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By Nick Bell, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Our customer had requested a small capital in the Scamozzi style. We were challenged to fit all the intricate and beautiful details you see in larger capitals while keeping the piece at...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Before the Renaissance, the structural beams in a ceiling were generally exposed. Over time, the crossing members would become more integrated with the main beams, creating deliberate rectangular pockets of space,...

Above: View from Entry Vestibule to Bathroom By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Elaborate bath complexes were a part of everyday life in the Roman Empire. Consisting of a series of specialized rooms, each sumptuously decorated, the...

By Nick Bell, Senior Designer, White River Hardwoods This blog returns to this intricate Pennsylvania home. Last time, the topic was the beautiful window surround at the far edge of the photo. Now we move to discussing the perimeter crown...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Above: Great Room, Château de Montaigne; Tennessee Panelled walls come in varying levels of intricacy. Rectangular panels formed by a single moulding are the most common type. But in the Rocco...

By Nick Bell, Senior Designer, White River Hardwoods The White River Design Team is often confronted with key components of projects with multiple constraints. This large set of stacked windows is the focal point of this Pennsylvania home. As you...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods In our last visit to San Diego, we explored the foyer of a White River Design Services project which had a lot of style on the exterior, but little on the...

Above: Existing Foyer By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Not all of White River’s Design Services projects are created by the same process, but many follow a similar path. For this San Diego home, the client had...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Most buildings have a fairly regular, rectilinear floorplan with square or rectangular rooms. Not only is this better for furniture layout, but it is also a result of standardized building materials...