A new Website for Slab-Fab-Studio plus other projects.

It is snowing on WordPress!

I just finished a remake of my Slab-Fab-Studio website.
I used a template design, then tweaked it to get just what I needed.
I wanted simplicity, user friendly navigation (good organization) and lots of pictures.
You can peruse the new website by clicking here.

Slab-Fab-Studio recently installed a retail counter for Chris McMillan’s new Dwellings store in Biltmore Park.
Shane Martin produced the counter carcasses. Slab-Fab-Studio did the ebony stained trim work, acid etched galvanized panels, and of course the concrete counter tops.

Our good friend , Ben Schlaefer, found an antique door he wanted to turn into a head board for his bed.
Ben did the nasty job of stripping off many layers of paint . Slab-Fab-Studio cut the door to size. Then welded up a bracket and bracing to tie the new head board to Ben’s existing bed frame.
This looks even better attached to the bed.

Slab-Fab-Studio is getting a bit experimental (for us) with a new “inset” slab design.
The idea is to pour a perimeter of concrete, then inset another contrasting pour of concrete after the perimeter has cured enough. Here is a picture of the perimeter with the wire lathe showing, that will integrate the two slabs when both are poured. I polished the perimeter frame and exposed the aggregates. I plan to leave the interior, while a different color, unpolished , for further surface contrast.
I’ll let you know how the experiment works out.

Finally, I made up a logo for the biz. It’s not real deep, but it’s graphic enough to get the job done I think.
I needed something to ad to the magnetic signs I’ve ordered for my truck. Here’s what I came up with…
All you logo whiz’s might have some feedback for me. I’m not long term married to the graphic… just eloped on the quick.

Slab-Fab-Studio’s Latest Kitchen Project

Slab-Fab-Studio has been at it again!
This time it is in a charming 1920’s-30’s cottage in West Asheville, NC.
Our client Anne Dupree Rodgers is an out doorsy type and avid kayaker.
With her fondness for the river, we wanted AD’s concrete counters to have a earthy, organic, river stone kind of feel.
We (Jim Ojamaa and I ) made up some concrete samples, trying to pick up a twinge of walnut color of AD’s newly refinished dark walnut floor.
We lightly honed all the concrete countertop slab surfaces with a 400 grit diamond pad, by hand, to bring out some delicate sand texture.
This makes the slabs feel more smooth stone like, as if they were honed by thousands of years of the river lapping at them.

Slab-Fab-Studio also installed the subway tile back splashes to compliment the concrete counters.
Anne Dupree chose a matte antique subway tile to integrate the antique charm of her house back into her stainless appliances, concrete counters, and undermount stainless sink.
Anne Dupree had Shane Martin, our local Asheville cabinet maker wunderkind, create her cabinetry.
She chose a simple shaker design, and had Shane paint them with a mildly antique off white acrylic lacquer.
It is great to have a fantastic start to a kitchen project, like Shane’s excellent cabinetry work, to help make Slab-Fab-Studio’s concrete counters look even better!

Fab-Slab’s first kitchen countertops delivered and installed!

Jim Ojamaa and I delivered our first kitchen countertop suite today.
Both Jim and I were nervous, hoping we had thought of every fabrication detail and finish detail.
The fitment turned out beautifully, the surfaces sumptuous and unusual… we are very pleased with the outcome!
These pictures were been taken prior to artist Toni De Lisa, of the Pampered Wall doing her magic to these kitchen walls as she has to every room in the rentals. We know the the countertop colors will fit in beautifully with her artistic touch, the stainless sink, fridge, and stove.
The apartment will be a short term rental in the Grove Park area of Asheville, for vacationers looking to take in the wonders of Asheville, while nesting in the intimacy of a charmed artistic home base.
Many thanks to David Madera for believing in Fab-Slab enough to sail with us on our maiden voyage.