Please click the following link if you would like to read the full story on the custom built-in cabinets.

Built-in cabinet for stereo components, CD's, DVD's, records...

Large built-in corner desk

Corner desk and entertainment center

Please click the following link if you would like to read the full story behind the hidden door bookcase.

Just your basic wood bookcase?

Hidden door ?!?

Hidden door completely open

Bedroom inside the hidden door

We mentioned in a previous post that Central City Millworks and Hal Collums Construction recently won an Award of Merit from the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Here are a few finish photos from that award winning project.  If you would like additional information about the project please feel free to read the blog post on HCC’s New Orleans Construction website.

View from the entrance

Art gallery expansion

View facing entrance of gallery

Rear office/display area

Make sure to read the post about this Chihuly on the HCC site

Custom cabinets and additional storage

Remember that incredible shipment of reclaimed heart pine that we received recently?  Well, we have completed the process and have produced some beautiful heart pine flooring.  Take a look!  Central City Millworks is continually receiving new shipments of reclaimed heart pine at our New Orleans mill shop.  Contact us for all of your wood flooring needs.

Reclaimed heart pine flooring milled in our New Orleans millshop

Heart pine flooring ready for installation

From design to finished product…

Bracket design on Ernest Myers' desktop

Ernest Myers checking on the CNC router's progress

CNC router first pass

Second Pass...

Peter Dave displaying the bracket after painting

Peter Dave, a painter at the mill shop, decided to put some scrap wood to good use last week.  Working with Rob Thornton and the CNC router, Peter designed this fabulous piece of art from scrap wood and left-over paint from previous jobs.  The design came out so nicely that we are in the process of cutting additional pieces for sale.  Contact us if you are interested in having your own!

Peter Dave’s custom fleur-de-lis being cut by the CNC router at CCM

The fleur-de-lis after being cut

Completed piece of custom wood art in our New Orleans millworks shop

Central City Millworks started a holiday tradition in 2007 when we designed our first CNC Router Christmas Card that we then mailed out to over 200 friends and customers. In 2008 we were so busy with the World War II Museum project we did not have time to use our CNC Router for the 2 days it takes to custom carve the cards from solid wood sheets. This year we were determined to continue the tradition.

Central City Millworks using the CNC router for the Christmas cards

The cards are made on our CNC router, which operates similar to a printer but for wood.  First we came up with a drawing of what we wanted the card to look like and then our CAD design department exported it into our CNC router. We selected figured Birch veneer 1/8” plywood and prefinished it with catalyzed varnish (the same finish we sealed the World War II Museum woodwork with). The CNC router then takes the design and custom carves it into the wood veneer plywood.  We can cut 150 cards per 4×8 sheet of plywood, each sheet taking up to 5 hours to cut the intricate design into all 150 cards. This year we sent out over 300 cards as our satisfied customer list is growing rapidly.

Our 2009 Christmas Card depicts a door we made for a Greek Revival house we renovated on Chestnut Street this year.  The address in the arched transom above the wreath signifies Christmas 2009. NOLA Noel is our way of recognizing how much we love our special city and how great the holiday season is here in New Orleans.

Bartell Tapp moved to New Orleans from Texas in 2003 – “just in time to get settled in before Katrina hit.” His friends and family tried to convince him to move back to Texas after the storm but his love for his adopted city and his desire to be part of the rebuilding effort gave him the conviction to stay.

He started working part time for Central City Millworks in 2006 as an outside sales representative while also running his own company which specialized in buying and selling antique reclaimed heart pine, cypress, and brick. In June of 2009 Bartell began working full time for CCM handling both inside and outside sales for the mill and locating and negotiating purchases of the heart pine we use to mill our flooring. His experience with reclaimed heart pine made him a natural fit for our flooring business but he has also become thoroughly versed in all the products we fabricate at CCM.

Bartell really enjoys working with the customer from the time of the first inquiry until the job is complete and he takes great satisfaction in his growing list of repeat customers. He shares the same philosophy as CCM that no job is too small and every customer is important.

” I had the advantage of working with Bartell as a client before the storm and I was impressed with Bartell’s great customer service. He paid attention to detail and he doggedly followed up to make sure I was satisfied as a customer. I knew that he would be a valuable addition to our company and I was very happy when we agreed to come to work with us full time.” – Hal Collums