John McDonald
@JohnMcDonaldSB
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Lived on my woodshop sofa at 40. Father, husband, founder @semihandmade @getboxi cabinets. 50K+ IKEA kitchen/bath renos.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2019
View of the woodshop I lived in for a year at 40 when ‘08/09 went to shit and it was time to pivot. Started Semi unofficially about a year later (took about 3 years to transition from fully custom furniture/cabinets to IKEA doors). We started shipping nationally in 2013.
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Cool they still do this but poor guy needs some rest 🦅🦅🦅
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Charles, if you’re familiar with the European system, as it sounds like, then you know that the best, smartest, and most expensive cabinet brands in the world use particleboard/melamine. Not just Ikea which you seem fixated on. They don’t consider the product disposable. The 32 mm system, among other things, has to be absolutely flat. Plywood is not flat. It also differs dimensionally piece by piece. I’m sure you know that too. Lastly, there’s a reason why no company at worldwide scale uses it. It doesn’t scale. So does it work for one-offs like you’re specifically referring to. Sure. It also works for medium and larger cabinet shops. But that’s only in the US. And I hate to break it to you about another thing: we’re not nearly as smart as we think we are. The rest of the cabinetry world might be onto something.
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Charles who was formally a lawyer but hated it and now maybe sells real estate: I’m sure you made a few kitchens in your day. Congratulations. So have I. Trust me, it’s not any great accomplishment. What I’m trying to explain is: throughout the rest of the world, with the greatest technology and access to resources at their disposal, the smartest and best manufacturers in the world work with particleboard and melamine every single day. I I’m sorry to blow your mind.
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@michael_janiak @Shopify Thanks,Michael. My concern is with some of our orders which should technically be parcel, because of minimums they’re getting an LTL rate which is outrageously high. And I’m afraid we’re losing people because of it.
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@ConorKenny @JamoVentures That is just standard three-quarter inch trim paneling. They’ve done a much more built-in look than most people, including running it along the top.
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@ConorKenny @JamoVentures Hi Conor, losing me a little bit with some of the technical terms. If you’re asking, did we also make the end caps on the island, we did not. That’s sourced from somebody Custom.
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Problem is,” just asking questions” is a cop out - especially when you blast your million-plus followers with something that gets debunked a few hours later. Multiple times now. Then say “Woopsie, no harm no foul.” If that’s Citizen Journalism, then it’s as irresponsible as lots of the mainstream stuff.
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@STLChrisH @BillAckman @pepsi @CocaCola @PepsiCo @RobertKennedyJr So much more fun when he sticks to conspiracy theories
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RT @JohnMcDonaldSB: Lots of comments on Julie’s cabinet post yesterday. Some thoughts: This is high-quality, custom-built cabinetry made/i…
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RT @JohnMcDonaldSB: Sunday night double-bill: Semihandmade on IKEA cabinets Fireclay tile Design: Dee Murphy Photo: Sara Tramp https://t.…
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Big and bright upgrade on a CA kitchen remodel. Fronts are our paintable DIY Shaker. Photo/Design: Mollie Crutcher
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@JoeCassandra @texasrunnerDFW Lots of people also eat by themselves alone. Is that OK with you Joe?
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Agreed. But hoping or assuming the average person is going to be proactive in terms of educating themselves on AI seems like a massive stretch. How would a typical hourly worker already struggling to make ends meet hope to do that? Isn’t that what the government is there for? To help.
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