A large claro walnut slab makes up the headboard of this king bed with integrated outlets, bedside lights and nightstands. Thanks to the brilliant Andy O’Neal with the Blackberry Farm design team.
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This desk is the ultimate example on how beauty can be found in the simplicity. The rounded edges and slight curved toe with a magnetized hidden cord chamber create a softness that is easy on the eyes and keeps you focused on the desk itself and not what it holds.
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The unique combination of modern neutrals and British farmhouse makes this kitchen something to rave about. Old North Designs custom built all the cabinetry with all kinds of specialty features. A coffee cabinet with hide away doors allows those everyday appliances to remain on the counter without being seen. The spice rack drawer inserts keeps a variety of spices easily seen. One side of the island has produce drawers perfect for keeping onions, potatoes, and garlic fresh. Moveable custom drawer pegs make sure dishes don’t slide around when opening or shutting a drawer.
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This set of claro walnut side tables can be pulled apart to be two tables but fit perfectly together to give the look of a single dresser. And yes, even the pulls are made by Old North Designs.
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This rounded mahogany desk was a custom design for a client's home up on Blackberry Mountain.
This upholstered guest bed was made with white oak floating side tables and outlet covers. This bed was for a home up on Blackberry Mountain and commissioned by one of our favorite designers to work with Andy O’Neal with JD Bell Inc.
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A live edge walnut slab for the top with solid beam legs that go all the way through the top.
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A white oak table built to make a statement in a home’s entryway at High Hampton NC. Featured in LUXE Interior and Design Magazine.
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A set of delicate blackened walnut bedside tables with brass details and push to open drawers.
This curly maple shadow box table was commissioned to display memorabilia for a client who retired after serving 25 years in the Air Force! Thank you for your service Colonel Kory!
A leather front credenza with iron pulls and brass feet.
Walnut and white oak side tables with custom carved drawer pulls.
36 inch square white oak table the perfect size for game night.
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This long white oak table can easily transform from dinging table to work table with two inset compartments for computer cables.
White oak breakfast nook table with inset lazy susan.
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Blackened walnut legs support this custom upholstered settee for a home in Blackberry Mountain.
A custom island specifically built with a tea lover in mind. The top inset compartment is divided up to hold a variety of tea bags. This island is thanks to Paul Sherry maker of Sherry Guitars who built the Old North Designs design.
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Up on Blackberry Mountain a beautiful vacation home has all the necessary entertainment including a game room with this custom built shuffle board table.
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The Jones' have come to Old North Designs for a kitchen island once before. They lived in a loft downtown and Old North made them the perfect island for that space, but when they bought this 1920's home that needed a complete gutting and renovation they came to Old North for a new built-in island. The only thing in the existing kitchen was the sink which is original to the house. So when they were planning the new kitchen, they had in their head the way the layout had to be done and when they came to Spencer they believed all they needed was the island, but Spencer had different ideas.
Instead of just drawing up an island, Spencer drew up an entirely new kitchen layout. Because of the old chimney in the corner, the Jones' wanted the hood to vent out threw the old chimney. They thought that meant the entire stove and oven needed to be on the wall next to the sink. That would have created a line of appliances, almost no counter space and a completely unused wall under the right wall window. Spencer split up the gas stove top and the oven and angled the stove top in the corner. Now the counter flows nicely along the right wall and gives the kitchen the "U" shape that is so nice for flow.
Now that Spencer had given them a better flow, more storage and more counters, it was time to talk countertops. Old North made Maple butcher block counters for the kitchen with exception of the island. The white concrete for the island top brings contrast as well as a surface that can withstand rougher treatment. Then to incorporate a bar Spencer took a live edge cut of birch and raised up one side. This beautiful slab of wood is displayed as a unique addition to an already beautiful kitchen. The end of the island Spencer curved to eliminate sharp corners and added rounded display shelves for Abby Jones to arrange her collection of beautiful kitchen items.
Spencer loves to incorporate little extras into his work and surprised the Jones' with a knife block in one of the small drawers. There is not much else this size drawer could have been used for but Spencer does not allow for waisted space in his designs.
This kitchen is a wonderful example of utilizing every aspect of Old North Designs. The design is practical, beautiful, and the best use of space, and the build is quality with attention to the smallest of details, and the install was precise.
If there ever was a kitchen island to be envious of this would be it. Incorporating old European design, an 8in deep Maple butcher-block sits on one-third of the island while the other two-thirds is untreated copper. The functional elements of a trash drawer, microwave storage, and a custom knife drawer are met with decorative shelves, and detailed trim work. As a surprise to the customers Spencer incorporated hidden push-to-open cabinets behind each stool. This leaves no square inch unused, and is a great place to hide the more expensive bottles of whiskey, you don't want others to know about.
Those who love Bourbon need to love the bar they serve it at. This two-tiered bar top was made from a single slab of walnut almost 4ft wide and 15ft long. Comfortably sit or stand at one side and admire how the natural slab seamlessly folds down then turns out again at counter height to prepare drinks. The base is wrapped in a scorched cedar siding and solid cedar beams support the top. A custom footrest and hardware is given a gun barrel finish to complete the old world feel, and with a built-in mini freezer to store bourbon ice balls, your whiskey longs to call this home.
Wood. Leather. Steel. These are the basic masculine elements, all of which have been combined into an elegant, handcrafted barstool. The legs are cut from a thick beam of walnut, then joined into a solid steam-bent walnut hoop. A steel ring is rolled and welded by hand and given a gun barrel finish then used to secure the legs. A comfy seat is pressed into premium leather and the whole thing is inspected by hand and finished with natural oil creating a heavy, durable feeling of raw masculinity.
