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    Default A little custom work on a Chest

    A lot of folks get scared off of custom work because they think its too expensive. Most the time, its not that bad. Here's an example of a chest I delivered to a customer yesterday. This is a 4-Drawer Chippendale Chest in Tiger Maple made by JL Treharn out of Ohio. My customer wanted the top drawer made into two drawers. So we did. The custom charge was $ 250 to make it as she specified (Base price of a standard chest was $ 1,959 as seen in the first picture). I actually like her mod much better than the regular piece, and have suggested to Treharn they standardize the piece as such.
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    Default Re: A little custom work on a Chest

    Hi !
    Nice work there. Sometimes becomes irritating to not get something the way you wanted it.
    The customer probably was facing such a problem with the top drawer.
    Keep Sharing

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    Default Re: A little custom work on a Chest

    Duane,
    I completely agree with you. Changing the top drawer into two drawers changes the piece from something ordinary and generic into a chest with real character.

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