This isn't a most recent project, but one I did a few years ago. It was kind of unique ,and I thought you might enjoy seeing it.
I had done a library wall for a couple, while working for a trim contractor, and they liked my work, and he asked me to come over. He wanted a wine cabnet for his growing wine collection. The only thing he spec'ed was to be in purpleheart and a Chinese design from some cabinets at Epcot ( Disney World ). He wipped out a catalog of wine cellar cabinets from a Calif. co., which all looked like K-Mart furniture.What we decused was to get one of them and reveneer and add appliques to give it a fine furniture appearence. What followed was a trip to Epcot and then to the library to do some research on chinese furniture as well as a couple trips to 2 furniture stores that specialized in Chinese furniture.
I made 3 drawings of the ready-mades redone to give a proper appearence. When I brought them over, he would like any of them, but she says, I don't like them. The dinning room had a radious top alcove about 7'3" W X 18" deep, She walked over to it and waved her hand around and says " Roger, I want to fill this space ". He says , Roger You could built one from scratch, right. As she described what she wanted I made a quick rough sketch, she loved it.
We discused a rough price , and that I would get back with a scale drawing and contract, and $ was open. As I left, I was doing a yea! nice pc. of work, then it hit me uh-oh, I've never seen in any publication a refridgerated wood cabinet( it contains a unit that maintains 50-55 degrees and 70% hum. ). This unit looks a lot like a window AC unit and is fully contained ( no drip line ).
Roger