Improvising Cabinets
Lee is rarely able to let good building materials go unused. For the kitchen cabinets, he used several interior window shutters that date from the mid-19th century, which he discovered in an old Pennsylvania barn. He hired an Amish carpenter to turn them into modern-day cabinets.
• The shutters were stripped of varnish and white paint, then finished.
• Honey-maple surfaces were sprayed with a light shellac to create a slight sheen.
• Rather than deface the cabinets with hardware, Lee installed them to ensure that each opens easily by its corners.
• Kitchen drawers were also fashioned from shutters cut sideways.
• Lee designed the island counter on an angle as a way to maximize space.
Lee built a glass-enclosed winter garden because of a lesson he learned: “You can’t have a screened porch in Florida. Black soot invariably collects on the screens and coats the furniture.”
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