You are browsing the author archive for Mitchell Powell
Exotic Woods: For distinction, choose an exotic Driwood recently completed a custom mantel which was seen by our client’s friend. The gentleman was impressed with the craftsmanship of our work. He was looking for someone to help design and build a room in his house. After meeting with him and showing him our walnut office he decided that walnut would […]
What are decorative cornices, how are they used? From the earliest times, people have enhanced their homes, houses of worship, and places of government with ornamentation. The ancient Egyptians were architectural masters as were the Greeks. Their legacies survive in the styles used today in Western architecture. Correct in proportion and design In both the […]
Driwood worked with Morris Architecture in Charleston, SC to design and construct a new front entry for a renovation project. This traditional fan light entrance with un-embellished side lights encases a mahogany two panel door. The new entry gives a sense of strength to the home’s facade.
Morris Architecture and Construction engaged Driwood to realize and construct an entrance for a home in Charleston, South Carolina. The entrance features an elliptical arch transom and sidelights with true divided muntins of intricate design, and a six panel, Colonial door. The entire unit is made from mahogany and cypress hardwoods for lasting durability. Mouldings […]
A Darlington, SC custom residence will be both attractive and weather-tight with this entrance designed and constructed by Driwood. Inspired by typical vernacular architecture, the design consists of two pairs of doors: Two mahogany storm doors that are 1.75 inches thick and two mahogany entrance doors which are 2.25 inches thick. The doors are topped with […]
This neo-classic style wood and composition mantel features delicate and curvy anthemion petal details. The mantelshelf is trimmed with embossed, stylized floral and button patterned moulding above a dentil moulding. The firebox is framed with embossed double bead and barrel moulding. Designed by Laura Hunt Interiors in Dallas, Texas for her Colorado client’s residence, the […]
Laura Hunt Interiors, an interior design firm in Dallas, Texas engaged Driwood to create her design of a French style mantel for a client project. The mantel is constructed of poplar with applied composition ornaments. The design features an ogee breast with a medallion sunflower in the center of it, and flora detailing on the legs. […]
