues and interesting exotic timbers.

This example of a Biedermeier style has been veneered in quilted Maple; the veneer is initially soaked in order to become supple, and laid onto the base wood with the use of a veneering hammer. The cabinet body is vented to the top with the veneer being book-matched for effect. The 3 facing edges are veneered with vertical grain to an apron divided by ebonised Mahogany mouldings to a panel of horizontal veneer.

Hand-made commission piece - bespoke Radiator Cover  
Handmade Radiator Cabinet - showing book matched veneer

The faux doors are created from single sections of timber for stability and the illusion of a pair of doors has been created with the laying of the veneers to simulate a mortise and tennon appearance. Each door has been trimmed with ebonised Mahogany and fitted with elliptical brass mesh in the form of a Biedermeier chiffonier. A subtle piano hinge has been fitted to the base of the doors to enable access to the radiator within. The whole piece is supported by a deep plinth again laid on solid mahogany and ebonised in the detail..

Handmade Bespoke Radiator Cabinet All surfaces are decorated, the front and sides are of equal standing in quality and craftsmanship and as most radiators are placed in prominent positions in a home. Creating a piece in this manner allows it to stand alone as a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right.


See further Case Studies and examples of Wheathills' Handmade and Bespoke Furniture
Display Cabinet
Gaming Table
Pair Of Wine Cabinets
Contemporary Table
Memory Box

For Further Information on Handmade Furniture by Wheathills email: info@wheathills.com

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