House&Home magazine Fall2015 small space issue features our house!

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We had so much fun doing the photo shoot with House&Home. Kai and Morgan were so good at making our place look fantastic (that's right, our house don't normally look like this). Thank you Virginia and Sara for photographing our house in the best light! The family portrait. Khai (the baby) is just about to fall asleep, so no smiles from him, only a little frustration with all the locomotion.

 

Dan is a favourite here. And that's not a TV on the wall, it's actually a photograph of a TV, by me. Want to see more? www.mylenguyen.com/work/

And that's what H&H looks like for September 2015

 

Sporting Life Ottawa received 4 barn doors for Christmas

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Now that we are in July and it's so hot, it makes me think about the bitterly cold day of December 1st when Sporting life Ottawa received 4 early Christmas gifts, 2 in red and 2 in black. The cottage feel that Sporting Life is known for has just top the scale once these four doors were installed. This distressed red barn door on the Heavy Metal hardware covers up the access opening of the display window.

The other red door, also covering access to the display window

Far view of both red doors on the main floor.

The two black barn doors are for the fitting room upstairs, both to cover an access to the window display.

The black is great with the wooden fitting stalls and that light grey pattern rug.

 

Summerhill Optical is seeing barn doors

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Located on a residential street minutes from Summerhill subway station, this amazing optical clinic (summerhilloptometry.com) will having you seeing all things beautiful! They have the most exotic and beautiful glasses frames I have ever seen. And all these frames are sitting there in this stunningly hip space---eclectic and elegant at the same time. And to top off the beauty of the space, Dr. Naeem has asked us to create doors to cover an unsightly nook that houses electrical panels. These bypassing barn doors covers a nook right in front of the store that houses electrical panels. Now they are the center of attention!

I'm not kidding about the amazing frames you'll find here. There are even frames made of wood. Those are my favorite!

The space is filled with personality but still retains a sense of minimalism and tranquility.

Not only is the space where you want to come to have your eyes checked and feast on the frames, but you'll enjoy your time with Dr. Naeem and his staff--amazing customer service. I know because I've seen it while I was there photographing, and through working with Dr. Naeem on the barn door.

One last look at the barn door. As you can see, the horizontal lines of the barn boards mimic the horizontal lines of the shelves for the frames creating an echo that bounces back and forth across the walls.

We hit the Interior Design Show 2015 this weekend!

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Our first time at the IDS, and we are pretty excited! We'll be part of the featured exhibition "Maker". Come and check out what we have to offer! Our booth number is 2225 at the Metro Toronto Conventional Center. The show is from Jan 23 to Jan 25. Please see more info on IDS website http://www.interiordesignshow.com/ Just like our home, our booth is really small, in fact the smallest one there--but we compensate.

Here is us setting up for the show

Rock doing last minute touches. Behind him is a wall of hardware.

We decided to do a traditional style barn door on the horseshoe hardware. Thewalnut credenza is named "work horse" because of the white paws for the legs, and it is completely solid walnut. So are the stools here, one made as a stepping stool for a toddler, and the other one is an occasional stool.

A 600sqf Condo is Not Shy from Style...Especially with the Help of the Barn Doors

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The entrance to the bedroom is left opened in this small condo, so to create privacy at the same time as adding some really cool elements to the space, our clients have opted for the Union Jack double barn doors stained grey. Our clients have really nice sense of style with striped sheet pattern which goes so well with these panel barn doors.

Union Jack Doors have become the focal point of the condo and look at that rug beside it...it's perfect pairing for a sense of unexpectedness.

Because our client does not have a full length mirror in the condo, they thought it would work out nicely if the bathroom is sliding barn door mirror. And so we made it happen.

 

Here is the side where you get to see a bit of the bathroom. What an ingenious idea for a bathroom door!

Bypass Panel Glass Doors for Closet in a Victorian Home Downtown Toronto

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Hello closet doors! Being without closet doors can be unsettling, especially if your closet is not the most organized...like mine. But our client's closet seems quite neat, hence he is so bold to go with the frosted glass panels (I wouldn't even venture there). These are doors on the telescopic bypass hardware. We had to install this because it is tricky installing door so that they slide and nestle on the adjacent wall.

You can still make out what's inside, but it does a neat job at diffusing closet stuff into something that might look artsy.

Notice the exposed brick wall, very nice with the sliding barn doors.

 

 

A Touch of Farmhouse Makes this Dreamy Nursery Official

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Up, up on the 29th floor of a modern condo in Mississauga, a nursery is complete with the addition of the barn door. This nursery was a den before, and now with a beautiful barn door, it has upgraded itself to the "second bedroom" status. That's good news for resale time. We had to create a headspace with a woodblock in order for the heavy metal barn door hardware track to be mounted on. And the result is a touch of farm house in this dreamy white on white nursery.

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Black flush pulls were installed for the door. As you can see the adjacent interior door, the barn door was made to mimic the paneling those doors.

Before the barn door revolution.

An Update to the Industrial Office Loft

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I finally got a chance to see this awesome office in Liberty village for myself. And it's gorgeous! Now that the furniture and the company's logo is up www.pinkelephantmarkerting.ca, everything works together to make this an office to awe over. The original post is here As you enter, this is what you are greeted with!

Inside the board room where the barn door is used for the entrance, you see this! It's like working under heaven's light (the skylight window really helps)

Doesn't it look like heaven is looking down inside this board room?

Here is a close up of the handle for the door.

Close up of the aluminum hardware.

 

The Old Joists gets Re-purposed into this Beautiful Barn Door

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When our client decided to demolish their house and rebuild from scratch, they couldn't bear to throw away the old joists that held up the house for all these years. They instead contacted us and ask if a slab barn door can be made with their joists, and the result... is a beautiful, sentimental, and historically important piece of art that happens to also function as a sliding door for their hallway.

These joists were old old pine. They were milled down to make a slab door, but still retained enough character to speak to the history of the house.

Can you imagine how beautiful it is to have this is a completely new and modern space?

If you would like a door or table made from your own reclaimed wood, contact us!

 

A Lofty Office Gets the Reclaimed Treatment

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Check out this hip office with a stunning barn door made of reclaimed barn board and custom aluminum hardware. The planks on the door are held together with aluminum straps to match the hardware. The hardware uses the aluminum spoke wheels and aluminum flat track. The door also has a long aluminum handle. All custom made.

Notice there is a featured wall inside the room with barn board cladding.

Here is the featured wall. Our client want to mount the TV in the center of this wall...wow. This looks like a board meeting room, I don't think I'll be able to concentrate in any meeting if the the TV is mounted on this wall and the door is just off to the side like this. What torture!

If you like the flat track custom made in aluminum, contact us!

 

This Condo in Barrie gets a Sleek Barn Door

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Wanting a Scandinavian look, our client asked us to build a beech slab barn door with stainless steel hardware for their laundry room...fancy! Yes, behind this door is a laundry room. It is beside the kitchen and across from the dinning/living room.

A closer look, and the blue accent wall is so beautiful with the colour of the natural beech door.

 

 

This is the finished door in our workshop waiting to go get installed in Barrie.

If you want to add some sleek and function to your condo space like this, talk to us!

We are Featured in Designlines For Hire!!

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We were really excited to have Designlines magazine feature 1925Workbench in their 2014 fall issue "For Hire"!! Designlines is Toronto's ultimate design guide! We were even more excited to have Shannon Anderson, an art writer and curator, write the article. We love the title...Let it Slide. The photo shoot with Naomi Finlay was so much fun at one of our client house, yes, the one who transformed her house with three barn door systems! Take a look for yourself ! http://designlinesmagazine.com/who/1925-workbench/

Or get a copy in print at any design venues (funiture store, condo sales centre, art galleries are some examples)...it's FREE!

We have never been in a photo shoot together before, and I have to say it was so much fun to have our photograph taken beside the infamous yellow X door!

 

A Couple of Barn Doors in Sophisticated Lawrence Mannor's Home

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Wanting a barn door to lead into a bathroom from a hallway, Designer Alyce Drenth from Creative Avenues asked for a tall panel door with custom staining to match the vanity and the tub box.  This creates an unexpected element to the reserved surrounding. This door seems to be towering the other more traditional doors in the house creates an interesting scale comparison for the eyes. That's my brother in law showing off the door after he helped Rock install it.

 

The door is made of beech wood and sliding on the Heavy Metal.

 

That's what it looks like closed. You just have to open it to reveal a bathroom beyond`

Downstairs, there is a double X door that slides between the kitchen and the front lobby giving the house a stunning conversational piece as the guests walk in. You'll never be caught in an awkward silent again for any of your house parties.

This double X door is sliding on the top mount stainless steel hardware. My brother in law again is showing off his sliding skills :)

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This is the front lobby side when the doors are closed. Pretty!

If you would like to make statement pieces with the barn door for your house, please contact us!