Furniture

Today I thought I would post some of the furniture I have made. From bookcases to repairing/reproducing chair legs, they’re all challenging and I enjoy making them all. Each has something new I haven’t done before, be it adding doors, dovetail joints, or some detailed work, even shop made cove moulding. In the end they were fun to build.

My first big project was a day bed, redesigned from a magazine, I made it higher,added the back, and drawers in the front. The only mechanical fasteners used were screws to hold the plywood bed in place, the rest are mortise and tenon joinery.

The bed I made in 1997 and the end tables in 2002. Sorry about the picture quality, it was scanned from a print.

The book case was a big project and with something this size you always need two, the top cove and trim were had made. A lot of work but well worth it, they look great.

This hall tree I designed to match the book cases.

This TV stand was custom built, it was painted black and oriental hardware added.

This part to an older office chair required some repair, one of the legs was broken, so I replaced them all with oak, the centre joint was a dovetail cut, it worked out great, and should last another 50 years.

This is a display case I made to custom fit into an old door way, it has doors on the bottom that are spring loaded to open with a simple push.

Here is a simple bookcase for our spare room.

It is always nice to recycle wood, I got some pine from an old bed frame, dressed it an waited for a place to use it, and it didn't take long. Here is a little stand for the bathroom.

I've been told you can't have enought bookshelves, so here is one made for the kitchen and the one behind it with wheels, a place for the cat to eat.

Another recycled project, we had mahogany valances in the living room and dining room that didn’t' match what we had in mind, so once again they were set aside until the right time. We needed new living room end tables and I happen to have just the wood. They are stained with red mahogany and finished with several coats of satin poly, I am very happy how they turned out.

When sitting in a chair without a table how do you put down your thoughts comfortably, a writing slope can solve that. This is made from cherry, with leather top, the underside is my wife’s had died material; it fits with this project perfectly. And it should it was made for her.