Accessible and beautiful

Jim met the nicest people, and they needed him to build them so many things. Desks and tables and cabinets, oh my. These very nice people had just retired to a very nice, brand new condo where they were decorating everything from scratch in their elegant, minimal style. Jim can totally build that.

But they also needed everything Jim built to be accessible from a wheelchair. Jim had never built that. But could he?

"Sure," he said.

So Jim took his engineer brain and his woodworker hands and he figured it all out. My favorite thing he built for these very nice people is this secretary built into a nook (or is it a cranny?) in their foyer.

I mean, gah that is just pretty. But what's very cool about it is something you cannot immediately see. That desk part folds up so the furniture is tucked neatly away when it's not in use. And then, when its owner pulls that desk part down, everything behind it slides forward so that it's easily accessible.

Because Jim can build that.

Here it is all closed up.

Here it is all opened up. You can see the hardware Jim found that makes
the whole back part slide forward when the desk is opened.

Other beautiful things he built for these very nice folks included a very groovy custom entertainment center.

Again, some of the coolest details are not immediately visible. Like the nifty storage ottomans he made for underneath:

You have to like these people. They seriously
know how to use a storage ottoman.

And the big hinge he found for the back of the TV so it can swing around without parting ways with the wall:

And the neat side panels he built so the view would be pleasant from every angle:

He thinks about these things. He's smart like that. He also built them some desks. Hers:

And his:

Actually, Jim built them so many things that he kind of lived with them for about a year. They all had a fine time, and now these very nice people have a really beautiful condo full of gorgeous, functional Fortune furniture.