http://www.halcollums.com Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:29:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click on a thumbnail photo to launch our slideshow... [gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="title"] http://www.halcollums.com/new-orleans-preservation-slideshow/ [caption id="attachment_1912" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="One-piece stone countertop on its way to the 2nd story"][/caption]Hal Collums Construction implemented designer John Chrestia's vision for the renovation of a New Orleans warehouse district condo. A kitchen renovation was included in the project, and HCC performed the installation of kitchen cabinets that were designed ... http://www.halcollums.com/renovation-of-a-new-orleans-condo-kitchen/ Hal Collums Construction was selected for a New Orleans project that included custom fabrication and installation of interior 3 1/2" louvered plantation shutters, and Central City Millworks was called on to handle that portion of the job. The owner of the downtown loft frequently hosted guests who wanted to sleep late ... http://www.halcollums.com/new-orleans-plantation-shutters-go-modern/ In the fall of 2006 we were asked by a client and a friend of ours to help with a phased New Orleans renovation of an incredible French Quarter townhouse on Royal Street. The friend had been a repeat customer of Hal Collums Construction over the years. The owner, born ... http://www.halcollums.com/a-new-orleans-french-quarter-construction-project/ Central City Millworks is offering 22,000+ sq.ft. of over-stocked heart pine flooring in New Orleans at 10% off already low prices. The photos below document the three primary steps that transforms heart pine beams into flooring boards and then into beautiful New Orleans floors. Click on the links above to find out ... http://www.halcollums.com/new-orleans-flooring-sale-heart-pine-10-off/ Recently, estimating a kitchen in an old Uptown New Orleans home, a client asked me to look for hardware for pocket doors.  It was not just any pocket door hardware, it was pretty specific and it took me a couple of hours to find it.  Needless to say, there were ... http://www.halcollums.com/bi-part-sliding-pocket-doors-with-simultaneous-opening-closing/ It is time for another office expansion here at Hal Collums Construction and Central City Millworks!  It is our goal to create a more efficient workplace in order to best promote communication and increase productivity and staff morale.  Our craftsman are working very quickly to finish the job so we ... http://www.halcollums.com/office-expansion/ In 2008, Hal Collums Construction completed a full renovation of a beautiful uptown cottage.  The house, which was originally built in 1887, had been remodeled previously and had lost some of its original character.  But thanks to a beautiful design, developed by Daniel Zangara at Peter Trapolin Architects, and innovative ... http://www.halcollums.com/uptown-new-orleans-cottage-renovation/ Hal Collums Construction has recently completed a restoration of a beautiful historic home on St Charles Ave.   The house which was built in 1861 is a great example of the Greek Revival style.  It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and even has a name – ... http://www.halcollums.com/greek-revival-renovation-in-new-orleans/ In 2008, Hal Collums Construction began a project to expand an existing Julia Street gallery.  The gallery project had an accelerated construction schedule due to its grand opening coordinating with the Prospect 1 city wide art exhibit in 2008. So from the start, there was no room in the schedule ... http://www.halcollums.com/new-orleans-renovation-art-gallery-expansion/