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Rift-Sawn White Oak Kitchen

A few years ago, Buzzy received a visit from a Charleston couple who were building a beach house on Saint Helena Island Sound. They knew what they wanted and needed help getting the details worked out. Buzzy often works with clients to help develop ideas into tangible drawings. This project includes a matching master bathroom and master bedroom.

From the beginning, it was obvious that they were very nice people, so Buzzy pulled out all the stops and produced nothing but the best of what they were looking for.

Rift sawn white oak kitchen cabinets side view.

Buzzy fitting the front-facing white oak panels.

Rift sawn white oak island unit with marble top and oil rubbed brass drawer pulls.

Rift sawn white oak island unit with marble top side view.

A nice detail is the island unit’s oil-rubbed, brass drawer pulls.

Here’s a production photo of the overhead cabinets in the shop that were installed over the stove, sink, and counter.

Rift Sawn White Oak Kitchen overhead storage

Walnut Kitchen & Waterfall Counter

The island unit’s upper level is made from walnut with waterfall ends. Due to the top being 10 feet long, we had to lap the joints in the center of the top for the grain to run around the ends to the floor.

This special island unit is made from a very rare cypress, provided by the contractor, dating back to 500 BC. With every cut that Buzzy and his team made, the color would oxidize immediately. The wood was so old that as soon as it touched the air, it would go from brilliant gold to a soft brown.

3,000-Year-Old Sinker Cypress Island Unit

Sinker cypress island unit top view with breadboard ends.

Sinker cypress oil and wax production at the shop.

Level setting and sanding the original cypress wood boards.

A detailed shot of the breadboard ends before oil and waxing.

Tombee Plantation House Heart Pine Kitchen

In 1994, Buzzy and the team were asked by the Tombee plantation owner to create new kitchen cabinets and an island base that would fold in with the rest of the 227-year-old plantation house details.

Buzzy referred to the original moulding profiles from the historic home’s footprint in order to incorporate a seamless design.

The cabinet around the stove was built using reclaimed heart pine as was the painted cabinets around the back kitchen door.

Tombee is one of the few antebellum plantations remaining on St. Helena Island.

Buzzy used quarter-sawn river recovered sinker cypress for the island base, including a drop leaf top for extra counter space during the holidays.

cabinet side shot of the heart pine island unit.

The other side of the heart pine island unit showing raised table leaf and legs.

Image of the heart pine island unit showing the folded table leaf.

This wonderful kitchen overlooks the Beaufort river and was made with quarter-sawn white oak. The cabinets are held together with traditional mortise and tenon joinery, and the entire kitchen is modeled after a 17th-century churchwarden’s cabinet.

18th Century White Oak Kitchen

18th century quarter sawn white oak kitchen.

The owner wanted her kitchen to look historically correct in every detail, right down to all components, and to be made entirely from solid wood.

She wanted to see solid wood shelves and tongue and groove cabinet backs when she opened the cabinet doors. Buzzy also used an old recipe for a hot oil and wax finish.