by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Japanese Door, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog, Sliding Door
I had some folks from Southern Oregon contact me. They had a 4 panel, folding Shoji they brought back from Japan. This was interesting in it’s self as they don’t make a lot of folding screen in Japan. We had to coordinate the shoji delivery as they were...
by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Asian Style, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Japanese Door, Japanese sliding door, Japanese sliding shoji door, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog, Sliding Door
Some of my clients become patrons. In this case, Lauretta and her sister Diana hired me a couple years ago to build shoji for their newly remodeled basement and create a bedroom. I blocked off the end of one room with 2 large shoji made of my favorite wood:...
by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Asian Style, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Japanese Door, Japanese sliding door, Japanese sliding shoji door, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog, Sliding Door
My client has hired me a few times in the last few yrs. Lately, I cut down his closet doors in a basement room and added my typical hardware setup to good results. In todays bit, I installed shoji in a hall/entry closet. The client wanted a “mill-core”...
by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Asian Style, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog, Sliding Door
I recently got a call from a retro-60’s furniture store owner. He told me he had a client that need my services. It turned out that the client; Tim, needed about 8 lineal feet of sliding door. Although he was of Japanese decent, he was not interested in Shoji....
by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Asian Style, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog, Sliding Door
Looks nice…but my cat doesn’t like it! I assume she will destroy the beautiful bronzed screen. May have to put in a thin clear acrylic in the lower parts. I live in a California Style Bungalow and they look great in my home. Next up for my house is a pair...
by Portland Shoji | Jan 26, 2019 | Asian Design, Asian Style, Custom Made Doors, Custom Shoji Screens, Fine Woodworking, Screen Door, Shoji, Shoji Blog
When the flies started invading my house, I decided to take action! I built a shoji of Western Red Alder, (Alnus Rubra) which is my favorite wood. I finished it with a Urethane varnish, also called polyurethane, as it offers a better resistance to heat, solvents and...
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